Nitrous Oxide

[kronos98]

How come no one ever uses nitrous oxide on thier Solaras? Are they too heavy? Too expensive (I doubt it for most of you guys)?

My friend has a WRX with Nox...freaking kicks booty...what if Solaras had it?

[Blaze]

Nos is just plain bad. Engines dont likey it much

[Yanks0114]

Nos is just plain bad. Engines dont likey it much

Yeah. A major proble mith N2O is the excess stress it places on the engine. The SC makes the car a lot more fun to drive, but i doubt that you are going to want to hit Nos as you are trying to power out of a turn

[Flipside909]

How come no one ever uses nitrous oxide on thier Solaras? Are they too heavy? Too expensive (I doubt it for most of you guys)?

My friend has a WRX with Nox...freaking kicks booty...what if Solaras had it?

Because it's like playing with fire. cheap thrills only get you so far. BTW, the 1MZ-FE has very thin oem rods so you should be careful when you're thinking about playing with NOS. Too much NOS = bent rods and fried pistons.

[xXsolaraXx]

OUCH!

[Eddiman]

I heard it is safe to use a 50 shot of nos on a stock engine. Is that playing it safe or is that still too much?

[Flipside909]

I heard it is safe to use a 50 shot of nos on a stock engine. Is that playing it safe or is that still too much?

50 is the safest bet.

[Yanks0114]

I heard it is safe to use a 50 shot of nos on a stock engine. Is that playing it safe or is that still too much?

50 is the safest bet.

No NOS would be even safer Well Seriously, even with a 50 shot whats the point. To beat a guy off the line or in a race, but shorten your engine life in half. You also risk doing serious damage. NOS is meant for rice boys and V8s with huge displacement that can handle a 100 shot with no problem. I wouldn't reccomend using it.

[Guest]

There is nothing wrong with nitrious. Most problems occur due to installation. I was on a 100-shot direct port set-up before. I was using it a couple times a weekend. The only problem with that big of a shot is there is no traction at all for 1st and majority of 2nd gear. You just have to be careful and not be trigger happy. Since I have the Supercharger now, I am running a single fogger 30 shot to go along with the 5.5 pulley. I'll be running my car this Friday the 18th and see what happens. Hopefully no traction problems.

[Solara619]

If anyone was wondering, that last post was from me. I forgot to log-in.

[Flipside909]

Rommel, don't forget to tell them how long your OEM clutch lasted in the process. And you're forgetting most of these kids want to add NOS to their auto tranny V6's.

[swimshady906]

nos seems kinda cheap to me... its only temporary. Some people think that any forced induction is cheap but its a constant addition to the engine... not temporary ya know. any one else feel the same way?

[Yanks0114]

nos seems kinda cheap to me... its only temporary. Some people think that any forced induction is cheap but its a constant addition to the engine... not temporary ya know. any one else feel the same way?

I dont know how forced induction is cheap, unless you compare it to real displacement.

Forced induction isnt cheap on the wallet though

I am against NOS on our cars not only because of the temporary gains, but because it can cause a lot of damage if not set up properly

[Guest]

Rommel, don't forget to tell them how long your OEM clutch lasted in the process. And you're forgetting most of these kids want to add NOS to their auto tranny V6's.

Good point. It didn't last at all. The OEM clutch wouldn't grab. Had to get a racing one. I guess a 60 shot would be good for auto V6's. Nitrious is the best "bang for your buck." The set-up and installation shouldn't cost more than $500.00 and you got 50 hp at the press of a button. Don't get me wrong, I prefir my S/C but for the people who don't make that much money, you can't go wrong with it. If the set-up is installed properly and you do a little shot of nitrious, nothing will happen to your motor. The only problem is that you can only "sqeeze" so many times before you run out and have to get the bottle filled.

[Flipside909]

Theh guest above is Rommel (Solara619) BTW.