Just bought a nitrous kit

I just bought a full nitrous setup from one of my friends for $200. I was wondering if it would be okay for me to spray in my 02 Protege which is an Automatic. The only mods i have are a cai and a header back exaust. Im only gonna be spraying a 50shot and its also wet. Im also proabably hardly ever gonna use it since i dont race a whole lot, but when i do race i wanna have a bit of a boost since my car is not very fast. Im saying that i may use it like once a month if that. If you guys think this is a bad idea then tell me because i really cant afford to destroy my car right now as im currently in college and dont have much money.
 
First off, IMO its a bad idea you really don't have the supporting mods to do this. Even if you did the FS-DE is just not boost friendly. If i was was you i would sell the kit.
 
Well thanks for the input. Im still gonna hook it up but im gonna just use it for purging since i dont want to blow the motor. Im definitely gonna get some colder spark plugs and a transmission cooler just in case i decide to spray a couple of times. If i ever do spray i will keep it at a 50shot or less so i should be fine.
 
use it for purging? so your gonna hook it up so you can have it purge....like just have it purge out into the open and not use it. if thats the case....your forum should be honda driver not killer. if thats what your ghoing for...whats the point of paying money to fill something to just purge it?

just my 2 cents




james
 
You should be safe as long as you spray nothing bigger than a 30-35shot most of the time. If you plan on spraying a bigger shot "maybe 2-3times a week", then i suggest you get some supporting mod's. If i were you i would just sell the kit and build up your engine first. Like Headers, cam's, pistons&rods, p&p. Better to be on the safe side than sorry.
 
your gonna blow the welds on the intake...atleast torque down those bolts on the piece of metal on your passenger side floor board, please!?
 
Im not using it just for purging im just saying im not going to be spraying like crazy (like some of my buddies do). The main reason i bought the nitrous is to beat my friends MR2 and to have something to show and use when i go to the local car meet ups and races on Saturday Nights. Also all the proteges that ive seen with blown motors were using dry shots and i heard those were really bad in general.

Also Kuda i think i will take your advice on the floor boards. Nawzzzz can be pretty dangerous.
 
If you install it, have a camera on whenever the nitrous is on so we get to see the boom! Heaps of zoom zoom BOOM threads, but not enough video of it actually happening!

Actually, I would hate to see your engine damaged, but you get the point: be careful!
 
well its not a dry kit, the nos will distribute evenly. so thats +1

our cars run really rich as well like a 10.0:1 ratio. so it would not blow up because of running lean. +1

p5 ecu's timming is pretty retarded, so just stay way from the mp3 ecu. +1

run around 30-35 shots and i think you would be fine if you get those sparks. if you get bigger injectors and a new fuel pump that would let you run higher shots.

i dont think people have expieremented enough with the fs-de engine with nos. everyone goes turbod and are able to run a decent amount of boost. BUT, the internals are weak though, so it might put a hole through the block, lol.

i dont recommend using nos, but maybe none of us gave it a fair shot?



maybe............. try using the mazdaspeed protege ecu with the nos. its more retarted and it tells the car to dump more fuel in. maybe thats a good idea? it would run like s*** without it though..
 
hey, welcome to our forum.

im sure that you being new and the choice of your handle made you caught some flak here, its pretty bad really.

as others have said, there are much better mods that you can spend your money on that will be working the whole time while your car is on, and also be less dangerous to the engine (and you dont need refills).

there has been a lot of negative stories about the protege and nitrous, so im sure you have read up the archived posts and all the insight they offer.

a better investment would be some sort of engine management, i cannot imagine a protege with a big shot and going open loop at WOT. the protege responds very well to an EMS investment, and supporting mods in the future will give maximum gain and satisfaction with enough time and tuning.
 
Im not using it just for purging im just saying im not going to be spraying like crazy (like some of my buddies do). The main reason i bought the nitrous is to beat my friends MR2 and to have something to show and use when i go to the local car meet ups and races on Saturday Nights. Also all the proteges that ive seen with blown motors were using dry shots and i heard those were really bad in general.

Also Kuda i think i will take your advice on the floor boards. Nawzzzz can be pretty dangerous.

you should be fine with up to 50 shot, the key is running it with wot switch , which will put less load on your engine when the nitrous spray. do worry about what people say, most had never use nitrous ,just a hear say, i have nitrous on all my turbo car ,also my mx6 n/a with 205k miles. so do it safely and do it right, pm me if you have any question.
 
can you list the safety precautions for us if you have done it in the past?


sure, look at it this way,as a wise man once said..... nitrous dont blow cars up, people blow cars up... nitrous can be as safe as turbo or supercharger while making more power per giving rpm,though the nitrous manufacture recomend never to spray more than half the factory rated hp so for the fs 2.0 guys that will be
bhp /n20 safety recomended shot
130 /65 max shot recomended.

also there is couple up step u can make sure that makes spraying the n20 safer,
when installing the n20 also wire it to a wide open switch, which make the car a little more harder to blowup, i have detonate more car more than couple of time when running stock timming with 100shot before i backed up my timing.

* I always recomend wet kit due to you dont have to rely on the fpr to get adequte fuel.

*rpm window can be employ here for noobs

* running 50 shot or less do not require retarding the timing or running a colder plug but runing a colder plug wont hurt if you have to,also remember colder plug needs to be gap lower due to electrode stay colder than normal.

* the 1st couple of spray check the plugs condition to make sure you are not running too rich or lean. running too rich can be as bad as running lean and can cause nitrous backfire or bending electrode/grd on the plug.

* after you get your system running smoothly, go find a car to beat on.

*also invest in bottle heater, low bottle pressure to cause too much fuel to enter the intake which can be excessive rich and cause your respond to be weak or the car to be slower while trying to spray.

my 1990 mx6lx come equiped with 110hp stock and im currently running 113hp shot which is over 100% more that stock hp rating, with 205k original miles and i spray the car every chances i get.the compressing test show my compression looks good though they are lower but they are still within 10% of each other and within spec.
 
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Well i think im just gonna sell the kit and my car. This car just isnt doing it for me. Its just way too SLOW. I think im gonna buy an MSP. Theres one in my area for 13K with only 35K miles.
 
Well thanks for the input. Im still gonna hook it up but im gonna just use it for purging since i dont want to blow the motor. Im definitely gonna get some colder spark plugs and a transmission cooler just in case i decide to spray a couple of times. If i ever do spray i will keep it at a 50shot or less so i should be fine.

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