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Ryan_LX
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Which one do you like better and why?
I like em both

[ July 27, 2010, 01:25 AM: Message edited by: Ryan... ]

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i got boost! always there and never run out

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ive been a user of both. nitrous was always fun. when the bottle is filled and you have full pressure with the bottle heater, it would hit hard. never a dull moment except when you have an empty bottle and get rolled to a car you couldve beat with some nitrous, which is why i went s/c. boost whenever i want it and sounds bad ass!

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blowers dont have to be refilled or kept at 1100psi...lol

Nitrous is fun though

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i have both [Wink]

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blower ftw i love mine

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BOOST BUT NITROUS HITS HARD THO . I WOULD LIKE TO FEEL TURBO BOOST [burnout]
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I like both I useto hate on nitrous just to talk shit but to be honest I started using it cause it was a cheaper way to go fast at the moment but once those bottles start to get low the refills will sneak up on your wallet

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quote:
Originally posted by LETHL 03:
i have both [Wink]

I have both...on the same car. [Big Grin]

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Turbo [Smile]

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quote:
Originally posted by JohnB:
quote:
Originally posted by LETHL 03:
i have both [Wink]

I have both...on the same car. [Big Grin]
I'm going with the same thing [Razz]

Oh Plus

BOOST GETS YOU LAID LOL

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i love nitrous hits hard but the bottle runs out if i could do it all over i would have bought a blower and the cost to fill a bottle [Mad] not cheap

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The only way to do it is to use the Nitrous as an aftercooler for the boost

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all about the smack

everyone wants to say how you'll pay for a blower in the long run by using nitrous, but they also forget that the blower is mechanical and DOES have some upkeep.

back when nitrous was $2/lb it was waaay worth it

now that it's up to about $4.50 it does makes a diff, but how much does it cost to rebuild a head unit ?

do you DD your car 20k miles a year ? you'll be rebuilding that head unit quite often at that rate

do you really want increased chamber pressure on your motor 100% of the time it's running ? or just 11 seconds at a time ?


theres more to it then some think.......

$500 right now to run 12's

$3500 right now to run 12's

no brainer for me, the extra $3k is worth 100 nitrous fills. thats 1000 trips down the 1/4 mile

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quote:
Originally posted by nitrous_bob:
all about the smack

everyone wants to say how you'll pay for a blower in the long run by using nitrous, but they also forget that the blower is mechanical and DOES have some upkeep.

back when nitrous was $2/lb it was waaay worth it

now that it's up to about $4.50 it does makes a diff, but how much does it cost to rebuild a head unit ?

do you DD your car 20k miles a year ? you'll be rebuilding that head unit quite often at that rate

do you really want increased chamber pressure on your motor 100% of the time it's running ? or just 11 seconds at a time ?


theres more to it then some think.......

$500 right now to run 12's

$3500 right now to run 12's

no brainer for me, the extra $3k is worth 100 nitrous fills. thats 1000 trips down the 1/4 mile

[worship]

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quote:
Originally posted by nitrous_bob:
do you DD your car 20k miles a year ? you'll be rebuilding that head unit quite often at that rate

do you really want increased chamber pressure on your motor 100% of the time it's running ? or just 11 seconds at a time ?


theres more to it then some think.......

$500 right now to run 12's

$3500 right now to run 12's

If you're rebuilding a head unit yearly, you may want to figure out what the problem is. Boost isn't on the engine 100% of the time, it's on it as much as your foot is on it. That's what bypass valves are for.

Nitrous is great as a cheap alternative the first go-around. If someone spends $3500 for a blower and only runs 12's...I'd figure out what was going wrong. My first combo didn't cost $3500 total...and I ran 11.0's with it. (Used SQ trim complete, Edelbrock heads, TFS1 cam, Performer intake, 3.55's...stock 93 shortblock).

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BOOST FTMFW!!!!

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the only upside to nitrous is that i can use 500 shot jets [Big Grin]
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nitrous [worship]

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I like a turbo myself. My turbo has been on the car since 1985 and has over 100,000 miles on it and still works perfect never rebuilt.
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quote:
Originally posted by nitrous_bob:
all about the smack

everyone wants to say how you'll pay for a blower in the long run by using nitrous, but they also forget that the blower is mechanical and DOES have some upkeep.

back when nitrous was $2/lb it was waaay worth it

now that it's up to about $4.50 it does makes a diff, but how much does it cost to rebuild a head unit ?

do you DD your car 20k miles a year ? you'll be rebuilding that head unit quite often at that rate

do you really want increased chamber pressure on your motor 100% of the time it's running ? or just 11 seconds at a time ?


theres more to it then some think.......

$500 right now to run 12's

$3500 right now to run 12's

no brainer for me, the extra $3k is worth 100 nitrous fills. thats 1000 trips down the 1/4 mile

If you are rebuilding your SC that often your motor has issues.

Supercharger or Turbos.. or go home [patriot]

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nitrous [patriot] [patriot]

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i vote N/A. high compression winds and crackles. WAP WAAAP! no bottles to open make sure your at 1100 psi. No belt to worry about trowing. 15#s of vacuum at idle, that's whats up...


yea yea i kno it's inches.

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whats better than being blown...

being stroked and blown at the same time!!!!

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