Originally posted by oc_civic
ive had nitrous in this car for a year and a half, and for two years before that helped build a camaro with nitrous... i was HARDLEY influenced by the fast and the furious...
i will take a BONE stock 2000 si, and you take a bone stock SI.. i get 575 to mod it (used nitrous kit and used slicks) you get a 600 to mod it (no forced induction), and then we will run them afterwards.. and the nitrous car will RAPE ANYTHING you can put together in straight line performace.... this is a fact...
kids.. not quite im 25 years old and was PROBABLY turning wrenches when you were in grade school...
My reply wasn't directed to you, so don't take things personally. NOS only helps you straight line, but any idiot can drive in a straight line. NOS won't do much for you in an autocross. To my knowledge, I may be wrong, but NOS isn't street legal.
There's too many young drivers out there carelessly using NOS on the streets, and guess what, they either injure themselves or other people. My opinion, NOS is same as a drug, use it once, you'll keep on wanting to use it. Honda motors and trannies weren't made to handle such a huge shot of HP, thus, use it more, kiss your motor/tranny bye-bye. Like others have said, do I have NOS, No, do I want it, Nope, would I like to try it once, sure--but not on my car.
Given the same scenario, $600 for NOS kit, or $600 buildup... I'm pretty sure after a few years of NOS will eventually make you spend more than the initial $600... then you have to include feeding the bottle...etc... we can argue here all day, I don't want to...