I'm tossed between a Radix and a Harris Speed Works Nitrous set up. Here's the thing. I been reading LOT on here and it seems that a lot of folks running Nitrous seem to have problems with rear axles and trannies blowing out. Is this just part of the way the nitrous tends to hit the system when it really hits?? I've also read a lot about the supercharger folks and they seem to not have as much problems with rear axles and trannies. Although everyone seems to recommend transmission upgrades for either nitrous or FI.....it just seems that the nitrous fed folks tend to be going through transmissions and gears at higher rates. This would be to only thing that steers me away from nitrous.....dollar for HP,,,nitrous has the Radix beat...but how long can you blow 100HP shots through the system before something cracks?

 

well the reason FI people dont complain of blown trannies as much is because they KNOW the extra power will kill the transmission so before the FI they build the tranny to suit the power adder. the reason nitrous people complain about transmissions is because they generally are the bang for the buck type and invest in the HP before reliability so shortly after instantanious large HP gains for any period of time their budget street/strip car needs a new transmission. i havent read much about people crying about their rear axles. bang for the buck, nitrous. yes. but there are alot of things that can go wrong with nitrous if its not done properly and safely. and the cool thing with the radix is you get the power gains all through your rpm range, not just the recommended 3k+ with nitrous. and when the nitrous is shot its a jarring hit to the systems components where the SC is more smooth. not to mention you can add nitrous to a radix set up later too. if you have $5 or $6k to spend i would say go with the SC or even look into front a rear mounted turbo's (more boost control) but if you have a limited budget of less than a grand i would go weith nitrous as long as you can be safe and moderate with it. but before your power adder, either say a prayer over your tranny or understand that you will probably be needing one in the near future. yo should also look into a shift kit and servos as some good mods even without the power adders. just my $.02

 

im sorry but I do not see many, any, nitrous causeing diff fatalities threads? I have seen more then one threw the radix.

I think all the threads you are referring to ar G-80 failures. That is very common on stock z71 and people that like to hear the tires. So I wouldnt blame that on nitrous.

Yes both will ad more wear and tear. Which one is easier I would have to say nitrous. 90% of the time you arnt spraying the truck is making say 300hp. When you hit a 100shot it makes 400hp for tops 15 seconds. You have a radix and you are makin 400hp 100% of the time. Make sense?

 

i haven't heard of too many people breaking gears. or axles. g80's yes. but both camps will break g80's eventually. tranny's, both camps will break tranny's.

i'm not going to say you'll be faster with nitrous over a blower(even though you will) but i like onebadrubi's gereralization. forced induction puts wear and tear 100 percent of the time. nitrous, does it only when you spray...now, he and i may be looking at it in a totaly wrong way but for me it's spray.

i had to upgrade my tranny. not due to nitrous. we all eventually have to upgrade. weather we like it or not... thats just the facts of life.

 

lol you dont HAVE to upgrade goshawk. lol

The tranny is the weak point in these trucks. Build it right once and it will no longer be the weak point.

 

They are both gonna end up costing you a rear end and a tranny eventually like the rest of these guys said but the main focus here is "is it your daily driver" then i'd say go with nitrous. With a blower or a turbo you'd get on it too much just cuz you wanna hear your baby whine. Leading to crappy gas mileage, er... i mean crappier gas mileage. Plus a nitrous kit is easier to get more power from, change a couple jets and goodbye.

 

im goin on close to 90 bottles through my truck...only probs i had was 2 blown trans..but they were both stock..

 

90 bottles,LOL SOB that is alot man.Makes my 17 bottles look like nothing.

 

I tend to agree nitrous will tear a transmission up faster, theres nothing like the sudden "hit" that nitrous gives you, and that sudden hit goes throughout the entire drivetrain all at once. I myself have never broken anything due to nitrous, I blew my transmissions up N/A

 

i do alot of street racin..2-3 or more bottles a week