Nitrous Oxide

[sam j]

good point crazy!!!!!! if your running a 50 shot. me on the other hand, is not. im sure everybody wants to hear what i got....right? maybe when i become a member. took me many months to get it right. not just stick it in and go.

[CrazyCraig]

Well Sam, I guess you're gonna' hafta' join the forum and let us know what you're running. Be prepared to back up your claims, as some of the moderators will be ready to pounce. New members with new ideas are always welcome but the initiation process can be painful.

The key here is that a S/C with a stock pulley won't void your warranty. NOS of any sort can and will. If your warranty has run out ...... go crazy.

[Flipside909]

im not saying once you put a sc in your car, its gona blow up. boosting all the time eventually puts wear on your engine. boosting on weekends is easier then all the time. peace

NOS is more detremental because it's only temporary. Any kind of forced induction or using extra add-ons will decrease the life of any motor if driven hard. Something you haven't realized is that when you drive your car with the TRD S/C, it's not like you're seeing the full 4psi of boost at EVERY single RPM. The only time you will see full boost is if you gun it. Other than that, there's no added stress to the motor. Have you ever thought of that? Probably not considering you had an excuse for using an SC on a car.

[sliver 2]

everything hav their risks and benefits. NOS is no different. Know what there is to know about NOS. BTW, 50 shot is safe and laughing gas burns smooth. It cools the engine at the same time.

[Guest]

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

Doesnt NOS do the same thing as a supercharger?? They both force air into your engine. I would think that a 50hp shot of NOS properly installed would be less harmfull than a supercharger thats puts strain on your motor from start-up and its always there... u cant just turn it off. Plus superchargers take power to make power. Dont get me wrong superchargers are bad ass. For me I not constantly racing and I would rather have the HP when I want it, and not spend the $$'s.

[krawzyazn]

putting a 50 shot in mine soon let you know my times 4 cyl automatic

[HKSV6SLE]

everytime i read about nos....they always say that 50 shot is safe....of course they say that for any car.....regardless of how safe it really is....can you do 50 shot without modified internals....yea....but why risk blowing your engine out or bending your rods or destroying your pistons? i think the nsx has factory titanium pistons...but even then....i think nos is only worth it..if you build the engine up..other wise....

[FLASH]

"NOS" (Nitrous Oxide) just simply isn't for our car. The TRD supercharger IS, Nitrous isn't. If you want boost, just get the supercharger, if you want to be a ricer..i mean racer from Fast and The Furioius...choose a different platform, not the Solara.

[Russian Guy]

My opinion - If I have money to install NOS (but not more than 50 ponies - I love my A/T - I will definetely do it. Even with S/C (I HAVE IT) I can't compete with CL500 on my A/T. NOS can give me the satisfaction of kicking ass to these MB cars. Properly installed it can influence only my A/T but adding a new stiff hidrodempfer, Fuel pump, Injectors and FMU + modified ECU (through i.e. Authronic) can provide me some portion of pleasure.

[808Camry]

I want to point out that when people compare cost advanatges between nitrous and an SC saying a SC is way more. If you keep filling up that bottle, its eventually gonna cost you the same and probably even more.

[krawzyazn]

what about people with the 4 cyl there is no super charger

[808Camry]

what about people with the 4 cyl there is no super charger

There is a forced induction kit avaialbe for the 5sfe, I think it was a supercharger I can't remember the details.

[lildk50]

to be honest i think NOS is kinda a cheap POS mod...it's temporary, messes with the engine, and it's not necessarily ur engine doin the work. I mean thas like givin steroids to an athlete, unfair advantage. An s/c on the otherhand is like extra gained muscle that u worked on for a good while n not some injection. That n it doesn't waste any room wherever u put the tank...unless ur setup is under a seat, which would be pretty cool. Heh

[kronos98]

a fast car is a fast car. I don't think it really matters how you get your car fast. also, if you have to race cars that are comparable. Naturally aspirated cars will not compete with cars that have forced induction. similarly, a car with nos should race cars that have nos. if both cars are equally modified...regardless of what's been done to them...then the outcome of a race becomes a matter of the driver. even with nos, there is skill involved IF you're racing another car with NOS.