One way to really increase your trucks performance is
to install a nitrous system (AKA NOS (nous)). Nitrous reacts to the gas in the
cylinder to give it more surface area. The greater surface area makes the fuel
burn faster. This gives your motor a big power gain but creates more stress on
the motor. There are many different nitrous setups that can be installed on our
truck. You have dry shots, wet shots, direct ports, etc. Each gives you the
ability to adjust your power gain by the use of jets or pills. All these are is
small restrictor fittings that install in line with the nitrous line and nitrous
fuel line. We installed a type of dry shot that does not require adjusting the
fuel level. Our kit that we made was the bare minimum that you need to make a
kit work. This kit included a bottle, long line, solenoid, short line, jet, and
fogger nozzle. First we found where we were going to mount our bottle. We
installed ours behind the drivers seat.
Then we drilled a hole in the corner of the cab to exit the nitrous line and any
other wiring needed.
We then connected the long nitrous line to the bottle
and routed it out of the truck. It is a good idea to keep the line attached to
the bottle to make sure you have enough slack to connect the two. Also be sure
to use a grommet around the hole in the cab. We then routed the long line
towards the air filter. Be sure to buy a nitrous line a least 14 feet long to
reach the filter.
Once the line was close to the filter it was connected
to the solenoid and the solenoid was mounted to the truck.
We then drilled a hole in the filter box smaller then
the nozzle. The nozzle was threaded into the hole noting where the spray nozzle
faced. Using this system you must spray before the MAF. The gas passing through
the MAF will boost the fuel to the correct mixture. We inserted the jet/pill
into the nozzle and connected the short line between the nozzle and the
solenoid.
We then found a spot for our WOT switch and
installed it.
You will have to get a little creative with this.
All that was then left then was the wiring.
After the install we hit the road. WHAT A DIFFERENCE!!!!!
| 5.3/4.3 NOS/ Edelbrock Jet Sizes | ||
| HP Rating | Nitrous | Fuel |
| 50FWHP | 37 | 22 |
| 50RWHP | 41 | 26 |
| 75RWHP | 46 | 30 |
| 100RWHP | 52 | 33 |
If you are running a dry system, all you need is the nitrous jet numbers.