I just installed a ZEX dry kit (55 shot) and i wanna learn a little more about driving with it before i start spraying.This is what i know so far.
1.Never spray below 3000 RPMs
2.Never spray in 5th gear or Neutral
3.Never spray for longer than 15 secs.
Now , is there any other info i need to Know?Also could anyone give me some tips on launching with N2o?Thanks in advance
OK your close.....spraying in 5th gear is no different than any other gear except your going so fast you may get hurt.....dont spray in neutral though, for many reasons.....I wont get into it, just take my word for it.
Other than that, you got it....
As for launching, I prefer to launch at part throttle (80% or so) and when I hook up punch it. Its really really hard to take off and get traction while spraying, but it also kills your times to not spray in 1st. It will take some practice, but youll get it.
Spraying in 5th gear is not the best thing to do. At that gear, the most load is being put on the motor, and the fact that you are forcing much more air/fuel into the cylinders, but the motor's not accelerating very much will cause a higher buildup of heat in the pistons, possibly causing a melted piston.
This is all on paper, though. If you don't spray from a stop to 140, I don't think anything very bad will happen to ya.
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The 15second rule is really why 5th gear spraying rule is brought up. Its not that you cant spray in 5th, but if your still spraying by time you shift into 5th, then you have been spraying for longer than 15 seconds.
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I personally know the ex owner of holley performance, and the spraying in 5th gear no no. is a myth. As long as you have rpms, you can spray in any gear. But believe what you believe, it also depends on the size shot you are running, i'm only getting 42 hp from my shot, my car barely feels it, I can spray until the bottle runs out with no damage. But if you have a huge shot, and alot of strain, 15 seconds is a general rule.
On a side note, I myself do not like the micro switch, that activates at full throttle. I have a T handle with a N20 button on the side, I don't have to worry about launching at part throttle or taking my hand off controls to hit a arming button. My nitrous is armed and ready, and I hit a button on my shifter whenever I want. I think it's a much better way. My opinion of course.
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440 whp 800 torque.
Originally posted by N2oH22 So when im at a light i activate the switch, rev up, take off ,get traction then press the pedal all the way down?Then shift into 2nd ,3rd,and 4th.
So the nitrous hits 4 times during a run right?
sorry if this is a dumb qustion, but im just trying to learn
I don't make it to fourth in quarter, so it all depends on everyone's set up, shifting preferences and such.
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440 whp 800 torque.
Originally posted by Enhanced This might sound stupid but for a auto off the launch, you would keep it part throttle adn then when you feel it shift, go to WOT?
Another way you could do it is, and it is better especially for a auto, imo, is have your arming button relatively accessable, and just floor it when you launch, or whatever your launching style is, then when your ready to spray just hit the arming button, and it basically then works like my set up. Does that make sense? In other words, that way you really don't have to worry about going full throttle or part throttle when you launch, whenever you get traction just hit the button. Just another way.
And no I don't have to shift into fourth when I'm hittin the quarter.
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440 whp 800 torque.
Originally posted by Enhanced This might sound stupid but for a auto off the launch, you would keep it part throttle adn then when you feel it shift, go to WOT?
A window switch automates all of that . You shouldn't spray down low because it is going to lug the motor a lot and possibly because your tq converter hasn't locked up. I've got my system setup to spray at 2500 rpm.
Explain the window switch again. If an auto car has N2O and puts a window switch then the car can be floored at launch and not worried about damaging the engine because the window switch won't let the N2O spray until it reaches a certain RPM, is that right?
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Originally posted by Enhanced So how will that make it so an auto can floor it off the line adn won't spray till 2nd gear?
flip the arming switch after you shift . That kind of setup is starting to get a little more complicated. I'm sure it could be done, but it's over my head.
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. You shouldn't spray down low because it is going to lug the motor a lot and possibly because your tq converter hasn't locked up. I've got my system setup to spray at 2500 rpm.
. That kind of setup is starting to get a little more complicated. I'm sure it could be done, but it's over my head.
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