ive been running nitrous for almost a year and a half now. its all about tuning my friend. I started low at a 35 shot and gradually tuned my way up to 75.

you see turbo people running 6-8psi on stock internals... well thats just about equivalent to a 75 shot, but my power isnt always constant. its all in the tuning. i know quite a few people running 75shots or lower on stock internals in the SHO nitrous forum. rule of thumb for n2o is its safe to run half the hp your motor makes, so 145/2=72.5...

yes i had a compression test done, all cylinders checked out fine. if you get a ZEX dry kit its basically plug and play, but a wet kit will take a bit more effort hooking up the fuel solenoid and fuel tuning. you should visit the SHO nitrous forum theres some cool nitrous junkies in there w/ lotta good info.

as for the paint, me and my buddy did it in his garage, he used to do bodywork as a side job.