So, you're sitting there at the lights. Alongside you, a brand new BMW pulls up, with the driver casting a derisory glance at your car, tutting to himself at how people are allowed to drive things like that in this day and age.....
"Right" you think, as the red mist descends, "that's it". You bring the engine up to 2500, flicking a dash mounted arming switch, simultaneously bringing online the progressive controller.
The light turns green.
You nail the pedal to the floor.
Your engine lets out a low pitched growl like Frankenstein's monster clearing its throat, steriods pumping through its intake system. The rear wheels cling vainly to the tarmac as the beast in the nose does everything it can to spin the world in the opposite direction but your brain is locked on - "KILL!" - and you keep that pedal glued to the floor.
The BMW flips into warp drive - backwards, into the distance. The driver hunkers behind his soft touch dashboard in utter terror - and you smile. Your foot backs off the pedal and the engine settles into its friendly, streetable manner and burbles happily as the last remenants of power-crazed fluid trickle through the injectors......
Normality is resumed. The onlookers are applauding and pretty girls are draping themselves over your bonnet. Another confirmed kill - One down, more to come.
.....But I digress. eBay again, has made me a happy boy and once again, I was the sole bidder on something I wanted.
A full Wizards Of Nitrous kit, with billet pulsoids, 11lb bottle and a Maximiser progressive controller (allowing you to gradually increase nitrous, instead of dumping it in as well as many other features).
I'll do a full writeup when it comes to installing, testing, benching and installing bigger jets (not going to go over 75BHP on standard ignition system for the time being) but I'm just SO DAMNED EXCITED!
The only thing that's depressing is I've still got 2 weeks left at uni 
Now, I've got to find room for that centrifugal supercharger that's on eBay as well.....................
Soon to be adorned with more shiny bits (and a bit more kick). Needs a bloody good clean and a polish, mind...
I've finally decided what I'm going to do over summer as well (besides touching up the bodywork).
Primarily, depending on time - I want to work on improving fuel supply - so go to Megasquirt, polish and port the intake manifold, cut down the trumpets, maybe change the throttle butterfly for a larger item, change to better injectors and things like that. I reckon there's really a good amount of room for improvement purely on that. Megasquirt will also give me the option of traction control.....Which I may need!
Then, I'd like to get a set of heads and have a go at porting and polishing them, rebuilding them to a gentle spec. Hopefully, time permitting, what I'll do then is build up a 3.9 or 4.2 bottom end with ARP bolts, get it balanced (and maybe some decent pistons) and have a complete engine to drop in.
These'll go in hand with a panhard rod conversion supplied by another club member, as well as my new bigger brakes. Lots of detailing left to be done on the interior though
Some other inspirational shots:
;D
If you're interested - Get Trevor Langfield's book on the matter -whilst it feels slightly biased to his own products, it's a very interesting read. Especially his Bond Bug - with his nitrous kit, he got it from a ~45 second 0-60 down to 10 seconds to 60, reliably ;D
Anyone on here had good/bad experiences? I'd be interested to hear from people on here if they have
(Been on the N20 forums as well and seen nothing but praise).
An unedited version of the first story involved 3 melted valves, a damaged piston, one grenaded intake manifold and an embarrassed call to the RAC....but you had him....for a moment....
"Right" you think, as the red mist descends, "that's it". You bring the engine up to 2500, flicking a dash mounted arming switch, simultaneously bringing online the progressive controller.
The light turns green.
You nail the pedal to the floor.
Your engine lets out a low pitched growl like Frankenstein's monster clearing its throat, steriods pumping through its intake system. The rear wheels cling vainly to the tarmac as the beast in the nose does everything it can to spin the world in the opposite direction but your brain is locked on - "KILL!" - and you keep that pedal glued to the floor.
The BMW flips into warp drive - backwards, into the distance. The driver hunkers behind his soft touch dashboard in utter terror - and you smile. Your foot backs off the pedal and the engine settles into its friendly, streetable manner and burbles happily as the last remenants of power-crazed fluid trickle through the injectors......
Normality is resumed. The onlookers are applauding and pretty girls are draping themselves over your bonnet. Another confirmed kill - One down, more to come.
.....But I digress. eBay again, has made me a happy boy and once again, I was the sole bidder on something I wanted.
A full Wizards Of Nitrous kit, with billet pulsoids, 11lb bottle and a Maximiser progressive controller (allowing you to gradually increase nitrous, instead of dumping it in as well as many other features).
I'll do a full writeup when it comes to installing, testing, benching and installing bigger jets (not going to go over 75BHP on standard ignition system for the time being) but I'm just SO DAMNED EXCITED!
The only thing that's depressing is I've still got 2 weeks left at uni 
Now, I've got to find room for that centrifugal supercharger that's on eBay as well.....................
Soon to be adorned with more shiny bits (and a bit more kick). Needs a bloody good clean and a polish, mind...
I've finally decided what I'm going to do over summer as well (besides touching up the bodywork).
Primarily, depending on time - I want to work on improving fuel supply - so go to Megasquirt, polish and port the intake manifold, cut down the trumpets, maybe change the throttle butterfly for a larger item, change to better injectors and things like that. I reckon there's really a good amount of room for improvement purely on that. Megasquirt will also give me the option of traction control.....Which I may need!
Then, I'd like to get a set of heads and have a go at porting and polishing them, rebuilding them to a gentle spec. Hopefully, time permitting, what I'll do then is build up a 3.9 or 4.2 bottom end with ARP bolts, get it balanced (and maybe some decent pistons) and have a complete engine to drop in.
These'll go in hand with a panhard rod conversion supplied by another club member, as well as my new bigger brakes. Lots of detailing left to be done on the interior though
Some other inspirational shots:
;D
If you're interested - Get Trevor Langfield's book on the matter -whilst it feels slightly biased to his own products, it's a very interesting read. Especially his Bond Bug - with his nitrous kit, he got it from a ~45 second 0-60 down to 10 seconds to 60, reliably ;D
Anyone on here had good/bad experiences? I'd be interested to hear from people on here if they have
(Been on the N20 forums as well and seen nothing but praise).An unedited version of the first story involved 3 melted valves, a damaged piston, one grenaded intake manifold and an embarrassed call to the RAC....but you had him....for a moment....
I'm guessing it was more down to amateur fitting than the product itself but you've got to be very careful with the stuff. Amazing if fitted and used correctly but many an engine has met it's demise because of it.
Might be worth looking into as well.
