I asked the guys at the local performance shop about getting nitrous on my bird. They asked if it was EFI and when I said it was they said that a dry kit installed would be around $1000. They said I would need a special PC map and I would have to change the map when I wanted to use the nitrous. This sounds insane to me. Can you not use a wet kit for some reason on EFI? I don't know much about it, but I thought a wet kit was more stable and allowed for a stock setup with no fuel curve changes since that was handled by the nitrous system.

Can anyone confirm or deny what the shop said?

I can neither confirm, nor deny what the shop said. Out of pure ignorance. Sorry. :lol: :lol:


MaXX

From the nitrous setups I have seen, the wet setups seem to work better. The maps in the ecm for your fuel stay constant and when you hit the switch, the nitrous and fuel take care of themselves. The wet setups are more expensive, but are worth it.

I just spoke with Lee Shierts (the owner of the above mentioned shop) about the nitrous and learned a little more, I think. Basically the reason they push dry systems is because, "a wet system will throw more parts out your exhaust." He says without forged pistons and race valves and junk HE wouldn't suggest running a wet system. He did admit the wet system is less hassle to use.

Whether I believe that or not I don't know, he's been doing this a long time. Oh well :)

Oh and he said $900 for a 60 shot dry system installed and dyno'd.

The only problem I have with dry systems is that the bike runs Rich as Hell when the nitrous isn't on. This would be fine for a drag bike that sees little street duty, but for someone who wants an occasional shot of Nitrous, it would be a hassle. Your fuel mileage would suffer and you might actually loose power when the nitrous isn't on due to the added fuel injected all the time. Its a trade off between streetability and reliability. If the ecm is delivering extra fuel all the time, the nitrous will not burn up the pistons. If you have a fuel solinoid not work for any reason, the mixture will be extra lean and could frag your motor. I used to run nitrous on an old Camaro I used to have and started out with a dry "sneaky pete" system, but was not happy with the drivability issues. I upgraded to a wet setup and loved it.
Just my .02
Donnie

Does anyone know if the Yosh EMS is available for the bird, you know the one with the alternate maps you can change on the fly? If a system like that exists, it would make dry nitrous easier to live with. Flick a switch and then push the button.

The problem is that if I want to shoot it it will be a spur of the moment thing. I ride to work and cruise in the evenings just to have a reason to ride but I don't drag or have any inclination to even if I had the chance - excluding between lights.

I am considering putting on a 40(ish) shot wet system myself. I just want it there if I feel the urge or if someone looks at my bike wrong ;) I don't want to tell the guy to wait up while I get out my palm-pilot. 40 should be fun without being too hard on the engine, correct?

Oh and I'm not doubting Lee's expertise, I'm just doubting whether my use meets what his idea is.

Dean, I had no problem welding a bung to your tank!!!! :lol: :lol: :hump:


MaXX