I was talking to a few buddies at work (who all build motors) . They were worried about the fact the intake manifold was plastic or a plastic material that it wouldn't be safe to run nitrous. Anyone have any knowledge of this? Thanks

 

Well others have done it with no problem so I don't see why you'd have any. I'd recomend avoiding N2O myself cause it can beat up the engine but thats just me.

 

hes a 2.2l so he has to spray to play! you should be fine as long as you dont get to happy with it (aka 125 shot lol)

 

ahhh ok lol yeah guess i should of mentioned that im a 2.2L auto hahaha sorry guys. thanks chris lol

 

Manifolds are great. Been running nitrous since may, and SLowIOn2 has been running it for over a year I think. Know a couple other ions with nitrous and havnt heard a single story about having problems with them.

Cliffnotes: Youre good to go.

 

ok cool thanks for the help. lol and thanks for the cliffnotes i never really liked reading that much lol.

 

i don't know why it would be an issue at all. in fact, i'd think that it would help... people seem to think that GM uses plastic on these cause it's cheap... well, it is cheaper to make cause of the molding... it also doesn't conduct heat like a metal one would, so it's less likely to either get cooled by the n2o and crack AND it's less likely to warm it up and hurt the effectivness.

 

I agree. But I think they were saying something along the lines of since its a composite or plastic material its not as strong or durable. I keep telling them to respect this little 2.2L ECO its stronger then they think. but they always laugh they will see

 

Maybe they were worried the n20 would be corrosive to the plastic.

 

it is? i'm not a chemist, but as far as i know, it's about as corrosive as carbon dioxide.

many cars use composite manifolds. most newer cars do, simply for ease of build. but it IS lighter will flex rather than crack, offers performance boosts, AND costs less. if you're THAT worried about it, get a fabricator to make one up, an intake mani on an inline EFI engine is pretty simple affair, but i don't ever see it becoming an issue.

are you planning on putting the n20 sprayer before or after the throttle body? most of the photos that i have seen on here, but i think that it may be a better plan to place it right after the throttle body by tapping a small hole into the manfold there.

of course, that all depends on the set of the manifold itself, but i'd never seen any GOOD reason to soak the throttle plate in n2o and gasoline.

damnit, now i want to go to www.junkyarddog.com and search out a used plastic manifold... ********

 

thats what im thinking. and sorry joe lol you can thank me later lol

 

you're fine

joe is right, it won't effect it at all

LOL k

a driver who takes poor care of his car is going to cause more damage that a properly operated nitrous sytem during the life of it's use