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If everything is set up the right way, no damage will happen. I've been using this stuff since the early 80's, and have had more fun than you can imagine. I currently run two stages on my Chevy with a total of roughly a 600hp boost.

Some very important things to running a safe nitrous tune up.

1. Retarding Timing
2. Plenty of additional fuel.
3. Start with the smallest tune up.
4. Depending on the tune up size, drop to a colder spark plug.

There are actually a ton of other things, but with a Cheater system I would start ith the smallest tune-up they suggest.

It is an awsome power adder if used propperly for the application, and do not steer from the parameters outlined for your application. That is where most people get into trouble, pushing the envelope. And it is a very unforgiving power adder and it bites back hard and is nothing to try more and more of, unless you know what you are doing.

Isn't one system called a "wet" system and another one a "fogger"?? Is that correct, and if so what is the difference?

Don

A wet system is one where you inject nitrous and fuel thru either a bar under the carburetor, or thru a nozzle in the intake manifold runner.

A dry system is normally used on a computer controlled engine and it is one that injects only nitrous and it actually fools the computer into thinking that there is a lean condition and it adds more fuel to compensate.

A fogger system is one where the nozzles are threaded into the intake runners of each cylinder, and it injects nitrous and fuel at the same time.

Originally Posted by pro60chevy

If everything is set up the right way, no damage will happen. I've been using this stuff since the early 80's, and have had more fun than you can imagine. I currently run two stages on my Chevy with a total of roughly a 600hp boost.

Some very important things to running a safe nitrous tune up.

1. Retarding Timing
2. Plenty of additional fuel.
3. Start with the smallest tune up.
4. Depending on the tune up size, drop to a colder spark plug.

There are actually a ton of other things, but with a Cheater system I would start ith the smallest tune-up they suggest.

there is alot to what pro60chevy posted i have built engines for Nos but they sooner or later they will come back when your running big kits the two guys i know will not tell me how much past 400hp shots.but thing can go wrong very fast .i spend alot of time building a race engine alot of the guys do not know how bad the stuff can be . a great running engine can be turned in to scrap verry fast when the fuel or timming is border line and then you added the torch Nos .i have one in the shop great running engine car ran great but he just added 100hp shot bent the crank took out two pistons started to spin the main. started the loose the head gasket .cup the ss valves ??? could not tell me were he had the timming and all the part were all new very good stuff but he was thinking it was cheap power adder

Pat, What Would You Consider To Be A Colder Plug In A 468
Bb, Brand, Etc, And Would A Colder Plug Make It Harder To Start?
Rdobbs

Originally Posted by rdobbs

Pat, What Would You Consider To Be A Colder Plug In A 468
Bb, Brand, Etc, And Would A Colder Plug Make It Harder To Start?
Rdobbs

hard to say i do not tune my customers NOs systems the more nos you use the cooler you can go for just 100hp shot i would use a stock plug what plug are you using now

Using AC delco plugs from pep boys....I know they are not made for
racing, so I assume they are stock, off the top of my head I do not
know the exact number on the plug, but it does get a good spark
thru the msd system...rdobbs