Lets Talk NOS
Melting Slicks
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I bought 10lb bottle, nitrous and fuel solenoids, braided line, and jets + purge kit from a friend that had it on his 96 formula amd I bought a carb plate, RPM activated switch, and some switches and it works great
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It's pretty safe as long as you use all the satety switches. The problem most people have is, you never can get enough. If a 100 is cool, then 125, then 150, then weak link finder. Ask me how I know.
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Racer
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From: Enfield CT
Originally Posted by Empatho
I bought 10lb bottle, nitrous and fuel solenoids, braided line, and jets + purge kit from a friend that had it on his 96 formula amd I bought a carb plate, RPM activated switch, and some switches and it works great
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From: Pettis Performance 565 with two stages of Nitrous Supply nitrous 1.082, 4.61 at 155, 7.17 at 192
Originally Posted by RatRacer
Just be ready with enough money in the bank to cover an engine rebuild. Nitrous is great when everything works perfectly. All it takes is one leaky nitrous solenoid to waste your engine.
Melting Slicks
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From: San Diego California
Originally Posted by 69 N.O.X. RATT
You should always shut the bottle off when the system is not in use.
dont leave it open thats only asking for trouble, what I do when I'm done for the day is shut the bottle off and purge the remaining nitrous out
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From: Texas
Originally Posted by 69 N.O.X. RATT
You should always shut the bottle off when the system is not in use.
A buddy did that recently. He had been religious about shutting off the bottle, but got distracted because there were a lot of people around. His car is on a trailer heading to an engine builder right now.
I know a little about the juice myself. I ran over 100 15# bottles through my ZR-1 before "I" screwed up and burned an exhaust valve. The juice is not forgiving. One mental lapse and you will be whipping out your check book.
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From: Pettis Performance 565 with two stages of Nitrous Supply nitrous 1.082, 4.61 at 155, 7.17 at 192
Originally Posted by RatRacer
That's great in theory until someone or something distracts you and you forget to shut the bottle, go about your business, come back and go boom when you start your car.
A buddy did that recently. He had been religious about shutting off the bottle, but got distracted because there were a lot of people around. His car is on a trailer heading to an engine builder right now.
I know a little about the juice myself. I ran over 100 15# bottles through my ZR-1 before "I" screwed up and burned an exhaust valve. The juice is not forgiving. One mental lapse and you will be whipping out your check book.
A buddy did that recently. He had been religious about shutting off the bottle, but got distracted because there were a lot of people around. His car is on a trailer heading to an engine builder right now.
I know a little about the juice myself. I ran over 100 15# bottles through my ZR-1 before "I" screwed up and burned an exhaust valve. The juice is not forgiving. One mental lapse and you will be whipping out your check book.
Drifting
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From: Longwood Florida
Easy fix to that is always removing the bottle from your car when you get home... My bottle sits on a shelf in my garage until I use it...
Or always unhook the line....
To the guys who leave it in your car all the time you are asking for trouble.... GETS HOT IN THE CAR that can raise the pressure of the bottle.
Or you can buy a remote bottle opener...
Or always unhook the line....
To the guys who leave it in your car all the time you are asking for trouble.... GETS HOT IN THE CAR that can raise the pressure of the bottle.
Or you can buy a remote bottle opener...
Drifting
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From: FRANKLIN GA
Originally Posted by holley505
Easy fix to that is always removing the bottle from your car when you get home... My bottle sits on a shelf in my garage until I use it...
Or always unhook the line....
To the guys who leave it in your car all the time you are asking for trouble.... GETS HOT IN THE CAR that can raise the pressure of the bottle.
Or you can buy a remote bottle opener...
Or always unhook the line....
To the guys who leave it in your car all the time you are asking for trouble.... GETS HOT IN THE CAR that can raise the pressure of the bottle.
Or you can buy a remote bottle opener...
Saves electricity from having to heat it.
The highest the pressure has gotten in mine was around 1180 and I still had to purge it to get it down to 1000. I can somewhat regulate it by opening and closing the rear compartment shade in the summer.
I think the burst disks hold to around 2500 psi. Worst case scenario is you would loose your nitrous, unless your like that idiot on the net that blew the back end of his car apart by using 2 or 3 burst disks stacked together and left his heater on overnight.
Melting Slicks
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From: San Diego California
unless your like that idiot on the net that blew the back end of his car apart by using 2 or 3 burst disks stacked together and left his heater on overnight
I leave mine in the car and I always have my rear compartment shade closed and I have no heater plus I have a battery disconect so I'm used to having to do something after I get to my destination
Melting Slicks
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From: largo florida
I donno if this is the car being talked about or not....
http://www.saturnspeed.com/nitrousexplosion.htm
http://www.saturnspeed.com/nitrousexplosion.htm
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From: Frisco TX
I was going to go in this direction with my low mileage 80 also... instead chose to have the engine built into a 383 with high compression... no worries and all the power I could want (for now). At least I don't have to worry about any bottles or running out of juice.
Will probably go with NOS at some point now that the engine is ready for it. We'll see.
Will probably go with NOS at some point now that the engine is ready for it. We'll see.