Generally speaking, nitrous is a better bang for the buck than a turbocharger or supercharger setup -- UP TO a certain point. Let's be honest: if you want an additional 55 horsepower on your stock Tiburon or Elantra, the easiest, fastest and cheapest way is a nitrous kit. $550 or so, about an hour of install, some rudimentary tuning and you're done.
BUT, I did mention "some point". That point is crossed when your nitrous setup becomes progressively more expensive due to limitations either in the engine, fuel system or nitrous delivery.
Let's use the crazy Puerto Ricans for an example. There have been multiple stories of guys in PR running a 125 and 150 shot on stock 2.0L blocks. Is it possible? Sure it is, although I'm not exactly sure of the life expectancy. But at what cost? You know it's got to be a direct-port setup, which is expensive. They're also running progressive controllers, which are more expensive. A secondary fuel system for the nitrous fuel nozzles, which is more money (2nd pump, pressure regulator, fuel lines, blah blah).
Eventually it becomes a very expensive balancing act. Yeah you got another 125-150 flywheel horsepower, but at what cost? I *bet* you could do that with a turbo too, even on the stock block, but how long will either one last?
After a certain point, the nitrous gets too expensive... Especially considering all the bottle refills<img src=/images/forums/snitz/tongue.gif width=15 height=15 border=0>
Turbo is much easier for me, thanks. Although I'm not precluding the use of nitrous later in life...
-Red-
BUT, I did mention "some point". That point is crossed when your nitrous setup becomes progressively more expensive due to limitations either in the engine, fuel system or nitrous delivery.
Let's use the crazy Puerto Ricans for an example. There have been multiple stories of guys in PR running a 125 and 150 shot on stock 2.0L blocks. Is it possible? Sure it is, although I'm not exactly sure of the life expectancy. But at what cost? You know it's got to be a direct-port setup, which is expensive. They're also running progressive controllers, which are more expensive. A secondary fuel system for the nitrous fuel nozzles, which is more money (2nd pump, pressure regulator, fuel lines, blah blah).
Eventually it becomes a very expensive balancing act. Yeah you got another 125-150 flywheel horsepower, but at what cost? I *bet* you could do that with a turbo too, even on the stock block, but how long will either one last?
After a certain point, the nitrous gets too expensive... Especially considering all the bottle refills<img src=/images/forums/snitz/tongue.gif width=15 height=15 border=0>
Turbo is much easier for me, thanks. Although I'm not precluding the use of nitrous later in life...
-Red-
