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nos on a pinto?
Angus180 - 25/10/09 at 02:29 PM

im just up rating my cams to piper ultimate road as i have a standard pinto on webber 45's and was wondering about nos and wondered if anyone has an any experiance using it, cheers

omega0684 - 25/10/09 at 03:44 PM

not being funny but whats the point, if you running a whacky cam and twin 45's you probably looking between 150 brake which is a nice amount for a pinto,

if you want to run NOS then you may to have to convert to injection and fork out for a lot more mods, i would suspect forged pistons steel rods and a modified head would be on the list for starers!

[Edited on 25/10/09 by omega0684]

blakep82 - 25/10/09 at 03:51 PM

like what alex says, i suspect you'd melt standard pistons.
best start with a better engine
vx redtops, 150 as standard. standard internals are good up to 300bhp i hear, and if you can do that, why bother with nitrous

[Edited on 25/10/09 by blakep82]

prawnabie - 25/10/09 at 04:47 PM

quote:
Originally posted by omega0684
if you want to run NOS then you will have to convert to injection and fork out for a lot more mods, i would suspect forged pistons steel rods and a modified head would be on the list for starers!


You don't need to convert to injection to run nos, apart from having to "t" into the current fuel line, the system is totally seperate to the fuel system you are currently running.

Running small nozzles to give say 25bhp more and a progressive controller will be fine on most engines that are in good working order.

[Edited on 25/10/09 by prawnabie]

[Edited on 25/10/09 by prawnabie]

tomgregory2000 - 25/10/09 at 04:52 PM

Nitrous will not melt pistons if set up correctley

Nitrous does not need fuel injection to work, its all about getting the correct nitrous to fuel ratio with different size jets.

A 25bhp shot will not put any more stress on the engine so the internals will be fine

tomgregory2000 - 25/10/09 at 04:56 PM

you only need a progessive controller above 50bhp +

what you need to do is get over to nos wizard website and join the forum

There is soooo much info on there and are a helpfull bunch of guys

Angus180 - 25/10/09 at 05:21 PM

apparently my engine is 157bhp built by vege engines, i was gonna but a fast road cam and port and polish whlist the head is off. nos seemd a good idea for a few hundred.

boggle - 25/10/09 at 05:31 PM

nos works very well if set up correctly...

i ran a 50 shot on my drag subaru with no issues for a couple of years, and thats with standard internals.....you could get away with a 75 shot on a progressive controller used with a good engine...

pound for pound it is a good way of upping bhp if you want the occasional extra welly....

omega0684 - 25/10/09 at 07:41 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Angus180
apparently my engine is 157bhp built by vege engines, i was gonna but a fast road cam and port and polish whlist the head is off. nos seemd a good idea for a few hundred.


stick an FR33 (wacky cam comes on about 2500 rpm i think, up tp 7000+) or FR34 (if you want low down cam activity 1000-6000 rpm)

do some light porting so that inlets match manifold etc, if you have dave vizzards book follow that it tells you exactly what to take off.

that should put you in the high 160's maybe even 170, more than enough in my book for road use!

Angus180 - 25/10/09 at 10:42 PM

cheers, i'll see how things go think i might try the fr33 lol.

prawnabie - 26/10/09 at 08:00 AM

I might try a whiff of NOS on the crossflow when my mate remaps his Megane next year - we were both in the 14.8's on the 1/4 mile this year so I have a feeling he will hammer me next year if I don't pull a trick out of my sleeve!!