nitrous: will it work?

wes 03 · #1 (**permalink**) 04-14-2003, 10:52 PM

i am in a racing club now that we hold LEGAL street races, and also compete at 1/8 and 1/4 mile tracks.i want a good improvement in pwoer, and i think nitrous is the answer for both cost effectiveness and power gain, with a 50 or 75 horse shot. can a tundra accept nitrous without too much trouble? thanks guys

wes

Cyanide41 · #2 (**permalink**) 04-15-2003, 01:16 AM

Your truck should be able handle 50 or 75 shot nitrous. A lot of it depeneds on how you use it. If you are stupid about it, NOS can still blow your engine. Personally I'd go with the supercharger.

Eddie · #3 (**permalink**) 04-15-2003, 08:57 AM

It should easily handle a 50hp jetting. Is there any specific setup you're looking at?

wes 03 · #4 (**permalink**) 04-15-2003, 09:48 AM

i want to run a jet into the air intake (K&N when i get it) and have the solenoid and all the other good stuff mounted on the passenger side inner fender because there is a lot of room there on my tundra. i think i just want to have a 50 hp jet, and if i feel a need for more speed, i can upgrade to the 75 horse jet. one thing i cant find is this type of kit, but i know it exists, can anyone help me out here? this is goin to be used for racing only and i will research it and learn to baby my engine with it. thanks guys

wes

Eddie · #5 (**permalink**) 04-15-2003, 08:35 PM

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Originally posted by wes 03
i want to run a jet into the air intake (K&N when i get it) and have the solenoid and all the other good stuff mounted on the passenger side inner fender because there is a lot of room there on my tundra. i think i just want to have a 50 hp jet, and if i feel a need for more speed, i can upgrade to the 75 horse jet. one thing i cant find is this type of kit, but i know it exists, can anyone help me out here? this is goin to be used for racing only and i will research it and learn to baby my engine with it. thanks guys

wes

Ahh,single-fogger system. I'm not a big fan of this type of system unless you have forced induction (supercharger or turbo). Reason being is uneven distribution of the nitrous/fuel mixture into the cylinders. Multiport EFI systems have intake manifolds designed to flow air (dry) and not a air/fuel mixture (wet). But since a 50hp jetting is fairly small it shouldn't pose much of a problem. With forced-induction the positive pressure helps with even distribution.

Unless you're thinking of a dry system,which injects just nitrous through the single nozzle. This system uses your fuel injectors for additional fueling;either mechanically by raising fuel pressure or electronically by tapping into the injector wiring and controlling pulsewidth (amount of time an injector is open). These systems have more even nitrous/fuel mixture distribution.

For the most even distribution,you'll want to go with a direct-port system,individual nozzles per cylinder that inject nitrous and fuel. It's the most expensive setup,and the minimum jetting would be 160hp

(minumum 20hp jetting per cyl with EFI x 8 cylinders).

Here's some links:
NOS (Nitrous Oxide Systems) tech site (they offer the 3 types of systems I mentioned)
ZEX Nitrous Systems (dry mechanical)
Nitrous Express (single and direct port,nice accessories)
Venom Performance (dry electronic)

v8Toilet · #6 (**permalink**) 04-15-2003, 10:10 PM

There is an X-member here that did this but he is banned from TS now. I could send you his site if you wanted to contact him but if I PM you it might not make it too you. All his past threads have been erased, which is too bad because this fellow was very knowledgeable on I-force performance. You'll have to e-mail me first!

wes 03 · #7 (**permalink**) 04-16-2003, 08:20 AM

i was planning on just injecting the nitrous into the intake tube, and let it dissipate into the cylinders. i know this isnt the most efficient for performance, but it will still give me a slight gain, and thats what i want. if anyone knows of a kit that i could wire this up with, please let me know, i would like to get it, thanks guys.

wes