Is NOS right for me?
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Is NOS right for me?
Guys,
Was speaking to my mechanic today who is a certified master Lexus mechanic. I was asking him about performance mods and he said just to go with NOS. He said the 1UZ is completely capable of taking a 100 shot on a stock motor.
He said to do it right the intake manifold would need to be hit at each of the 8 runners. He said he would install it for me for $1000-$1500 done properly. This seems like a pretty high install cost considering I have heard lots of people getting it done for $300 or so.
I have spent the last hour reading all the previous posts on it and am still undecided.
It is looking like the headers will cost about $1800 for them including install. That is pretty steep for what could be less than a 10hp increase. Decisions, decisions!!
I only usually drive the Lex on weekends so it wouldn't be used often.
I know most people are against NOS but if installed properly it should be fine.
What do you think?
Jonny
PS> I know NOS is a brand, just easier than typing nitrous everytime.
Was speaking to my mechanic today who is a certified master Lexus mechanic. I was asking him about performance mods and he said just to go with NOS. He said the 1UZ is completely capable of taking a 100 shot on a stock motor.
He said to do it right the intake manifold would need to be hit at each of the 8 runners. He said he would install it for me for $1000-$1500 done properly. This seems like a pretty high install cost considering I have heard lots of people getting it done for $300 or so.
I have spent the last hour reading all the previous posts on it and am still undecided.
It is looking like the headers will cost about $1800 for them including install. That is pretty steep for what could be less than a 10hp increase. Decisions, decisions!!
I only usually drive the Lex on weekends so it wouldn't be used often.
I know most people are against NOS but if installed properly it should be fine.
What do you think?
Jonny
PS> I know NOS is a brand, just easier than typing nitrous everytime.
I'm no NOS expert, there's tons on here, but $1000-$1500 installed doesn't sound bad to me given the complexity of drilling multiple holes in the right place in the manifold, installing everything, etc.
There's a pic on here somewhere of that exact type of setup.
I guess you really don't think your car is fast enough, huh?
There's a pic on here somewhere of that exact type of setup.
I guess you really don't think your car is fast enough, huh?
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
There's a pic on here somewhere of that exact type of setup.
I guess you really don't think your car is fast enough, huh?
By chance do you know where that picture is??
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one thing with nitrous is you'd probably do better with stock gearing than the 3.76. maybe not that big a deal.
the most important things with nitrous are having enough fuel to go with the nitrous and not having too much timing.
for $1500 it should be a pretty sophisticated setup.
the most important things with nitrous are having enough fuel to go with the nitrous and not having too much timing.
for $1500 it should be a pretty sophisticated setup.
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Originally Posted by chuckb
one thing with nitrous is you'd probably do better with stock gearing than the 3.76. maybe not that big a deal.
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Thx man,
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Great company and products, not sure if they have a system that would work with our cars or not....
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Nitrous Express offer the wet kit. It run around $500. The installation wouldn't run $1500 lol.... Your lexus guy work on Lexus everyday but It doesn't mean he know how to install the nitrous kit. Wet nitrous install will run around $500. Good luck.
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Originally Posted by JPI
Nitrous Express offer the wet kit. It run around $500. The installation wouldn't run $1500 lol.... Your lexus guy work on Lexus everyday but It doesn't mean he know how to install the nitrous kit. Wet nitrous install will run around $500. Good luck.
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Originally Posted by JPI
It's universal. I will find the part number for you.
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Peace man,
Jonny
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We are located in the Dallas area. We install many nitrous kit on the supra. Here are a couple of pictures that we installed last week.
A blown down tube, pressure gauge and bottle heater is rec in addition to the kit.
JP Importz
A blown down tube, pressure gauge and bottle heater is rec in addition to the kit.
JP Importz