Turbo or NOS?

[02Protege'5]

Id like to get a preformance upgrade for my car, I am wary of trying to install a turbo on a non turbo car, and am instead looking at a 50 shot of wet NOS. Id like to know how many psi a stock 2.0 dohc 16 valve mazda motor can take, can it handle as much as the mitzubishi 2.0 dohc 16 valve. I know they can take about 21.6 psi before blowing the head gasket. Would a 50 shot of wet NOS be too much for my motor?

 

[KYMP5]

Turbo will actually be safer in the long run. The 5s can do a wet kit of nitrous but not a big shot or a long shot. There have been plenty of blown motors on both though

 

[Lord_Zath]

Yea I'd recommend go turbo. If you're worried about reliability, keep the PSI at the stock/lower setting! You could also check out the supercharger that's being developed. Thread on that is in my signature.

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[Tophatman07]

Turbo is probably going to be safer. Just keep it at a low psi that way your not to abusive on your engine. I'd be worried about NOS just seems to hard on the engine, anytime you want to speed up ur going to hit that nos button and that will over time really go to town on that engine.

 

[Super Matty P]

"naws"...(sigh)

 

[kcbhiw]

Turbo. Increase longevity (comparitively speaking) and the power is always available (simplisticly speaking). Additionally, you don't have to refill the turbo .

 

[Captain KRM P5]

turbo. nitrous not taken well on these engines.

 

[JOS3]

turbo

 

[twilightprotege]

screw it, i'm going to say N2O (not friggen nos).

if you're going to go turbo, you should almost definately upgrade the rods and ecu. if you've going to upgrade the rods and ecu there is no reason the engine cannot handle heaps of N2O.

also, you can build up the engine slowly with exhaust, intake etc, then put on the N2O kit rather than having to spend heaps all at once as with turbo.

i beleive that with N2O the engine will be more reliable than a turbo as you'll only run it when you want to go and you wont be spooling 24x7. fuel economy will be far better with N2O for the same reason.

 

[changedman]

fuel economy won't necessarily be better with N2O. On the way to Arizona, the help of my turbo, I was getting 450miles per tank. The turbo makes the engine more efficient at crusing speeds.

 

[twilightprotege]

yeah true, not necessarily better, but that's 450 miles of wear on your turbo which means you'll need to rebuild it or replace it 450 miles sooner. i can get 500 miles from a tank NA, even with all my mods.

 

[changedman]

damn, you must have a 5 gal bigger tank! lol

 

[iwanna5]

Im saying turbo. i dissagree with spray but thats just the way i am. Boosting i believe is a bit more powerful in the long run (wink)
turbo is the way i would go

 

[twilightprotege]

i've got a 55L tank - no idea what that is in gal's - but i think that's the same as you guys. 500miles (800k's) is the best i have ever got going from where i live to sydney, average going to sydney is between 470miles and 500miles on the tank.

 

[Super Matty P]

I <3 Twilightprotege

Nitrous is awesome if you plan for it properly.

 

[eljefe305]

well it's about $500-$600 for a N2O system and you're getting anywhere between 25-75 HP.. you're not adding on all the weight of an intercooler, turbo, and it's a lot simpler to install, and you even get a cool little button to push.

with turbo it's 3k and up, you still get to adjust the HP gain anywhere between -something if it breaks down, to lets say 200HP to keep it sane. If you're not willing to DIY, there's a s*** load of install costs. tuning is a b****. turbo fans are delicate and if you mess one up it's maddd expensive.
BUT. you get the blow off noise which is an expensive commodity, you get boost all the time, and there's something more satisfying about seeing a turbo under your hood than a bunch of blue N2O lines and a bottle in your trunk.

i'd go turbo just becacuse with N2O it feels cheap to press a button to go fast...


is there a way to go turbo AND have nitrous?

 

[kickniteasy]

^ Yeah, but then you have to add in the cost of a whole new engine after youblow up the first with nos.

 

[02Protege'5]

What do i have to do to prepare my car for N20

 

[twilightprotege]

main thing - some sort of engine management

 

[Lord_Zath]

What do i have to do to prepare my car for N20

Get a 2nd engine

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