Originally Posted by
Jordan Y.
Why the hate on the dry kits? I see this all the time on import boards, and I also used to see wet vs. dry as good vs. bad, but a lot of domestic guys seem to run them with good results and now I see it as a matter of pros and cons for each. Wet kit fuel connections can leak, the fuel solenoid can fail screwing up your AFR- when a dry kit fails, you're running slightly less timing and a richer AFR in your tune, when a wet kit fails you could be running pure fuel and bog out (I saw a pinks episode where a guy lost the semifinals this way), or you could be running pure nitrous and blow up. Wet kits have a much higher chance of nitrous backfires, wet kits require playing with jets and balancing fuel and nitrous through crude means outside your fancy EFI system.
Just a list of potential cons to a wet kit- like I said, there are pros and cons to both, but I don't think you can make a blanket statement "dry is bad wet is good".
A lot of your information only applies if you are running an aftermarket ecu for the fuel side of things. The majority of dry systems have nothing to do with your "fancy" efi system, and also are "crude"
Typical dry kit uses nitrous pressure bled to the FPR to increase the fuel pressure, you can end up not having the fuel enrichment just the same, you have to tune it just the same, except you are using jets bleeding off some of the nitrous pressure to adjust your fuel.
A nitrous backfire is typically something you've got because you screwed up, as with anything else, do it right, you wont have a fuckup.
Keys to making it work:
1. Have a fuel pressure safety switch
2. Have enough fuel pump for the job
3. Use an RPM switch
4. Dont get too brave
5. Use quality filters
6. Dont use cheap shit
One of the benefits to a wet setup is that you can run a small dedicated fuel cell and pump for your nitrous system, this allows you to not only use race gas for your nitrous setup, but you can also tune the kit using your fuel pressure, instead of strictly by the jets.
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Originally Posted by
osama tim laden
full on track cars can take a lot more liberties with shit than a street car. bell bottom kits and crazy wheel fitment look cool sliding on a track, but when i want to drive to taco bus, im going to ruin all of that shit. so it just doesnt work for me. function over fashion.
Originally Posted by osama tim laden
also, im about to blow my moderator status by deleteing all of davids posts
R.I.P. Tim
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