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The Great Boost Discussion Thread - GOOD INFO INSIDE!!!
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<blockquote data-quote="95PGTTech" data-source="post: 687709" data-attributes="member: 9525"><p><strong>Re: In Response to Javi's Post....</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>it could. and I'd agree. if you're going far enough to need nitrous or meth on top of your primary power adder you're overcomplicating the recipe that you didn't make right in the first place.</p><p></p><p>you can't get below ambient temps with nitrous? really? open a bottle valve right in your own face. you'll literally freeze yourself to death.</p><p></p><p>don't try and argue price point on modified multi-power adder vehicles. that went out the window a long time ago. I don't know where you're getting these numbers from - my 150 wet shot lasts me 4-5 passes before I start seeing fall-off from a 10lb bottle. my point about the weight was versus race fuel, not nitrous. it was also a simplicity point. adding race fuel adds no additional weight or complication to the car.</p><p></p><p>but like I said, it's all personal preference.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>my advice is still keep it simple. one power adder on a street car off the shelf somewhere near decently sized. add a front mount intercooler if you think it looks cool, and get a good tune. we could have a giant "wish" thread and build a stroker ford-gt aluminum block, ported 2011 head, stupid cam/valvetrain, sheetmetal lower, dry sump, 3.4L whipple, twin turbocharged, FMIC, meth, race gas, 400 shot direct port, ginormo fuel system monster to get the best of all worlds tuned on the ragged edge race motor and waste $60K. Because we'd have an overcomplicated, noisy, rackety, heavy, insanely plumbed, impossible to work on, impossible to tune, only runs on wednesdays piece of shit.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="95PGTTech, post: 687709, member: 9525"] [b]Re: In Response to Javi's Post....[/b] it could. and I'd agree. if you're going far enough to need nitrous or meth on top of your primary power adder you're overcomplicating the recipe that you didn't make right in the first place. you can't get below ambient temps with nitrous? really? open a bottle valve right in your own face. you'll literally freeze yourself to death. don't try and argue price point on modified multi-power adder vehicles. that went out the window a long time ago. I don't know where you're getting these numbers from - my 150 wet shot lasts me 4-5 passes before I start seeing fall-off from a 10lb bottle. my point about the weight was versus race fuel, not nitrous. it was also a simplicity point. adding race fuel adds no additional weight or complication to the car. but like I said, it's all personal preference. my advice is still keep it simple. one power adder on a street car off the shelf somewhere near decently sized. add a front mount intercooler if you think it looks cool, and get a good tune. we could have a giant "wish" thread and build a stroker ford-gt aluminum block, ported 2011 head, stupid cam/valvetrain, sheetmetal lower, dry sump, 3.4L whipple, twin turbocharged, FMIC, meth, race gas, 400 shot direct port, ginormo fuel system monster to get the best of all worlds tuned on the ragged edge race motor and waste $60K. Because we'd have an overcomplicated, noisy, rackety, heavy, insanely plumbed, impossible to work on, impossible to tune, only runs on wednesdays piece of shit. [/QUOTE]
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