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TonysS13 · 01-03-2002, 08:36 AM

i can get a ZEX nitrous kit for 500 bucks ,should i get it ,would my stock s13 handle it?<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'>?<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'>
ZEX is a new computerized nos system ,it mixes with ur gas.
i know a guy with a stock neon that has it its a auto matic neon,he ran like a 16 with it,also some guy with a stock old celica has it it no harm is done .. so should i get it <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'>

Nismos14 · 01-03-2002, 08:53 AM

only if u can get it installed by a good place a place that has alot of experience with it

BlankFlip · 01-03-2002, 08:55 AM

new computerized nitrous oxide system that is, not a "nos" system.

*DSC* · 01-03-2002, 09:25 AM

Put that $500 toward a turbo or something worth while...nitrous is lame. If you already have a turbo and have a built up engine and want more power w/out a ton of money for the drag strip then go for it. If this is your only power mod other than intake and exhaust then I wouldn't do it. Keep in mind, for every 50 shot of nitrous (which lasts less than 20 seconds) you get the same ammount of engine wear as if you had just drove 5000 miles! Better use good oil and change it often...

*ca18guy* · 01-03-2002, 09:42 AM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Quote: from TonysS13 on 8:36 am on Jan. 3, 2002
i can get a ZEX nitrous kit for 500 bucks ,should i get it ,would my stock s13 handle it?<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'>?<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'>
ZEX is a new computerized nos system ,it mixes with ur gas.
i know a guy with a stock neon that has it its a auto matic neon,he ran like a 16 with it,also some guy with a stock old celica has it it no harm is done .. so should i get it <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'>
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How big of a shot of nitrous is it and what year is your car? I would always recommend a NOS kit with JWT chip over pretty much anything.

(Edited by ca18guy at 10:30 am on Jan. 3, 2002)

*ca18guy* · 01-03-2002, 09:44 AM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Quote: from DSC on 9:25 am on Jan. 3, 2002
Keep in mind, for every 50 shot of nitrous (which lasts less than 20 seconds) you get the same ammount of engine wear as if you had just drove 5000 miles! </td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>

Where did you hear this from and how did they measure that number out? Sounds like the ussual anti-nitrous myth's.

*DSC* · 01-03-2002, 10:08 AM

I read it somewhere on this forum, I searched a bit and couldn't fine the post though <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':('> your probably right "ussual anti-nitrous myth's" but I'm sure it gives your engine ####.

*ca18guy* · 01-03-2002, 10:13 AM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Quote: from DSC on 10<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':0'>8 am on Jan. 3, 2002
I read it somewhere on this forum, I searched a bit and couldn't fine the post though <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':('> your probably right "ussual anti-nitrous myth's" but I'm sure it gives your engine ####.</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>

It gives it no more #### then any other mod that add's 50 HP.

whateverjames · 01-03-2002, 12:21 PM

i've heard detonation hurts motors, not nitrous alone. a turbo can do the same, don't ya knowwwwww. it's almost like saying a turbo reduce engine life (which it may) but i don't see turbo cars lasting only 100,000

*nismo270r* · 01-03-2002, 12:25 PM

I've had some past experience with the ZEX kit first hand.  I helped install one on a DC2 LS Integra and a '97 Taurus SHO.  The Integra ran it with the 75hp shot nozzle, and the SHO opted to get a 100hp shot nozzle from NX.  The system is a cinch to install...you just have to know what you're doing.  The only problem we ran into with the two installs, was the two owners didn't know where their TPS's were.  A quick test with a multimeter turned up the right wires though.  On the Integra, the 75 shot nozzle made one #### of a difference.  On the SHO, even with the 100 shot nozzle, it still only brought the near 2-ton family car to a whopping 14.5 sec 1/4 mile...I was quite unimpressed with the kit on that car, but that's not the kit's fault.  It's the car's....The kit is very good quality and for a dry kit, it's the cheapest, easiest to install I've seen available.

misnomer · 01-03-2002, 03:56 PM

Before you get it though, make sure you look at the cost of refills. . . Nice thing about the turbo setups is that aside from oil, there are no consumables, no added cost down the road.

gh6o6 · 01-03-2002, 05:27 PM

2 things
1 i think he said it mixes with gas, so it would be a wet system - harder to install
2 i was reading a nos ad and it said it doesent harm the engine (of course youd have to have the proper kit) but if it did it would be fals advertising and therefor i dont think they would lie

*nismo270r* · 01-03-2002, 06:20 PM

Well...it DOES NOT mix with gas...The Zex kit is a dry kit...I should know after installing two of them! <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'> The nitrous jets are inserted into your intake piping aimed towards the throttle body...No mixing of gas here.  If it was a wet kit, I probably wouldn't have done the installs.  From my knowledge, wet kits are more dangerous if not properly tuned/used.  Personally, I wouldn't use nitrous for anything but possibly a turbo spool up kit, like JWT has done in the past.  They program their ECU to utilize a separate nitrous system to be on as you get on the throttle, but as soon as the turbo spools up, the nitrous cuts out.  Thus bringing turbo lag to a minimum, by helping spool the turbine to operational RPMs.

01-03-2002, 08:36 AM	#1
TonysS13 Leaky Injector Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 136 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	i can get a ZEX nitrous kit for 500 bucks ,should i get it ,would my stock s13 handle it?<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'>?<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'> ZEX is a new computerized nos system ,it mixes with ur gas. i know a guy with a stock neon that has it its a auto matic neon,he ran like a 16 with it,also some guy with a stock old celica has it it no harm is done .. so should i get it <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'>

01-03-2002, 08:53 AM	#2
Nismos14 Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: New Jersey Age: 43 Posts: 1,213 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	only if u can get it installed by a good place a place that has alot of experience with it

01-03-2002, 08:55 AM	#3
BlankFlip Nissanaholic! Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: The Future Posts: 1,627 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	new computerized nitrous oxide system that is, not a "nos" system.

01-03-2002, 09:25 AM	#4
DSC New Title Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: VA Posts: 3,454 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Put that $500 toward a turbo or something worth while...nitrous is lame. If you already have a turbo and have a built up engine and want more power w/out a ton of money for the drag strip then go for it. If this is your only power mod other than intake and exhaust then I wouldn't do it. Keep in mind, for every 50 shot of nitrous (which lasts less than 20 seconds) you get the same ammount of engine wear as if you had just drove 5000 miles! Better use good oil and change it often...

01-03-2002, 09:42 AM	#5
ca18guy Premium Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Clearwater FL Age: 42 Posts: 3,226 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: ca18guy Feedback Score: 0 reviews	</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Quote: from TonysS13 on 8:36 am on Jan. 3, 2002 i can get a ZEX nitrous kit for 500 bucks ,should i get it ,would my stock s13 handle it?<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'>?<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'> ZEX is a new computerized nos system ,it mixes with ur gas. i know a guy with a stock neon that has it its a auto matic neon,he ran like a 16 with it,also some guy with a stock old celica has it it no harm is done .. so should i get it <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'> </td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'> How big of a shot of nitrous is it and what year is your car? I would always recommend a NOS kit with JWT chip over pretty much anything. (Edited by ca18guy at 10:30 am on Jan. 3, 2002)

01-03-2002, 09:44 AM	#6
ca18guy Premium Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Clearwater FL Age: 42 Posts: 3,226 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: ca18guy Feedback Score: 0 reviews	</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Quote: from DSC on 9:25 am on Jan. 3, 2002 Keep in mind, for every 50 shot of nitrous (which lasts less than 20 seconds) you get the same ammount of engine wear as if you had just drove 5000 miles! </td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'> Where did you hear this from and how did they measure that number out? Sounds like the ussual anti-nitrous myth's.

01-03-2002, 10:08 AM	#7
DSC New Title Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: VA Posts: 3,454 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I read it somewhere on this forum, I searched a bit and couldn't fine the post though <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':('> your probably right "ussual anti-nitrous myth's" but I'm sure it gives your engine ####.

01-03-2002, 10:13 AM	#8
ca18guy Premium Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Clearwater FL Age: 42 Posts: 3,226 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: ca18guy Feedback Score: 0 reviews	</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Quote: from DSC on 10<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':0'>8 am on Jan. 3, 2002 I read it somewhere on this forum, I searched a bit and couldn't fine the post though <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':('> your probably right "ussual anti-nitrous myth's" but I'm sure it gives your engine ####.</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'> It gives it no more #### then any other mod that add's 50 HP.

01-03-2002, 12:21 PM	#9
whateverjames Nissanaholic! Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: St. Louis Age: 45 Posts: 2,263 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	i've heard detonation hurts motors, not nitrous alone. a turbo can do the same, don't ya knowwwwww. it's almost like saying a turbo reduce engine life (which it may) but i don't see turbo cars lasting only 100,000

01-03-2002, 12:25 PM	#10
nismo270r Premium Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Lafayette, IN Age: 45 Posts: 715 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I've had some past experience with the ZEX kit first hand.  I helped install one on a DC2 LS Integra and a '97 Taurus SHO.  The Integra ran it with the 75hp shot nozzle, and the SHO opted to get a 100hp shot nozzle from NX.  The system is a cinch to install...you just have to know what you're doing.  The only problem we ran into with the two installs, was the two owners didn't know where their TPS's were.  A quick test with a multimeter turned up the right wires though.  On the Integra, the 75 shot nozzle made one #### of a difference.  On the SHO, even with the 100 shot nozzle, it still only brought the near 2-ton family car to a whopping 14.5 sec 1/4 mile...I was quite unimpressed with the kit on that car, but that's not the kit's fault.  It's the car's....The kit is very good quality and for a dry kit, it's the cheapest, easiest to install I've seen available.

01-03-2002, 03:56 PM	#11
misnomer Nissanaholic! Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Nevada Posts: 2,293 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Before you get it though, make sure you look at the cost of refills. . . Nice thing about the turbo setups is that aside from oil, there are no consumables, no added cost down the road.

01-03-2002, 05:27 PM	#12
gh6o6 Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Dirty Jersey Posts: 550 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	2 things 1 i think he said it mixes with gas, so it would be a wet system - harder to install 2 i was reading a nos ad and it said it doesent harm the engine (of course youd have to have the proper kit) but if it did it would be fals advertising and therefor i dont think they would lie

01-03-2002, 06:20 PM	#13
nismo270r Premium Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Lafayette, IN Age: 45 Posts: 715 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Well...it DOES NOT mix with gas...The Zex kit is a dry kit...I should know after installing two of them! <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'> The nitrous jets are inserted into your intake piping aimed towards the throttle body...No mixing of gas here.  If it was a wet kit, I probably wouldn't have done the installs.  From my knowledge, wet kits are more dangerous if not properly tuned/used.  Personally, I wouldn't use nitrous for anything but possibly a turbo spool up kit, like JWT has done in the past.  They program their ECU to utilize a separate nitrous system to be on as you get on the throttle, but as soon as the turbo spools up, the nitrous cuts out.  Thus bringing turbo lag to a minimum, by helping spool the turbine to operational RPMs.