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Old May 16, 2012 | 05:39 PM
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I want to put nitrous on my 95 2wd v6. Has anyone done it? if so what kind of kit wet or dry and how big of a shot do I use that is still safe
 
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Old May 17, 2012 | 01:03 AM
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Usually a 50 or even 100 shot is safe on a good motor that isn't on its last legs. Use a wet kit, its safer, it richens the mix appropriately for the nitrous. Never done it and not a big fan of nitrous, but I'd use a plate kit. Bolts in under the throttle body.
 
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Old May 17, 2012 | 05:41 AM
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Even on a good motor I wouldn't spray it with higher that a 75 shot and even then if you spray it every day the motor isnt going to last long. If you want to spray a motor its best to build a forged motor. Also dont forget when you spray you have to change the oil very often. Guys at the track that spray usually change there oil around every 3rd pass.
 
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Old May 17, 2012 | 03:57 PM
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Originally Posted by 89dakota318
I want to put nitrous on my 95 2wd v6. Has anyone done it? if so what kind of kit wet or dry and how big of a shot do I use that is still safe
The standard answer would be to raise the torque of your stock engine NO MORE THAN 50% on a healthy engine. With that said, I, being a user of nitrous for several years, would put no more than a "50" shot on a 3.9l. Wet kit is technically better and safer from over heating the combustion chamber. You will not really feel a 50 shot, as they are more for show, and a marginal edge over stock, given the mass that you are pushing. On a ricer, it is felt more due to the lower weight. I do not know what mods you have already completed, but a power adder is really one of the last modifications you would do to a drivetrain. If you can score a kit on the cheap, then by all means play, but it can get expensive quick, with purging, and horseplay (no pun intended).
 
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Old Jun 4, 2012 | 12:11 AM
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Truck has high flow cat and 2 3/4 exhaust underdrive pulley kit v8 throttle body and an air intake
 
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I have occasioanlly thought of a "portable" 50 shot kit to give the motor a small blast to clean the carbon out of them that I could take off and put onto another engine as needed.
 
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