Nitrous Oxide systems for our Boxsters

[litespeedp]

Given the advances in NOS with gradual,measurable power and improved reliability over the years, I wonder if anyone has had any successful experience with this power addition. Maybe Jack Raby and other engine builders can weigh in.

[j.fro]

I'm not poo-pooing the idea, but there are limitations regarding applications. I believe every autocross sanctioning organization prohibits nitrous. For DEs or track days you might sneak by tech, but a full bottle might only give you a half-dozen or so Cinderella shots down the straight before your carriage turned back into a pumpkin. Might be able to surprise a few folks at the drag strip. It would be stunning to see a 10 second 986 kicking some mustang/challenger/camaro butt.

[KRAM36]

How much HP from Nitro could the engine handle?

[Top_Ramen]

spray and pray!! If I can still find my old dry kit from my old car, maybe i'll give it a try summer.

[KRAM36]

Only Mustangs I can't take (not modded) are the new Coyote motor cars, can't take SS Camaros either. Tried to get a Challenger to play, but he wouldn't go for it. The Boxster isn't a slouch, but a nice little burst would be cool to have.

[Top_Ramen]

Yup. I've had my fair share of straightline toys(ls1 fbody, lt1 fbody, notchback fox body, a couple Hondas even, and stretched/nitrous motorcycle), but the Boxster is by far the most fun toy I've ever had. Even though I don't consider it by any means fast. .......Maybe a turbo LSx powered 986 will change my mind oneday.

[BIGJake111]

I thought NOS was a fad and had not really heard of it since 2006 or so.

Then I met a kid at the high school. V6 2009 accord, fastest car at the school thanks to NOS. He always wants to race, I wish I could say that I say no for safety reasons, rather, I say no because I'm pretty sure Id lose to a Honda.

[BoxsterSteve]

Originally Posted by BIGJake111

I thought NOS was a fad and had not really heard of it since 2006 or so.

Then I met a kid at the high school. V6 2009 accord, fastest car at the school thanks to NOS. He always wants to race, I wish I could say that I say no for safety reasons, rather, I say no because I'm pretty sure Id lose to a Honda.

You'd just be losing to the NOS bottle, not the car it's attached to...
Like comparing apples to oranges.
Back a few years ago, a kid in an insanely modded '95 Civic wanted to run me in my bone stock '88 Mustang GT.
Whatever.
Of course he would have wiped me up with a full B18C1 driveline swap from an Integra GSR.
And he would have beaten up on an all-original low mile 22 year old Mustang.
Good for him.
I told the punk I'd get back to him after I did a total driveline upgrade on my ride, and then we'd run.
For some reason he wasn't interested then.

[Jake Raby]

The factory pistons are way too weak for Nitrous in these engines. Once upon a time I designed an engine combination that would be optimized with Nitrous, but never had any interest in it from owners.

Done right, nitrous can be very impressive, done wrong its guaranteed to be explosive.

Address all the engine weaknesses before adding spray, or you'll learn the hard way.

[KRAM36]

Thanks Jake!

[Qmulus]

About the only good use for nitrous in my opinion is drag racing. I don't see any Porsche as being a great drag car, and especially not with an M96. I consider Porsches to be more road racing/endurance type cars where balanced performance is key, not a few seconds of all out performance. Putting NO2 on one just sounds like a great way to blow head gaskets, break pistons or crack sleeves, and these cars already do a good job of that without spray. ANY failure on an M96 is expensive and almost always catastrophic.

I would put my money into correcting some of the inherent issues before turning up the wick.

[Nine8Six]

So can we retrofit our M96 engines with cheap Japanese production car parts?

Dunno about you guys in USA and CA but here most of the street ricers owning Japanese cars uses NOS systems. Not all but a lot of them anyway (NOS are cheap kit here now). I can see their bright bleu anodized NOS bottle standing right there next to their hand brake level, center console, showing off and all. Never heard about a Jap car breaking down alone because of NOS boost

Are our German made cars really 'that' cheaper that Jap prod cars? Different compression ratio is what cause the issues maybe, higher rev? what is it?

[Top_Ramen]

Originally Posted by Nine8Six

So can we retrofit our M96 engines with cheap Japanese production car parts?

Dunno about you guys in USA and CA but here most of the street ricers owning Japanese cars uses NOS systems. Not all but a lot of them anyway (NOS are cheap kit here now). I can see their bright bleu anodized NOS bottle standing right there next to their hand brake level, center console, showing off and all. Never heard about a Jap car breaking down alone because of NOS boost

Are our German made cars really 'that' cheaper that Jap prod cars? Different compression ratio is what cause the issues maybe, higher rev? what is it?

Not too sure about Boxsters, but I was spraying a 75 dry shot on my Integra(with a stock bottom end) for 2 -3 years with never any problem.

[jaykay]

Originally Posted by Jake Raby

Address all the engine weaknesses before adding spray, or you'll learn the hard way.

......would have never guessed that you were into poetry!

[Jake Raby]

Originally Posted by jaykay

......would have never guessed that you were into poetry!

I had a poet in my last M96 Engine Rebuild School.. Sharp guy!

Yes, the Asian cars have much better internals than the M96 in general terms.

[Jager]

Did someone say Poetry!?

When I blink, dim, then mine eyes don’t see,
A flash, was it my thoughts or eyes that looked on thee?

‘Twas a Boxster for all things highly respected,
Darkly bright, wildly fast, city streets directed;

To the clear day this Boxster shines a different light,
Thou building shadows do not make this Porsche less bright;

How would I say, mine eyes be blessed made,
Glossy black nine-eight-six racing through shadow’s shade;

How could thy shadows form such a beautiful show?
When to sunglass eyes thy shade shines stunningly so!

Behold, tis thee Boxster in the living day,
Through shade thy bright shine doth stay!

A blink, a moment, a Boxster mine eyes no longer see,
Ah, but closed eyes will always see bright when this Porsche memory shows thee to me.

[dijinn]

And I thought the Boxster S's came stock with forged pistons... no?

[Jake Raby]

Originally Posted by dijinn

And I thought the Boxster S's came stock with forged pistons... no?

Not all of them, and even if they were, they are still junk in regard to spraying them.

[jaykay]

Originally Posted by Jake Raby

The factory pistons are way too weak for Nitrous in these engines. Once upon a time I designed an engine combination that would be optimized with Nitrous, but never had any interest in it from owners.

Done right, nitrous can be very impressive, done wrong its guaranteed to be explosive.

Address all the engine weaknesses before adding spray, or you'll learn the hard way.

Originally Posted by Jager

Did someone say Poetry!?

When I blink, dim, then mine eyes don’t see,
A flash, was it my thoughts or eyes that looked on thee?

‘Twas a Boxster for all things highly respected,
Darkly bright, wildly fast, city streets directed;

To the clear day this Boxster shines a different light,
Thou building shadows do not make this Porsche less bright;

How would I say, mine eyes be blessed made,
Glossy black nine-eight-six racing through shadow’s shade;

How could thy shadows form such a beautiful show?
When to sunglass eyes thy shade shines stunningly so!

Behold, tis thee Boxster in the living day,
Through shade thy bright shine doth stay!

A blink, a moment, a Boxster mine eyes no longer see,
Ah, but closed eyes will always see bright when this Porsche memory shows thee to me.

My word...they are all coming out of the wood work!

[Kenny Boxster]

There was a guy in the UK that added a nitrous system before he sold his car. I asked him about it out of curiosity, and he said it was a wizards of nos system. Don't know how the internals would fare after many sprays. I am pretty sure he was very conservative.