Engine Enough bottom end to handle nitrous?

Enough bottom end to handle nitrous?

I'm considering a nitrous system... I want to make sure my 02 corolla has a strong enough bottom end to handle NOx.

I would like to hear from people that have had, or do have it installed. What kind of problems can it cause? Is it easy to maintain?

I've looked at superchargers, and turbos, and it's not realistic for me to spend that much money. I would like a bit of an edge, but don't really want to spend a large sum of money or screw up my engine or transmission. So nitrous seems to be the cheapest best option right now.

i know a guy with nitrous on an otherwise stock ford festiva, and his car runs fine so the corolla should fare well

n2o Rolla ran a 75 shot; I bought his kit and I'm running a 35 shot with no problems. I do need colder plugs..I've only ran about half a bottle through the system so far.

Get a wet kit if you can..and plugs a step or two colder than stock. If you're running a NX kit on a ELP CAI, make sure you install the jet anywhere but straight-up...the hood shuts, but the braided lines come in contact with the hood and will eventually wear the line. Ask me how I know..

And if you ever do anything in the engine bay, disconnect the battery -- I need to replace another line..while installing a new inline fuse, my allen wrench touched the fuel line. ZZAP.

Don't get the wrong idea -- if it weren't for the mistakes that I didn't think about, I'd be as happy as could be.
I do have a remote opener, which is awesome..but not a bottle heater, which I really want.

Sorry to hear about the problems.
I think I am liking the sound of it. I have to catch up on the lingo there with the 75 wet/dry shot cold plugs. I get the general idea though.

There are three basic setups wet, dry, and the direct port systems. The wet and direct port terms are sometimes interchanged - but they are different.

Wet - NOS mixed with fuel and fed through a "fogger" - shot right infront of the throttle body. Safer than dry systems (can run more NOS) - but sometimes can pool infront of the TB and backfire spectacularly.

Dry - NOS is shot upsteam of the TB without mixing with fuel (sprayed into the air). Usually installed in the airbox or tubing of aftermarket intake system. Simplest to install - but cannot run too much NOS, may lead to a lean condition.

Direct port - best for reliability and power. Basically a wet system in which each cylinder getting its own fuel/nitrous nozzle. Most expensive and most difficult to install. Some engines help out with built in NOS bosses in the intake manifold.

Hot plugs have a longer insulator nose - more contact with combustion gases. Good for street driving, good driveability.

Cold plugs have a shorter insulator nose - less contact with combustion gases. So less chance of pre-ignition or detonation (best for forced induction or NOS applications because of higher than normal heat generation) - but higher chance of fouling at idle or low speed.

With DENSO plugs - the higher the number - the coolder the plug. I have DENSO IK16 as OEMs - IK9 would be a hotter plug, IK24 is a colder plug.

Thanks for the rundown...

I live in a extreme temperature climate... It's -50 right now. Summer gets up to +95. When you talk about fouling with colder plugs, it concerns me. Especially when it's cold as hell in the winter. Do you run nitrous? I'm wondering how the car would run on IK16, nitrous, and cold weather.

It sounds like I could set this up in a safe, reliable way.
What do you think? (anyone)

Hm... that concerns me. Yeah. I don't really want to mess anything up, I just want an extra kick. If that isn't possible. I probably will scrap the n2o idea, and save that for another car.<br />
I just can't afford to break my piston rings. I need to find out all of the adverse effects of running n2o and why they happen. I would like to find a safe way to run it on my car.<br />
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I hope everything works out for your car. sorry to hear that.<br />
Let me know what they say...

yeah but like me you have to be careful running colder plugs in the winter, i have a VENOM nitrous kit in my car, still waiting for a fuel line to come in so i can use it. but right now my car is being serviced for i dont know what yet. when i brought it in last time they said that there was oil leaking around the piston rings

its an 03 if you havent looked at my name


all and all corolla's are NOT sports cars, and i have to find that out the hard way, i hope everything goes well for you man..

Cool. I don't plan on using it much in winter... <br />
But a bottle heater is necessary, none the less.<br />
Yeah I have a manual. How long have you been running it? 3 Weeks?

Hm... Ok.

I would like to hear from other people too...

I want to know if the internal engine parts and powertrain can handle n2o and at what amount/duration.

As far as plugs go...you may want to consider just spraying in summer -- plugs are an easy change. Keep stock plugs through the winter, and use ik20s for summer =)

Thats sounds like something I could do. It's just not a good idea to launch the car on ice in the winter. how long have you been running n2o? had any problems?

run iridium plugs, its like what nitrous cars are suppose to use anyways, also 00-02's come with nice iridium ngk's. (plugs)

i dont have system setup but thats what one of my friends told me also i found this online. http://www.spark-plugs.co.uk/pages/...spark-plugs.htm