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Project Red Dragon Gets A Nitrous Outlet Dedicated Fuel System

By Brian Wagner June 17, 2019
Making sure you have enough fuel to feed a nitrous application is essential to avoid issues–such as burning a hole in the pistons or hampering performance–and get the most out of the system in an efficient and reliable fashion. A great way to supplement the factory fuel system that’s already in place is adding a dedicated fuel system for your nitrous setup. Our Project Red Dragon Pontiac Trans Am received one of Nitrous Outlet’s dedicated fuel systems so we can run bigger jets and have more room for growth with the tune-up.

We previously looked at Nitrous Outlet’s Pro Wiring Harness and ProMax nitrous controller before they were installed in the Red Dragon. This was done in preparation for the Nitrous Outlet dedicated fuel system, the final piece of our power-adder puzzle. We wanted to run more nitrous and have the ability to adjust the tune more without hurting parts. The dedicated fuel system gives us everything we need to safely make a lot more horsepower without taxing the car’s fuel system.

What Is A Dedicated Fuel System?

The Red Dragon uses a wet shot of nitrous that’s injected into the intake via a Nitrous Outlet plate system. When the nitrous system is armed it sprays both the nitrous and fuel through the plate via jets. The nitrous and fuel atomize and mix into the air flowing into the intake to produce power. This system pulls fuel from the engine’s fuel rail that comes from the tank and the rest of the fuel system.

This plate system works great to a point, but it does have some limits, and that’s where a dedicated fuel system comes in. It’s an affordable way to take a plate system like what’s already on the Red Dragon to the next level. A dedicated fuel system works with a built or near-stock engine to help make nitrous horsepower safer to use.

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Jonathan McDonald from Nitrous Outlet explains why they developed their own fuel system for nitrous users.

“Basically, the dedicated fuel cells were developed for customers who wanted to run a larger shot of nitrous but didn’t want to spend several thousand dollars to upgrade their vehicles’ current fuel system. For less than a thousand dollars you can get one of our dedicated systems that will support all the nitrous you need for most street cars. That’s helpful if you don’t plan on going any further with the engine package and the level of nitrous you’re going to run will be limited. It’s a cost-effective way to maximize the amount of nitrous you can run without pushing into race car territory.”


According to McDonald, there is a threshold you need to be aware of and that’s when the dedicated fuel system starts to make sense for a nitrous system.

“Whenever you get to about a 200 horsepower shot of nitrous, that’s when you start to exceed the factory fuel system’s ability to support that level of nitrous. Let’s say you’re running a direct port nitrous system on an LS-based engine — those can handle a 300 horsepower shot or more stock. If you’re not wanting to totally upgrade the fuel system to support that power, the dedicated fuel system solves that issue. This was all designed with your typical street car in mind,” McDonald explains.