Originally Posted by AF
The misinformation in this thread makes my head hurt. Nitrous is perfectly safe for your car, it's like any other sort of forced induction, it needs tuning.
The "shot" rating is generally referring to a horsepower increase. 50 shot will you give you about 50HP, 100 shot 100HP, etc. Personally, I would not do more than a 40%-50% increase in power with stock internals or a stock transmission as the integrity of these components will be compromised.
i never said it wouldnt be safe, but it would be pointless. for the cost of a nice nitrous setup with the proper gauges, and tuning, you might as well stick a d16z6 in there and due an auto->5spd swap. hell, i got a full b18b swap with gsr tranny for 600 bux. it was a damn good deal, but swaps can be had for less then a 1000 bux