Ican2u7176@aol.com wrote:
>
> I just got off the phone with Kevin at Nitrous Express (the company that put
> the nitro on the 360 Dodge Ram in the new truckin' mag-March 99) located in
> Wichita Falls, Texas. They sell a 75-100 hp kit for the 318 and 360 for $560
> for the basic single stage kit and $899 for the bottle warmer, pressure gauge,
> and some other misc. filters tubes and other safety items, (as savings of $70
> over buying it separately) He said although it voids the warranty it can be
> taken of in minutes with leaving a trace. The test was done on a stock 5.9
> engine with 189.5 HP at the rear wheels and after the 100 HP kit was added it
> maxed out at a posted 312.3 HP at the rear wheels. (Now, if you have seen this
> article the numbers they post at the different RPM's don't match the MAX HP
> rating of 312.3... they actually show a Max of 285.1 at 3800 RPM. So I asked
> Kevin about these numbers and he said he didn't get the chance to proofread
> the article before it went into print. He said that the actual MAX PEAK HP
> was 344 at the Rear wheels! ), This was at a lower RPM than was listed, thus
> the difference in numbers. He also stated that they misprinted the size of
> the fuel jet as needing to be larger than the nitrous jet...he said this is
> untrue because of the high fuel pressure. The article states that a 50-100HP
> kit is safe enough for daily driving when used intelligently. Only when you
> reach 150 or more HP do you have to have a buildup of the motor to allow near
> bulletproof operation. So I am going to pass on all the fancy throttle
> bodies, computers (Kevin said that the stock computer was used in the 5.9 Ram)
> , exhaust, and other go-fast goodies for now and get myself this kit (and
> maybe a set of slicks!). It has been posted that these trucks can run low
> 15's-high 14 stock....can you say 13's@100+mph! for under $600!
It's been done by a few Daks already. Get ready for a traction problem.
NX did a modified R/T way back in April '98, ran 11.20w/slicks. WooHoo,
let us know how it goes.Alan S.
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