nitrous newbie questions.

The Cheater is fully adjustable down to 75 HP. The solenoids are rebuildable and I used to rebuild mine every season and had no issues what so ever. A bottle heater is not necessary, but is a nice luxury and you will make up the cost in lost nitrous when you recharge. Without the bottle heater you wont get use of all the nitrous in the bottle. I bought a complete jet kit from NOS. I also used a dedicated fuel line and pump so I can control the pressure which is critical to reliable nitrous performance. I commit to a pressure and then check that pressure before every run while the system is flowing through the same size jet that the plate has. I had a prefabbed whip made of braided hose and had a quick connect fitting to tap the fuel system and flow it. Used kits are tough for beginners, but if you do your homework it will work. Also I dynoed my car on a chassis dyno to get the tune up close. It goes quick and it costs a few hundred to dyno, the results are amazing. Initially I had the 150 shot on my car (.73 nitrous jet) and it made 90hp extra on the first pull. After a few jet and timing changes ( I think I made ten pulls over 3 hours) it made 196HP at the wheels with the same nitrous jet!