Nitrous

[Type S Tony]

Hi Everyone,

I tried searching for information in relation to fitting a nitrous kit on a k20z but couldnt really find much in the forums. Except for something on a fuel pump???

So my question is: Is it worth fitting a nitrous kit (Dry) on a standard k20z with no mods whatsoever, Could the engine handle it? is a 100hp shot overkill???

I have asked many mechanics & other enthusiasts but have had lots of mixed responses, some say itll blow the motor, others say it will work well, and a few just look at me and say "Thats Hectic"

Can anyone help me out and point me in the right direction??

Im sorry if their is a similar thread i honestly couldnt find it!

Please also note the same question has been posted on hondatech.com for a while now with no responses, I dont think to many people use that site????

[IEVAQ8]

if its tuned right it will work...........im not sure about 100hp shot though.......

maybe a 50hp shot and hondata will work really well....

although it is illigal to have it hooked up on the street and it does cost $130 per bottle fill.....

[Type S Tony]

Does the Hondata piggyback work well with the Type S ECU? or do you think something like a G REEDY E-manage complete replacement would be better?

I am planning to do alot to the car once christmas & new years is over!

[EK1.6LCIV]

dont run more than 75hp hit, use it dry, otherwise you'll have to go thro and change your fuelling amongst other things to handle it on a regular basis, retard the timing (prob have to do at least 2 degrees anyhow to prevent detonation)

yea, dont get caught with it ethier, install it in the boot and make a box to cover it up, make it look like a sub box, lol

also try and install the solinoids under your fuse box cover, the more that is hidden the better

[Type S Tony]

dont run more than 75hp hit, use it dry, otherwise you'll have to go thro and change your fuelling amongst other things to handle it on a regular basis, retard the timing (prob have to do at least 2 degrees anyhow to prevent detonation)

yea, dont get caught with it ethier, install it in the boot and make a box to cover it up, make it look like a sub box, lol

also try and install the solinoids under your fuse box cover, the more that is hidden the better

Thanks for that!

V. Helpfull information, i was thinking about the sub box thing anyway but i didnt even think about the solenoids, hahahahaha.

I wanna have a nitrous set up as I remeber a cutomer at the shop i used to work at had done it to his R32 GTR and that was like "Hey Watch this s**t"

[IEVAQ8]

Does the Hondata piggyback work well with the Type S ECU? or do you think something like a G REEDY E-manage complete replacement would be better?

I am planning to do alot to the car once christmas & new years is over!

I would run a full stand alone (replacement) hondata if I was u…..

dont run more than 75hp hit, use it dry, otherwise you'll have to go thro and change your fuelling amongst other things to handle it on a regular basis, retard the timing (prob have to do at least 2 degrees anyhow to prevent detonation)

yea, dont get caught with it ethier, install it in the boot and make a box to cover it up, make it look like a sub box, lol

also try and install the solinoids under your fuse box cover, the more that is hidden the better

excellent points

Thanks for that!

V. Helpfull information, i was thinking about the sub box thing anyway but i didnt even think about the solenoids, hahahahaha.

I want to have a nitrous set up as I remember a customer at the shop i used to work at had done it to his R32 GTR and that was like "Hey Watch this s**t"

Yeh it’s a good idea to hide as much as possible……….i was a a tyre shop in my local area not long ago and was checking out this customers car………..bog stock ek civic, non vtec manual sohc…………….we had to change the spare wheel…..and noticed a braided line in the boot not hooked up to anything………..so we put the car on the hoist and checked it out………………………it worked out to be the line for the nitrous bottle, but it took 3 guys and a good 20mins to find were the line when from the boot………..the customer had ran it in between the stock fuel lines……inside the plastic brackets and all……..and u could not see it……and it was plumbed into the bottom at the back of the stock standard intake arm, right before the throttle body……………..it even had a stock muffler, exhaust , headers and air box…………very deceiving………the only give away from inside was a nitrous pressure gauge……………

[aaronng]

I wouldn't do dry, since you currently don't have an ecu to actually supply additional fuel when you introduce nitrous. A wet system would be better although both are considered illegal for street use in Australia.

[Type S Tony]

I would run a full stand alone (replacement) hondata if I was u…..



excellent points



Yeh it’s a good idea to hide as much as possible……….i was a a tyre shop in my local area not long ago and was checking out this customers car………..bog stock ek civic, non vtec manual sohc…………….we had to change the spare wheel…..and noticed a braided line in the boot not hooked up to anything………..so we put the car on the hoist and checked it out………………………it worked out to be the line for the nitrous bottle, but it took 3 guys and a good 20mins to find were the line when from the boot………..the customer had ran it in between the stock fuel lines……inside the plastic brackets and all……..and u could not see it……and it was plumbed into the bottom at the back of the stock standard intake arm, right before the throttle body……………..it even had a stock muffler, exhaust , headers and air box…………very deceiving………the only give away from inside was a nitrous pressure gauge……………

Hahahahahhahah, What a cunningly smart idea! Ide probably try to stick to that same route as much as possible & keep the pressure guage under the dash or something, Do you know if the car drove well when nitrous was activated?

Its still pretty funyy that sum1 would spend all that money setting up a kit & all for SOHC EK.

I think Ill prob do the Exhaust first then the ECU, So I should be able to have a kit in place by April 2009

[IEVAQ8]

yeh it was an amazing setup.......it wenmt really well.............but it was tuned with a hondata.............

[chargeR]

There is a whole subforum dedicated to N20 over on clubrsx, it might be worth looking a to get an idea of how they roll in USDM land LINK

[Type S Tony]

yeh it was an amazing setup.......it wenmt really well.............but it was tuned with a hondata.............

Sounds Hectic, gonna start buying up parts now! will post pics of everything!

There is a whole subforum dedicated to N20 over on clubrsx, it might be worth looking a to get an idea of how they roll in USDM land LINK

Thanks for that link, Those americans really go deep into details which is awesome, Ive already learnt that the clutch will be the first thing to go 4 sure!!!

[IEVAQ8]

good luck........it will be good to see what gains u get