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Re: NOS
SailingFC@aol.com wrote:
>
> Hello All,
>
> Well I did it. 6 to 9 months ago I had asked if anyone had experience with
> nitrous oxide. Not getting a whole lot of response, I went off on my own
> investigation. About a month ago I finally purchased a kit from Nitrous
> Oxide Systems. It's in and it works beautifully. It was the out of the box,
> 50hp kit for watercooled VW's. It's on my '78 Scirocco. The engine is an
> '84 GTI with head and distributor work done by Drake Engineering(this was
> back in '86). The engine has 50K on it and is still running strong. Even
> stronger now with the nitrous. I didn't have to change timing(recommended)
> and it has no hint of pinging or knocking. I'm still on my first bottle, but
> it's getting pretty low by now. The car is really a weekend car. So it
> doesn't get out much. I haven't done any 0 to 60 times or 1/4 mile times
> yet. I'm having to much fun as it is to care what the numbers are.
>
> Just wanted to share the experience.
>
> -dick-
> '78 Scirocco
> Original Owner
>
How much was it? How about installation? A pain?
Ray - 81_S
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