Hi,

I was wondering if cry02 kits were worth it to gain hp. Does anyone know if the hp gains are worth buying one of those kits? It'S similar to nitrous, less performance but less damageable for the engine... i guess.A little help would be appreciated! I am in the dillema of buying a nitrous kit, similar to PSUPERTI or buying a cry02 kit


Thanks
David

 

First, do you have a SRT6 or n/a crossfire? The co2 kit will only cool the incoming air into a supercharger or turbo. It does nothing else. Nitrous adds actual horsepower while also cooling your incoming air. Nitrous would be my choice on supercharged or naturally aspirated engines.

 

The two are completely different. CryO2 helps cool things like metal and thus the liquid or gas passing through is going to dissipate heat and result in more power. The only time I've ever seen this be marginally worth it is on a front mount air-air intercooler pushing some decent boost.

CryO2 does not get ingested by the engine. If you put CO2 in an engine and fights the O2 for volume and wins, thus decreased air intake and decreased performance or even a stalled engine.

NO2 is completely different in that it adds to the effective O2 available. Atmosphere is 21% where as NO2 is about 70%. No you can not shoot straight O2 into your enigne.

 

Nitrous and CO2 chillers are two very, very , very different things.

The concept behind CO2 chilling intake air is...wasteful and leads to little or no power gain. In fact, spraying CO2 around an engine seems like a real mistake to me, if any of it were to end up inside the engine.

The correct application would be a material with a high thermal mass, such as an ice water bath around the stock intercooler.

Go nitrous, don't look back.

 

Thanks for the info! I don't know a lot about cars, but for sure, I do like to drive them . My performance shop close to where I live told me thatit would give me 20-40hp gain on a n/a x-fire. I wasn't sure so I decided to post here... Is there a nitrous kit that you would recommend more? ZEX, NOS, NX are pretty much the ones available close to where I live. I wouldn't mind to go get it in the U.S. if there is something better out there. I looking for a wet kit, 75hp or maybe 100 hp boost .



Thanks in advance,
David

 

I can easily answer this as i have the Cry02 system on my 3000GT. As stated, it sprays around you motor and not into it. I have the intercooler sprayer and 3 intake tubes to cool down the air after the turbos and before the throttle body. It is a big waste of money on a n/a car. No tuning is required though and it does provide a nice boost on turbo cars altough s/c cars haven't has as much luck since they dont generate as much heat (a few s/c mustang guys have tried it and been dissappointed). It makes the intercooler cold enough that ice forms on and water drips from the intercooler. This allows for the intercooler to further dissappate the heat and cool the incoming air thus making it more dense. The intake tubing frosts on the outside but after many sprayings and checking the tubing, water doesn't form inside the tubing.

And if you get it in your car, the co2 would be the least of your problems as you'd have a vacuum leak or unmetered air coming in from somewhere.

 

As I can see, performance shops could easily have sold me something that would completely be useless for my car Thanks for the help!

 

I was thinking of that big gaping hole that we call an intake, heheh.

 

Thanks for the info! I don't know a lot about cars, but for sure, I do like to drive them . My performance shop close to where I live told me thatit would give me 20-40hp gain on a n/a x-fire. I wasn't sure so I decided to post here... Is there a nitrous kit that you would recommend more? ZEX, NOS, NX are pretty much the ones available close to where I live. I wouldn't mind to go get it in the U.S. if there is something better out there. I looking for a wet kit, 75hp or maybe 100 hp boost .



Thanks in advance,
David

 

Wow dumping a tank of compressed CO2 into the atmosphere for a measly fraction of a second gain! I guess the warnings about global warming and greenhouse gasses hasn't quite reached this forum yet.