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kustomizingkid said:
Nitrous is good for running the 1/4 mile, thats it.
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they used it in airplanes back in WW2 for an additional 500 HP for a 30 minute burst...

FordNut is right about Nitrous "finding the weak link" and exploiting it in usually very dramatic fashion though.

you dont really think airplane engineers would install something that could "hurt" the motor in a single engine aircraft.. right?

Nitrous is absolutely safe when ALL the conditions are met...but a clogged fuel filter could end your day in a heartbeat, even WITH a wet kit.

There is no "idiot proof" nitrous kit, but the ZEX kit comes close.
(not endorsing ZEX)

Good ole Abe hasn't "survived" his nitrous experience..YET.
He's still playing with fire, and will likely get burned before it's all over and done.

he's smoked a trans, but I predict there'll be a "what is this I found in my oil pan" threads coming in the future.

Or a "where did my spark plugs go" thread
(not wishing Abe any bad luck here, by any means)
 
just for conversations sake..

That 500 shot the airplanes ran was actually a small percentage of the actual NA HP that engine made.. so it wasn't really a "big shot" per say.

Kinda like a 50-75 shot on a mark 8 motor for comparisons sake.
 
LOL Tommy,
You seem to put into words what I was thinking.
I dont wish any problems on Abe or anyone eles running it.
But I have been around the track enough to see what it can do to a oil pan.
It can be a good tool for a savy racer who likes to play.
I have seen it used to sandbag before it works.
 
I have a question for everyone. How safe is that stuff now a days? Specifically if you are in an auto accident. Quite a few years ago I was a cop in Baltimore, Md. I was the second unit responding to a car accident. The first was a traffic unit. In the few minutes it took to arrive on the scene, the car was an inferno. A second vehicle had rear ended the first at a red light. The traffic officer later told me that the first car had nitrous in the trunk. The two young men obviously died instantly. But further adding to the tragedy was that the second vehicle driver died not from injuries, but burns. Not to long after that Md. outlawed it. Here in NY. I don't have any idea whether it is legal or not. It kind of reminds of police officers all over the U.S. dying in fires from rear end collisions in Crown Vics until Ford finally manned up and corrected the problem. Gary in Elmira, NY.
 
XLRVIII said:
Good ole Abe hasn't "survived" his nitrous experience..YET.
He's still playing with fire, and will likely get burned before it's all over and done.

he's smoked a trans, but I predict there'll be a "what is this I found in my oil pan" threads coming in the future.

Or a "where did my spark plugs go" thread
(not wishing Abe any bad luck here, by any means)
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hmm im surviving just fine! Trans could have been for a bunch of reasons, i neveer replaced the broken 1-2 accum i had or did the updated pistons. besides the pre 98 trans are junk... nitrous or no nitrous.

and if i blow my motor up... big deal its part of the risk i bought my car for 400 bucks!

spark plugs are fine, ive changed them out 4 or 5 times already, never managed to mess up threads or shoot one through the hood like some people ;)
 
RedCellSix said:
I have a question for everyone. How safe is that stuff now a days? Specifically if you are in an auto accident. Quite a few years ago I was a cop in Baltimore, Md. I was the second unit responding to a car accident. The first was a traffic unit. In the few minutes it took to arrive on the scene, the car was an inferno. A second vehicle had rear ended the first at a red light. The traffic officer later told me that the first car had nitrous in the trunk. The two young men obviously died instantly. But further adding to the tragedy was that the second vehicle driver died not from injuries, but burns. Not to long after that Md. outlawed it. Here in NY. I don't have any idea whether it is legal or not. It kind of reminds of police officers all over the U.S. dying in fires from rear end collisions in Crown Vics until Ford finally manned up and corrected the problem. Gary in Elmira, NY.
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its safer than gasoline i can tell you that much. N20 is a non-flammable gas. its legal in pa but can't be connected in jerzey. That sucks that they had n20 in the back of a truck sounds a little hazardous to have it open in a bed like that. More so because of the pressure it will get from the heat of the sun beating down on it. I have a bottle guage and I watch it to make sure it doesnt go into a range i dont want it to be.

i don't typically drive around with a full bottle....
 
RedCellSix said:
I have a question for everyone. How safe is that stuff now a days? Specifically if you are in an auto accident. Gary in Elmira, NY.
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nitrous is a non flammable gas, it's not any more dangerous than a compressed cylinder of co2.

in a collision a compressed gas cylinder IS the danger, not really what is "inside" the cylinder.

transporting a compressed gas cylinder has never been a "VERY SAFE" proposition.

in a vehicle fire, the tank more than likely wont "explode" but it will "vent it's contents" as the pressure in the bottle overwhelms the blow off valve.

now.. adding a venting nitrous bottle to an existing fire "WILL" cause some acceleration to the burn, but it's not gonna be one of those voilent explosions like you would imagin.

the initial fire probably killed them before the nitrous bottle even had time to pop the blow off valve.
 
XLRVIII said:
nitrous is a non flammable gas, it's not any more dangerous than a compressed cylinder of co2.

in a collision a compressed gas cylinder IS the danger, not really what is "inside" the cylinder.

transporting a compressed gas cylinder has never been a "VERY SAFE" proposition.

in a vehicle fire, the tank more than likely wont "explode" but it will "vent it's contents" as the pressure in the bottle overwhelms the blow off valve.

now.. adding a venting nitrous bottle to an existing fire "WILL" cause some acceleration to the burn, but it's not gonna be one of those voilent explosions like you would imagin.

the initial fire probably killed them before the nitrous bottle even had time to pop the blow off valve.
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I agree well said
I have seen pics of failed bottles no fire just lots of damage
 
bryantaylor said:
nothing really, just tired of seeing people posting that STILL have no idea how to use a forum.
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can someone do a write up on changing the passenger side windsheild wiper?
I did the drivers side, no problem..but my arms aren't long enough to reach the passenger side.

HELP!

(tounge in cheek grin)
 
XLRVIII said:
can someone do a write up on changing the passenger side windsheild wiper?
I did the drivers side, no problem..but my arms aren't long enough to reach the passenger side.

HELP!

(tounge in cheek grin)
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yea something else in your cheek.
 
XLRVIII said:
nitrous is a non flammable gas, it's not any more dangerous than a compressed cylinder of co2.

in a collision a compressed gas cylinder IS the danger, not really what is "inside" the cylinder.

transporting a compressed gas cylinder has never been a "VERY SAFE" proposition.

in a vehicle fire, the tank more than likely wont "explode" but it will "vent it's contents" as the pressure in the bottle overwhelms the blow off valve.

now.. adding a venting nitrous bottle to an existing fire "WILL" cause some acceleration to the burn, but it's not gonna be one of those voilent explosions like you would imagin.QUOTE]

yea really in a fire ya think? what about a full tank of gasoline in a fire? That will explode! PA doesn't make it illegal so it can't be that unsafe or there would be a law against it.
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A tankfull of gasoline is'nt really that EXPLOSIVE. I will just flare off longer. A 1/4 tank of gas is more explosive than a full one.
 
AbrahamLincoln said:
PA doesn't make it illegal so it can't be that unsafe or there would be a law against it.
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So if there isn't a law against it in PA then it's SAFE?
that has got to be the most ludicrous statement i've ever heard.

Then consider who posted it, it kinda makes sense.
 
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