Lets see your nitrous bottle mounted...
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Le Mans Master
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From: Loveland Co
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Lets see your nitrous bottle mounted...
I am expecting my kit here in the next few days, and will probably be working on doing some of the install this weekend, where did you mount the bottle, lets see some pics, I am probably going to be mounting mine in the spare tire carrier, but am not set on it at this point.
Melting Slicks
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Re: Lets see your nitrous bottle mounted... (No Ordinary 91)
Do a search on this topic, there are 2 or 3 threads that are fairly recent(2-3 months ago) that have tons of pics on this subject.
I personally like the spare tire carrier as well.
I personally like the spare tire carrier as well.
Drifting
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Re: Lets see your nitrous bottle mounted... (No Ordinary 91)
Sorry no pictures, but there are plenty posted. Having a convertable I have moved mine, changed bottle sizes and ended up with a 10 lb bottle in the center. I can reach the valve easily and have some room (not much) on either side. I have a 5 lb bottle that gives me more room but not enough gas. I like the smaller bottle but hate to run out just when a Cobra pulls up. :smash:
Melting Slicks
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Re: Lets see your nitrous bottle mounted... (95AquaC4)
Aqua, cool setup! But the heater is suppose to be wrapped around the bottom of your bottle. It is important for this because the siphon tube picks up at the bottom and you want to heat up the nitrous around that tube. Plus, when your bottle is less than 1/2 empty it will not heat up the nitrous that is deposited on the bottom. That is why the bottle is tilted.
[Modified by zelement, 3:27 PM 12/12/2002]
[Modified by zelement, 3:27 PM 12/12/2002]
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Re: Lets see your nitrous bottle mounted... (zelement)
Not having any luck with the forum search, only found one pic of the car that says redy go on the plate with 2 in the spare tire carrier
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Re: Lets see your nitrous bottle mounted... (zelement)
Aqua, cool setup! But the heater is suppose to be wrapped around the bottom of your bottle. It is important for this because the siphon tube picks up at the bottom and you want to heat up the nitrous around that tube. Plus, when your bottle is less than 1/2 empty it will not heat up the nitrous that is deposited on the bottom. That is why the bottle is tilted.
Melting Slicks
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Re: Lets see your nitrous bottle mounted... (95AquaC4)
yeah it gotta be wrapped around the bottom of the bottle. You either have to move the bracket forward or pull the bottle down a little. This will increase your nitrous pressure a lot faster on cold days.
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Re: Lets see your nitrous bottle mounted... (zelement)
yeah it gotta be wrapped around the bottom of the bottle. You either have to move the bracket forward or pull the bottle down a little. This will increase your nitrous pressure a lot faster on cold days.
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Re: Lets see your nitrous bottle mounted... (cprgmr)
cprgmr,
Thanks for your post. I just ordered those clamps from aerospace. I have been trying to find clamps like this for years. I cannot stand the ones I have now.
THANK YOU!
Thanks for your post. I just ordered those clamps from aerospace. I have been trying to find clamps like this for years. I cannot stand the ones I have now.
THANK YOU!
Melting Slicks
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Re: Lets see your nitrous bottle mounted... (zelement)
cprgmr,
Thanks for your post. I just ordered those clamps from aerospace. I have been trying to find clamps like this for years. I cannot stand the ones I have now.
THANK YOU!
Thanks for your post. I just ordered those clamps from aerospace. I have been trying to find clamps like this for years. I cannot stand the ones I have now.
THANK YOU!
Melting Slicks
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Re: Lets see your nitrous bottle mounted... (kawboy5792)
will mounting it in the spare tire carrier give you enough tilt for proper siphoning?
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Re: Lets see your nitrous bottle mounted... (No Ordinary 91)
Here's mine. The guage is visible and the **** is easy to access from the driver's seat :cheers:
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Re: Lets see your nitrous bottle mounted... (zelement)
will mounting it in the spare tire carrier give you enough tilt for proper siphoning?
I don't know, that is a good question. However, I can give you many reasons not to mount the bottle in the spare tire carrier. It is too much of a pain to change bottles when you race, you also need a remote bottle opener, unless you plan on leaving the bottle on the whole time you race, if you do, that's bad for the solenoids, and bottle pressure will drop as a result. The bottle will get dirty from being outside, and the temp. will be hard to control with just a bottle heater, there are a million reason and I could go on and on. I hope those are enough reasons for you not to mount the bottle in the spare tire carrier.
I don't know, that is a good question. However, I can give you many reasons not to mount the bottle in the spare tire carrier. It is too much of a pain to change bottles when you race, you also need a remote bottle opener, unless you plan on leaving the bottle on the whole time you race, if you do, that's bad for the solenoids, and bottle pressure will drop as a result. The bottle will get dirty from being outside, and the temp. will be hard to control with just a bottle heater, there are a million reason and I could go on and on. I hope those are enough reasons for you not to mount the bottle in the spare tire carrier.
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Re: Lets see your nitrous bottle mounted... (zelement)
I don't know, that is a good question. However, I can give you many reasons not to mount the bottle in the spare tire carrier. It is too much of a pain to change bottles when you race, you also need a remote bottle opener, unless you plan on leaving the bottle on the whole time you race, if you do, that's bad for the solenoids, and bottle pressure will drop as a result. The bottle will get dirty from being outside, and the temp. will be hard to control with just a bottle heater, there are a million reason and I could go on and on. I hope those are enough reasons for you not to mount the bottle in the spare tire carrier.
