Nitrous too close to TB?
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Nitrous too close to TB?
I was wanting, for a few reasons, to take my air filter off and attach it straight to the TB and drill a hole in the end of it to spray my nitrous in. Its a little cone filter I got at the local shop. So all in all the nozzle is about 3-5inches from the TB. I was sitting at work filing down the filter so it would fit when someone came in and asked why I was doing that. I told him and he said "OHHH NO, that close to your TB you'll blow your motor up." I listened to his advice but not till later was it that I realized that on a carburated engine they have a plate where you spray it UNDER the carb. Effectively PAST the "throttle body" of the carburated engine. They don't blow up left and right so why should mine? I dunno, any ideas?
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first, i would keep the intake tube. you need someplace to mount the IAT sensor. also, check out they ZEX website they make a cone filter with a nitrous nozzle mounted right in the end of it. looks cool as H**l. also you dont want the airfilter to pick up the hot air that is near the TB because of the crossover tube
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I saw the intake on the web page and thats what gave me the motivation to do it. The end result is going to be the intake on the TB and a hood scoop right above it with a 3sided box around the intake so it only pulls from outside the hood. I think it'll work great. My big thing is, will it be ok being that close to the TB? My IAT sensor has been out of its mounting for a WHILE now so i'm not really concerned with a place for it. w/b
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Its a dry system...I took some pictures of my engine, but I can't get it under 16k! I got one down to 15.4k but it looks like lego blocks, you can barely tell what its a pic of. Anyway so is there any inherent danger in putting it that close? I dunno I think after I put the hood scoops in it'll work great as long as the nitrous isn't going to fry my engine.
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I've heard of people putting the dry system past the TB, however this brings up a question of my own: Wouldn't most of the nitrous flow into one cylinder? Cause that can be just a "tad" bit bad.
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Thats exactly what i'm worried about. It might not have enough time to mix properly. BUT two things: I'm putting it about 3-5" outside the throttle body PLUS Think about nitrous on a carburated engine. Its just above the intake manifold and there isn't any danger there so....?