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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 10:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Badlatitude
do u not get its a kid who just wants to bolt on a kit to his stock mod motor....
Anyone who bolts up a basic $500 wet kit with no knowledge of nitrous and no "supporting safety items" is begging for issues anyways. Its just a matter of time. But with wet....add the additional likley hood of screwing up jetting and having a fuel noid fail and having a nitrous backfire.

A basic dry that is tuned by a good shop with something like a flip chip IMO will likley be a better deal for a novice who doesnt know anything and just wants to set it and forget it.

Now I did not say that basic wet kits didnt have there place. And he may get one and have good luck with it..who knows. But the reason i posted all that above is because dry kits get a bad rap for no good reason. Just like nitrous in general. And of course most of that is due to operators not knowing what they are doing and damaging thier cars and of course blaming it on "the kit".
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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 10:25 AM
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Originally Posted by bagwel1
Thanks people. Well whats the difference? I'm being told to run a dry kit


Who is going to install it and or tune it? Who is telling you dry kit?
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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 10:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Steve B
you certainly know nitrous, i really enjoyed the push system i saw a vid of a few years ago.

i still have to disagree, the average enthusiest (sp) will have a much easier time with a wet kit.
They might have and easier time with a basic wet. Atleast to do the install and become operational all by themselves (of course that may not be a good thing..lol)
But a dry would only be one additional step for the tuner. Its not like its an insurmountable problem...lol. And certainly not enough for everyone to say dry sucks
And once you are done with the initial dry setup, I completely believe the rewards will be increased safety and longevity of use as compared to wet.

Ease of intitial install should not be the major concern when picking out a nitrous setup IMO.
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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 10:45 AM
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if hes asking about which kit to buy he needs to the research which there is obviously plenty of that on here. Just because he is a kid like myself doesn't mean hes dumb! he just doesn't have the experience or knowledge which he needs to read this thread and many others. But if hes lay'z enough to just ask which is better on this forum and have other people make his decision then he is just dumb. neither one is safer than the other just a wet kit can be tuned easier by yourself and has a intial cheaper start up, i.e. no tuning needed or chips and so on just common knowledge and don't get greedy with a stock engine. not saying its not a bad idea to have a tune with a wet kit.
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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 10:50 AM
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Originally Posted by 97305hpcobra
and so on just common knowledge and don't get greedy with a stock engine. .
Thats actually by far the #1 cause of engine melt downs

Greedy bastards!
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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 11:19 AM
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I got greedy with a plate on an old camaro and made some super trick custom 3 piece rods and a vented oil pan , bent among other nifty parts thrown into the scrap pile
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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 05:01 PM
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thanks
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Old Mar 11, 2007 | 06:44 AM
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Originally Posted by HybridSS
Thats actually by far the #1 cause of engine melt downs

Greedy bastards!
Wait, are you that one guy that had a 800rwhp ss awhile back?
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