wet/dry NOS

[stevenoreaga215]

whats the difference between wet/dry NOS?

[F22HB]

Wet nos sprays fuel and nitrous.
Dry nos sprays only nitrous and fuel must be compensated some other way.

[DBCustoms]

just a little more info!

Combustion Cycle is made of Air/Fuel and Spark. You make more power by adding to all three, but all three have to be kept in balance. If you add Air you have to add fuel. Adding Nitrous is adding Air, so you have to add Fuel as well.

Wet-Kits: Wet-Nitrous either uses it's own supply of gas or taps a fuel line and injects gasoline via an extra injector solenoid. Wet kits allow for precise fuel metering, but can strain the fuel system if they scavange too much.

Dry-Kits: Dry kits rely on "existing" Fuel sorces to provide the extra gas. Extra gas is acomplished through either increasing the fuel pressure, or having the computer add more fuel. 10 years ago Dry kits normally meant either adding fuel pressure by injecting nitrous into the fuel-pressure regulat vaccum control line or adding it via a computer modification to the ECM. Today "dry kits" typically blow through a Mass Air Flow Meter and rely on it to detect the extra oxygen and provide more gas. Advatanges: Easy to install. Disadvatages, you're asking the fuel system to do something it wasn't designed to do and that can cause problems.

[K2e2vin]

Our Honda's don't use MAFs. You can still have ECU compensate by using aftermarket ECU reprogramming(I believe Neptune has an awesome Nitrous tool).

[jm991700]

With a dry shot, u can run up to 55 shot for best results.. With a wet shot u can run up to i think 75 shot or a little more.

[deevergote]

With a dry shot, u can run up to 55 shot for best results.. With a wet shot u can run up to i think 75 shot or a little more.

You CAN run as much as you want. Over 75 dry can damage your engine, though.


Steve, have you done any of the stuff you've asked about? You have a new thread every other day, and you never seem to reply to any of them... People are taking their time to give you advice. Please show the courtesy to at least acknowledge it.

[nhia-cb7]

thats not good for your engine is it?

[luckyflip]

i plan to buy a nitrous system for my cb but im not sure if my engine is healthy enoughi to hold it.it currently has 206xxx miles and i want a 50 shot.

[deevergote]

A 50 shot won't do damage to a fairly healthy engine as long as it isn't abused (like, don't use a bottle every 2-3 days!) A couple times a week shouldn't do any harm.

If you're concerned about your engine, do a compression test to make sure it's healthy. You might also want to get your injectors inspected and cleaned, as well as replacing your fuel filter and fuel pump. If the engine is healthy, and your fuel system is in proper functioning order, a 50 shot won't hurt at all. It'll only accelerate wear on an already failing engine, and if you have a bad injector, it can cause major damage in that cylinder due to a lean condition (not enough fuel... very bad thing, especially with nitrous!)