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Old 08-21-2008, 11:22 PM
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Hi guys,

I just found out about this cute little bottle.. http://www.prostreetonline.com/x/nos...-pete-kits.asp

hahaha, how many uses can you get out of it? can you even purge it without draining the tank?

also, would it be safe to run a 50 shot dry with the nitrous injected AFTER the MAF sensor?

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the "sneaky pete" system has been out for a long time, i first seen it in a muscle car mag when i was a teenager.........crap that made me sound old....lol
its just a great way to hide your nitrous if you wanna go stealth........other than that i dont really know much about it.
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This seems more practical for huffing than it does for cheating.
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haha.. i wouldnt huff automotive nitrous.. or anything else for that matter lol.

but anyway.. can you install a nitrous kit with the stock intake??
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i dont know, muscle cars have been hiding this bad boy under their seats for years so i think it might be good for someone not wanting others to see what they got up their sleeves.
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im pretty sure you can, but by all means dont take my word for it, iv never installed or used a nitrous kit. I just think its a neat setup.
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Originally Posted by CDogbert
This seems more practical for huffing than it does for cheating.
Whipits FTW.......LOL.
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as the saying goes, in racing,t ehre are two types of people, cheaters and losers...

but a tenth of a second, i assume that is for 1/4 mile times right? sounds like it could mess up your engine since it is after the maf sensor, it won't compensate, and you'll lean out right?
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You don't need tiny bottles to hide nitrous, especially in new cars. Put it where the spare tire is and bam, instant full size "sneaky" nitrous.

And no, if you were to get rear ended you wouldn't explode.
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isnt this what the red rx7 from fast and the furious had under the seat?
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The sneaky pete is not designed for EFI cars, they are made for carburated vehicles. If you use it on our cars you will lean out, but this type of bottle is only good for a few second burst anyway and that's it. If you are seriously interested in Nitrous Oxide, go with a good quality EFI kit from Zex or Nitrous Express. Just remember- it's nothing as dramatic like in the movies. You're not going to instantly go 200 mph shooting 3 foot flames out your exhaust once you flip a switch.
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Originally Posted by PBCsolutions
...it's nothing as dramatic like in the movies. You're not going to instantly go 200 mph shooting 3 foot flames out your exhaust once you flip a switch.
Aww! And I wanted my computer to tell me "Danger to Manifold" tooo...

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Originally Posted by Spicy_McHaggiz
You don't need tiny bottles to hide nitrous, especially in new cars. Put it where the spare tire is and bam, instant full size "sneaky" nitrous.

And no, if you were to get rear ended you wouldn't explode.
x2.
ive got a buddy with an Evo whos got a full size bottle.
he races every weekend, and the car get looked at up an down, under the hood, trunk, underbody, interior. nobody has ever found it.
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Originally Posted by B_Real45
Originally Posted by PBCsolutions
...it's nothing as dramatic like in the movies. You're not going to instantly go 200 mph shooting 3 foot flames out your exhaust once you flip a switch.
Aww! And I wanted my computer to tell me "Danger to Manifold" tooo...

That only will happen if your diamond plated floor is about to fall off of the car.
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Originally Posted by BZinn1
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This seems more practical for huffing than it does for cheating.
Whipits FTW.......LOL.
Ya, whipits rocked back in the day!

Unfortunately automotive nitrous has additives (sulfur, iirc) specifically to discourage people from huffing it.
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Yeah we found out the hard way........sick for hours........ah the stupidity of my youth......LOL
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Originally Posted by nat10E
isnt this what the red rx7 from fast and the furious had under the seat?
those were legit nos bottles, not these tiny pen sized things lol
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i love how everyone starts baggin on fnf haha...
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i love those movies lol i not gonna lie
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yeah, fast and furious was a major event in car culture. it really got me interested into the concept of taking a car with a small 4 cyl engine and making it into a 10 second car (though i didn't know what that meant the first time i saw it.

like it or not, the attraction to custom cars was largely becaus of those movies, and because of that, we have scions.
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