Im interested in putting NOS on to my 2002 STI and wondering if anyone has got any tips/setups/DOs and DONTs on running it?

Cheers

 

Is NO ONE using NOS????

 

Very few people use nitrous, its not worth the effort most of the time, easier to just uprate the turbo and a few other parts to give you 400bhp tbh

Tony

 

AFAIK it`s not really recommended unless your on a fully forged system either

 

The Roger Clark Motorsport Gobstopper runs NOS and iirc Andy Forrest was running it on his race car (although not sure if this is still the case). I believe both of them are using it to get their massive turbos spooling earlier.

 

Dis-advantage is the running cost of filling up all the time. I don't know what the going rate is but in rip-off Britain it could be silly (?)

dunx

 

was £2.50 a Lb last time I refilled

 

£2.50 ? Where ?

I thought it was £5.

 

2 places in notts, Just novas(or whatever they change their name too ever week) and a place at the back of kennel gates nr bulwell(cant remember the garage name),
I get it from the 2nd place a guy called Phil.

 

So £25 x 52 weeks = £1300

So buy the bigger turbo it will pay for itself in a year !

dunx

 

cheers for the input lads, JDM stig what are you running??

 

That is cheap mate lucky you.

 

it wouldent need to be run everyday, just the odd blast round track and the 1/4 mile, this would bring the refills down drastically, dunno WTF anybody would want to run NoS in a road car for anyway unless it was to impress the local 12 years olds down maccyD`s on a friday night

 

that must be me then, ran it in 3 cars over the years, i must have been using Nos for about 10 years now, only had 1 engine failure when i first started out, its the same as any mods, if you sensible it will be fine, dont throw 150bhp jets at a micra etc,
Nos is very safe if used properly and isnt that expensive, if you are using it all the time you can get a 35kg bottle from BOC etc and fill urself, this will save you a bomb in refills.

 

Im with JDM Stig. I've run NoS in a few cars, and as long as you're sensible and the engine/gearbox are strong, then bang for buck its pretty good stuff!! I had it fitted to my old 6.6V8 Trans Am and a GTO Twin Turbo and it made a hell of a difference to both! (although the V8 was running a 150 shot!)
I was, however, paying £5 per Lb which was the going rate down south!

 

a bit harsh that. i better hide my copies of Fast and Furious!! If we all took that attitude we would all be driving bog standard cars and probably wouldnt be a scoobynet.forum either. After all a mod is a mod is a mod??? Isnt it? it either works or it doesnt. One mans nos is anothers mans big turbo. I agree it seems a bit silly for RA DUNKs 12 year old mcdonalds friends to be running a big 5 inch tail pipe on their 1 litre corsa as it serves no purpose. but if something makes your car go faster then im all for it. Plus NOS should help me break our local Mcdonalds Drive through lap record. By the way, ive heard its only hardcore boyracers that can call it MACCY Ds!

PS dont those NOS purge kits look really really cool. not :~)

 

lol there is nothing harsh about it, their not my friends, im no boy racer either, i hate these boy racer/cruiser type of *****, im actually thinking about NoS as well but it will be strictly for track use, why anybody needs the stuff in a road car is beyond me considering most of these cars around 300 odd BHP anyway, unless off course it was to impress the 12 year olds

 

i want to do track days as well, but as im a part time getaway driver the NOS would come in handy for my work. Im planning on fitting a simtek ECU for the antilag feature so that i can set fire to any vehicles chasing me. Make mine a big mac.

PS anyone got any bullet proof glass for a 2002 bugeye STI???

 

 

think's he's on the wrong forum! Sounds like a wind up if you ask me!

 

Would you like fries with that sir?

 

"Stick a bloody sausage in it!"

 

Do ya think?

Only problem with the bullet proof glass is the exta weight.
More weight= slower acceleration=slower getaway=caught.
Plus side is not getting shot.
or the alternative
Normal glass=less weight=quicker getaway=not getting caught.
Down side=getting shot.

Didnt realise that subaru tuning could be this complicated!!!

 

Seriously though, i am considering NOS. so would appreciate any advice from anyone who is running it. probably running before i can walk as the engine only doesnt go for a forged rebuild til monday.

 

Bought the "manual" over twenty years ago, but never felt the need for that much extra...

It's addictive, surely it will get used ? Daily....

Every "nearly" over-take becomes a "done" thing.

Talk to RCMS as they are likely to know a fair bit. Or Trev @ "The wizard of NOS"

HTH

dunx

P.S. 1. Saves having to buy bigger injectors.
P.S. 2. Saves having to buy a bigger, laggier turbo.

 

3. helps a big laggy **** off turbo spool

 

Cheers lads. gonna get it all back together and run in the go from there.

PS gonna get a bullet proof jacket as a compromise to the glass. Easily removed for track days.

 

I'd wear it to work....

South Leeds !

LOL

dunx

 

Had a curry last night , think i need bullet proof underpants!!!!!