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Old 02-19-2008, 11:34 PM
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Nitrous - How much?

So, I'm thinking that I'll purchase a Fit and when I do, I think I'm also going to purchase a nitrous kit.

With all that money I save on gas, I can afford to get premium!

I'm planning on getting the auto-switch-on-by-RPM nitrous switch, which basically kicks in at 2500 RPMs while full throttle and keeps the nitrous valve open until 6200 RPMs so that it won't spray into redline-zone. So, I hit the "on" switch, open the valve on my bottle, and then when I put the pedal down I get boost!

I thought it was a cool concept, it was new to me, might not be to y'all.

But anyways, my question was: what size shot should I use?

I think I've read around here that the Fit puts down about 90 HP to the wheels. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the HP rating of nitrous(IE 25 shot, 30 shot, 35, 50 shot) are relative to the HP gain to the wheels...

So a 50 shot would put the Fit at 140hp which is less than the upper-stages of the SC/TC options(150-160, right?) that have been heavily discussed here, so I figure a 50 shot would be safe and reliable and wouldn't require any upgraded internals or pumps, right?

Could I do a 75 shot? Turbo/SC puts strain on the motor probably 80% of the time, but I'd only be spraying nitrous maybe 5% of my total driving time if that, so it wouldn't even wear as much as the 10psi from a turbo/SC, right?

lol, I hope I made sense.
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