Has anyone ever installed nitrous on their truck and how hard was it to do? What type of trucks also, i am intersted mainly in the I6 4.9L engines. How much did it cost?

 

WHY would you want to juice that engine??? it could be done but how long will it last under those conditions? John

 

i would really only use it to add about 100hp, after some more mods to the engine.

 

Why would you want to nitrousize a 300? I swapped out my 300 for a fuel injected 302 about two years ago. More Power & better mileage. I'd say the engine swap has already paid for itself. I lucked out, and did my entire swap for right at $1,000. Thats probably what you would spend in mods for a 300. And still not have the potential of the 302 or a 351.

The reason I lucked out and did my whole swap was that I have been to a certain wrecking yard enough to be on a first name basis with the owner.

1988 F-150, SWB, 5.0 EFI (formerly 4.9 EFI), M5OD 5 speed, 3.08 gears, Summit shorty truck headers, Custom built Flowmaster exhaust system. Force 4 LP6000 lightbar, Federal signal PA-300 100 watt siren, Icom IC-V100 50 watt mobile radio.
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1965 F-100 (just purchased 1/18/01), SWB, 390, C-6 auto. Dual exhaust, Not much else to do to it.

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I am not asking for anyones gosh darnn opinion on my doing it or not, i am asking if anyone has installed it on a truck before and how much and how hard was it. That is all!

 

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 26-Feb-01 AT 02:04 AM (EST)[/font][p]There's no reason for profanity here! We were simply stating that you could do better with a 302 than you could a 300. As there are more mods for the 302.

Also we were trying to ask WHY you would want to do this?

We are trying to help, but it appears you don't really want any help. We all try to help one another here, but if you don't like an honest opinion then there's no reason to cuss us for it.

You want to nitrousize a 300 fine, just be prepared to pick up what's left of the engine about two miles away. They will not handle those kind of rpms for a sustained amount of time. But hey If you want to do it Mr. Attitude then you go right ahead. Just be prepared to pick up parts everywhere.


1988 F-150, SWB, 5.0 EFI (formerly 4.9 EFI), M5OD 5 speed, 3.08 gears, Summit shorty truck headers, Custom built Flowmaster exhaust system. Force 4 LP6000 lightbar, Federal signal PA-300 100 watt siren, Icom IC-V100 50 watt mobile radio.
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1965 F-100 (just purchased 1/18/01), SWB, 390, C-6 auto. Dual exhaust, Not much else to do to it.

Can see both below.

[link:www.geocities.com/hotrodford_88/|Hotrodford_88's Webpage]

 

I was just wondering if anyone had ever done this before. I do not have money to swap engines, nor time. I only wanted up to 100 hp increase, not some major 500 hp, and i have been informed that with a small increase a truck/car will run just fine w/o having to worry about smashing pistons or something. Second, if someone can get so bent by just a annoyed remark from others about their opinions it shows that you have no testicular, i mean, intestinal fortitude. It was not meant as an attack but more of a notice to others that felt like preaching. I only wanted to know a couple things: how long, how hard, how much, and if it has been done. THAT IS ALL.

 

First off, we were asking why you would want to do this, then you launch off into an attack! Not me, you are the one who copped the attitude!

Now that that is out of the way, all nitrous will do to a 300, is send the rpm through the roof and more than likely the engine as well. They don't like high rpms! Trust me, I tached mine out to 5000, and I almost lost the engine.

I took Less than 1,000 bucks and did an engine swap on my truck.

Now you take whatever route you want to, but I am here to tell you there was no reason for you to attack with a smart remark like that, for someone asking a question. If you didn't want someone to ask you why you were going to do it, then you should have said something sooner. There's no room for attitude, when we are here to help each other. Understand!

I have more money and skill tied up in my truck, so I can offer some help. To those who want it. It's obvious that you don't want help, and just want to start a war. That's not what this site is about. If you want to do that, then go to some other place.

1988 F-150, SWB, 5.0 EFI (formerly 4.9 EFI), M5OD 5 speed, 3.08 gears, Summit shorty truck headers, Custom built Flowmaster exhaust system. Force 4 LP6000 lightbar, Federal signal PA-300 100 watt siren, Icom IC-V100 50 watt mobile radio.
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1965 F-100 (just purchased 1/18/01), SWB, 390, C-6 auto. Dual exhaust, Not much else to do to it.

Can see both below.

[link:www.geocities.com/hotrodford_88/|Hotrodford_88's Webpage]

 

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 26-Feb-01 AT 02:17 AM (EST)[/font][p]I6 300...what year? fuel-injected or carbureted? Already set up for the squeeze, or needs to be beefed up mechanically? Are you dedicated to the 300, or just fond of it? Listen to these guys: a 302 would give you 45 more HP ALL THE TIME, and you wouldn't have to refill a bottle or risk blowing up your engine. Try smarter not harder...

P.S.: you'll always have to worry about smashing pistons. racecar pit-crews do every race...

1989 F-150 : 5.0, shorty headers, Flowmaster cat-back, K&N filtercharger intake, March pulleys, "Multi-brand" performance ignition, soon to be Mass-Air...doesn't know she's not a Mustang

 

I would love to swap to a bigger engine the problem is money: dont have that much to spend at one time, and time: can't have it in a shop for more than just one off day. I would add a NOS kit only after i added some headers, already have a flowmaster exhaust, maybe some new cat's, intake, air filter, cam, and what not. Adding the NOS was not set in stone, but it was an option that i was looking into. And the bit about starting a war, "relax guy, who's your creampuff?" -SADAAM, i just was annoyed that the only response that i got was that i was attacked with questions, if the response was to say something like "I wouldn't advise doing that to your engine with out some major changes" i would have been coo! but all I got was WHY! WHY!! WHY!!! That is all.

 

You know when you post a question like this, then that's what you're giong to get, is questions like "why".

So that is what We were trying to find out. Was why you wanted to nitrousize a 300. There was no reason to blow up like you did!



1988 F-150, SWB, 5.0 EFI (formerly 4.9 EFI), M5OD 5 speed, 3.08 gears, Summit shorty truck headers, Custom built Flowmaster exhaust system. Force 4 LP6000 lightbar, Federal signal PA-300 100 watt siren, Icom IC-V100 50 watt mobile radio.
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1965 F-100 (just purchased 1/18/01), SWB, 390, C-6 auto. Dual exhaust, Not much else to do to it.

Can see both below.

[link:www.geocities.com/hotrodford_88/|Hotrodford_88's Webpage]

 

ok, here are some things tho think about when juicing a 300.

1) these are a fairly long stroke motor, Juicing one with stock rods is asking for a bent rod.

2) Lot's of surface area of the head. More probability of a blown head gasket. or a warped head.

3) I6 engines traditionally do not like RPMs. On the bottle you can over rev an engine with quickness.

I would put a 50 HP shot to it at the max in stock form. With bigger head bolts, beefier rods, forged pistons, alot of head work, and a mild cam then I would try a 100 hp shot. I have very little experience with nitrous. The only thing I have ever juiced was a 93 Yamaha Banshee. I put a 25 hp shot on it just for giggles. took it right back off after one pass down the road. lol. If it was me I would try a 25hp shot and if it works out swap out the jets and selinoids for a 50 hp shot. Good Luck and let me know how you make out.

Brad Godkin
1986 F350 CC/SRW
6.9liter/C6

 

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 26-Feb-01 AT 02:34 AM (EST)[/font][p]A good Nirtous install would prolly take a day, maybe more. I've seen all the parts and read the tech articles. as far as the money...SAVE! I am learning to do that so I can get my MAF conversion kit, but it's so much easier to buy little things to give me my HP fix (addicting, isn't it?). I would stay away from the NO on anything but a toy. Put some money into ground work and fulltime HP gains. You're miliage and resale value will thank you.
I was wondering how hard it would be to give a 300 a v-8 throttle body. Whiteboyslo has got one (300) and I was looking at it this weekend. Seems like there could be some HP there(?) That intake tract looks really tiny for that many cubes. thikn that's one problem with the 300: Ford made it the smae displacement as the 302, but didn't give it as many resources there. these guys always say "got to www.Cliffordperformance.com for 300 mods!" so that might be good advice for you.

Goodluck, aye. Were all just out for a little HP, right?

1989 F-150 : 5.0, shorty headers, Flowmaster cat-back, K&N filtercharger intake, March pulleys, "Multi-brand" performance ignition, soon to be Mass-Air...doesn't know she's not a Mustang

 

thank you for your reply BRAD, it was very insightfull. I will only do this, and this is a long shot, after a lot of upgrades to airflow on truck and some others. Maybe i will only do 25hp shot since i do not want more trouble than i started with, or maybe i will just wait till i get my 94 mitsubishi 3000gt VR4(324hp stock) this fall and blow the doors off all those guys with their big trucks who wanna race. And to mr.hotrod, i am sorry to affend you, if you read my other comments about it only being a question of "how do you do it" and get off the fact that it is not the best idea to come along about improving accel and hp on my truck we can put this behind us and get on helping and getting help from others. That is all.

 

Hey, if you can't handle someone asking you a question fine. That's your problem, not mine. But when you come in with both guns blazing and immediately start making enemies of the people who ask a simple question, then you need to get over yourself.


1988 F-150, SWB, 5.0 EFI (formerly 4.9 EFI), M5OD 5 speed, 3.08 gears, Summit shorty truck headers, Custom built Flowmaster exhaust system. Force 4 LP6000 lightbar, Federal signal PA-300 100 watt siren, Icom IC-V100 50 watt mobile radio.
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1965 F-100 (just purchased 1/18/01), SWB, 390, C-6 auto. Dual exhaust, Not much else to do to it.

Can see both below.

[link:www.geocities.com/hotrodford_88/|Hotrodford_88's Webpage]