Biggest Bang for your Buck Performance Mods

[JLear]

You don't need to upgrade the whole car to have a fast street car that runs good at the drag strip and still gets good mpgs.

 

[Wes06]

stock axles in my Shelby...

yea but who says you abuse it <ignoring the smoking burnout in the sig>

 

[Department Of Boost]

yea but who says you abuse it <ignoring the smoking burnout in the sig>

Traction breaks axles...........................not smoke.

 

[NUTCASE]

I think nitrous wins for best bang for buck on any car. If you know what you are doing you can even scalp most of your parts off of CL.

The thing is if you want to keep building nitrous can get just as expensive as anything else.

 

[01yellerCobra]

A friend of mine loves his nitrous. Mostly because a blower for his car is expensive. But it seems like it he always needs to fill the bottle. And it seems like his last couple of fills have mostly been air. He gets 3 or 4 hits and then nothing.

 

[J B]

Plus $50 bucks a bottle adds up :/

 

[skaarlaj]

Nitrous is awesome imo for a car you don't plan on owning for a while, but if you really like the car, and plan on having it for a while, just go for the boost route instead. It does seem like you're always out of the stuff when you need it most.

On the other hand, I can't sit here and tell you it's unsafe when I've ran dozens of 10, and 15# bottles through each of the 3 vehicles I've had nitrous on without any problems. I also had an 03 Lightning on a ported Eaton, pullied on the crank and blower with 150 shot on top of that, and aside from having to reduce the plug gap substantially, it ate it up like candy.

 

[J B]

Nitrous is awesome imo for a car you don't plan on owning for a while, but if you really like the car, and plan on having it for a while, just go for the boost route instead. It does seem like you're always out of the stuff when you need it most.

On the other hand, I can't sit here and tell you it's unsafe when I've ran dozens of 10, and 15# bottles through each of the 3 vehicles I've had nitrous on without any problems. I also had an 03 Lightning on a ported Eaton, pullied on the crank and blower with 150 shot on top of that, and aside from having to reduce the plug gap substantially, it ate it up like candy.

I want a bottle fed car, but Id have to put it on a car I dont care as much about. If I was to K.O. my GT from nitrous I would die a little lol. If I had a SN95 with the windsor, then 347 stroker and bottle would be my first choice.

 

[Department Of Boost]

Way back in the day I had some bottle fed cars. That shit is just way too much work IMO. If it was a track car that I was looking for 1/4mi times out of and I was there a lot the bottle is something I would consider going to. But for a street car, I aint got time fo dat!

 

[J B]

You don't need to upgrade the whole car to have a fast street car that runs good at the drag strip and still gets good mpgs.

What do you recommend?

 

[Johnf78]

What do you recommend?

http://www.s197forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=124518&highlight=Jlear

 

[J B]

Well played sir

 

[Johnf78]

 

[NUTCASE]

On the other hand, I can't sit here and tell you it's unsafe when I've ran dozens of 10, and 15# bottles through each of the 3 vehicles I've had nitrous on without any problems. I also had an 03 Lightning on a ported Eaton, pullied on the crank and blower with 150 shot on top of that, and aside from having to reduce the plug gap substantially, it ate it up like candy.

Same here. I have run tons of nitrous through various motors and though I have had some break downs, I have not experienced a fraction of the misfortune that people talk about on the internet and in person.

 

[J B]

I just know how this would make me feel if it happened lol

 

[bujeezus]

Oof! First, you shit yourself. Then the realization of what just happened sets in...

 

[Department Of Boost]

I just know how this would make me feel if it happened lol

Like an Astronaut?

 

[J B]

That hood is about to be an astronaut lol