dry nitrous kit

dank24

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I search but doesn't really answer what I am looking for. Can a small dry nos kit just tap right into the take before the throttle body? Insted of drilling into the inatke mani? Or is it just for wet nos that you have to drill into it? An dry you can hook up to the intake path?
 

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to my knowledge your not supposed to drill in the mani or t/b but only the intake tube 2" from the t/b
 


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cool, because i was looking at turbo kits, superchargers, but i dont want somthing crazy that requires a lot of work. I just want a little kick without a lot of work
 

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really the only one that involves tapping the intake manifold is a direct port kit... everything else is just pretty straight forward, fogger in the intake.. but id stay away from any dry kits..
 


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dank24 said:
cool, because i was looking at turbo kits, superchargers, but i dont want somthing crazy that requires a lot of work. I just want a little kick without a lot of work
i hear ya, i'm going the same route but i'm gonna do the zex wet kit #82021 to be exact, i'm sure that oc_civic is a perfect example that if you do it right then your not gonna have any probs
 

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I just bought a kit off honda tech for $200 shipped last night lol. No turning back now
 

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dank24 said:
I just bought a kit off honda tech for $200 shipped last night lol. No turning back now
well ya can't go wrong there, what kit is it??
 

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my zex dry kit says 6-18" away from the TB
 

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it's a zex, I am gonna have to email him for the part number. he said its basiclly universal for all inline 4's
 

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dank24 said:
it's a zex, I am gonna have to email him for the part number. he said its basiclly universal for all inline 4's
i know which one you have, good kits well at least all the reading i've done has been good on them, what gauges are you gonna run w/ it??
 

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i still need a guage setup :( $$$
 

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stealthy said:
i still need a guage setup :( $$$
yea i know or else i would have already ordered mine, BUT at like 100 something for each one i'm getting puts a damper on it
 

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what gauges should you run for a nitrous set up? I already got a a/f and a water temp.
 

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j_fukin_t said:
yea i know or else i would have already ordered mine, BUT at like 100 something for each one i'm getting puts a damper on it
i think im just gonna get a cheap ass summit nitrous gauge for like $20, a braided ss line and adapter and call it a day ya know? i think thats all i need right? itll get me by for now and idc what it looks like anyways since it wont be out in the open for ppl to see
 

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stealthy said:
i think im just gonna get a cheap ass summit nitrous gauge for like $20, a braided ss line and adapter and call it a day ya know? i think thats all i need right? itll get me by for now and idc what it looks like anyways since it wont be out in the open for ppl to see
yea that one and i'm gonna do the egt also, but i'm gonna get the dual cluster mount around the speedo
 

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so the kit I am getting has 3 1.25lb bottles I am gonna put them in my glove box, and mount the injector under the intake so you can't really see it
 

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dank24 said:
so the kit I am getting has 3 1.25lb bottles I am gonna put them in my glove box, and mount the injector under the intake so you can't really see it
hmm that kinda sucks, your going to have to fill quite a bit
 

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je said each bottle gets him 6-9 passes at the track
 

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wow TINY bottles.....and that seems like ALOT to get out of one bottle......

i have one 10lb bottle
 

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dank24 said:
so the kit I am getting has 3 1.25lb bottles I am gonna put them in my glove box, and mount the injector under the intake so you can't really see it
thats bad imo...

to make a good pass on nitrous preasure is teh key.. low bottle preasure generally equates to too much fueling and not enough spray.. generally causing you to run rich.. as the bottles become less fill they lose preasure.. my 10lb bottle is heated to increase preasure even more.. also.. the zex kit has and will always be kind of shaky to me. i dont like "mystery boxes" that control s**t.. you should post pics of it when you get it because as far as i know zex does not make a kit with 3 small bottles..
 


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