Nitrous pressure question
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Melting Slicks
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From: Winchester Ontario
Nitrous pressure question
TNT Wet 150 shot
NX Express bottle heater
Super rammed 383
When my bottle was full, it would read around 1100 psi (give or take).
Now, I am guessing that my bottle is about half full. It reads around 750-800 psi.
I turn the bottle heater on, but I never really gave it that much time to heat up.
How much will the bottle heater raise the psi to?
But my main question... is there a direct co-relation between psi and power output? Full pressure (1100 psi)=100 % power output. What about 750 psi?
NX Express bottle heater
Super rammed 383
When my bottle was full, it would read around 1100 psi (give or take).
Now, I am guessing that my bottle is about half full. It reads around 750-800 psi.
I turn the bottle heater on, but I never really gave it that much time to heat up.
How much will the bottle heater raise the psi to?
But my main question... is there a direct co-relation between psi and power output? Full pressure (1100 psi)=100 % power output. What about 750 psi?
Race Director
Joined: Sep 2001
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From: NEwhere Ohio
Re: Nitrous pressure question (black_89_vette)
PV = nRT.....So both temperature and weight of nitrous (moles) will have an effect on your bottle pressure.
I can say though. I am new to nitrous, but have noticed that i can just have my bottle filled, open the valve, and only be at 700 psi.
Or, when its about empty, I can get into the car on a hot day, and see that its at 1100 psi.
I think temperature has more an effect, even though the ideal gas law states they both have an equal effect.
Use a bottle heater/ insulation blanket to get your bottle pressure to the proper level.
I can say though. I am new to nitrous, but have noticed that i can just have my bottle filled, open the valve, and only be at 700 psi.
Or, when its about empty, I can get into the car on a hot day, and see that its at 1100 psi.
I think temperature has more an effect, even though the ideal gas law states they both have an equal effect.
Use a bottle heater/ insulation blanket to get your bottle pressure to the proper level.
Le Mans Master
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St. Jude Donor '06
Re: Nitrous pressure question (fiberglasscoffin)
i drop mine off the day before he puts them in a refrigerator overnight
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