Question about Nitrous

[Anonymous]

How does it effect the life of an engine. I realise it places additional strain but does it do anything else like ruin valves or strip cylinder walls if it is used properly.
Just curious.

 

[CobraSix]

If used properly, no real damage will be done. You will shorten engine life, as will any real power adder, but it's not like it's going to make a 100k mile engine only last 20k miles. HOwever...make sure you use only quality hardware, don't cheap out. My brother-in-law fried his Lancer's engine because the valve controller shorted and opened up the valve to the NOS as he started up the engine...and he had no way to turn it off. He tried to drive the bottle out in a parking lot...but after a few minutes, the engine was fried.

Slade

 

[Anonymous]

Key didn't shut it off? Closing the bottle didn't work?

As an on-topic note... NOS is Nitrous Oxide Systems, a Holley company. If you're talking about Nitrous in general (and not an NOS product) please use "Nitrous" or "N2O."


-=Whittey=-

 

[CobraSix]

Except NOS is pretty must the standard term. It's like asking for a coke. That is now a generic term for a dark cola. Pepsi, RC, etc.

Slade

 

[CobraSix]

Also, I don't know the particulars of my brother-in-laws set up. I could try to BS it, but I really don't know. I know he had a remote operated valve that was connected to a push button in the interior. He said he started it up and after about 5-10 seconds, he heard the NOS start firing. He tried to push the button, didn't work, and the ROV was jammed open, but by this time, he was just trying to run out thebottle so it wouldn't burn up the car. I may be missing some details, it happened a few years ago. Also, he is a competent car person, not a typical "ricer". He has since turned that lancer into a seriously sick fast car that does not use NOS.

Slade

 

[MandarinaRacing]

Guys.........please don't call nitrous, NOS or NAWZ, it's nitrous, just that.
Please.

Alex

 

[MandarinaRacing]

OK, now that I got that off my chest.
Nitrous is very safe. You just have to careful, and use it wisely. What kills a nitrous motor (or any motor) is detonation. Nitrous has it's own oxigen, and if you inject more of it and not enough gas to compensate it will burn a hole in your piston. Also nitrous is very dense, so it burns really quick, that's why you have to back your timing. I haven't tried my Edelbrock kit yet, but from what I've heard it's amazing.
Here's an FAQ from N.O.S.... that'll help you out....
http://www.holley.com/HiOctn/TechServ/TechInfo/NOSTech5.html

Alex

 

[Kstang]

o yeah don't use a propan tourch to heat the bottel either. Some speed shop around here was heating their main big tank that exploded and 2 people died and it leveled their building.

 

[Anonymous]

and the world gets smarter........................also..........NITROUS........we can put n2o or whatever u ppl want me to call it on a 200 i6?

 

[Anonymous]

Yes you can put it on your 200, but you'll have to do it up yourself. No one will have a bolt-on kit for the 1bbl. They should have plates for 2bbl and 4bbl, but with the horrible intake you're going to have issues with leaning out the end cylinders.

Homebrew nitrous setups:
http://www.diy-nitrous.fsnet.co.uk/

He's a little 4cyl-centric but once you get past any bias you may have it's good reading (especially the PDF/DOC of nitrous and fuel 'hp equivalents' of weber carb jets.


-=Whittey=-

 

[Anonymous]

An easy rule to go by with NOS,OZNOS,NX,ZEX or any other form of nitrous system on the market
If your engine is in good order just find out how much HP its making then half that number and thats how much nitrous you can saftly add
This refers to std engines with no mods
You dont need to change your carb if you run a "wet" system as fuel is being injected with the gas
BTW nitrous is a non flamable gas its only the oxygen that helps combustion and N2o needs to be heated to 565deg F before the nitrogen and oxygen seperate.
GASSED... :nox:

 

[Kstang]

Yeah i think the tank blew, like melted a whole through the side or something. This was a while back

 

[Anonymous]

Guys.........please don't call nitrous, NOS or NAWZ, it's nitrous, just that.
Please.

Alex

Good call Alex.

Dan

 

[MandarinaRacing]

Yeah I know it sounded kinda rude, but even here people look at my engine and say, oh it has NAWWWWZZ, and I say no, it's an Edelbrock nitrous kit, and they say, that's what I said NAWWWWZZZ...oh well :roll:

Alex

 

[Kstang]

I really like the idea of that guys DIY Nitrous kit, seems like you will know more about your system when your done and it would be cheaper.

 

[Anonymous]

Yeah I know it sounded kinda rude, but even here people look at my engine and say, oh it has NAWWWWZZ, and I say no, it's an Edelbrock nitrous kit, and they say, that's what I said NAWWWWZZZ...oh well :roll:

Alex

That sounds like me! "Oh man you got NAWZZ on it?" Uhhh.....no. "Yea you do I see that huge NAWZ tank right there!" ....oh you mean nitrous, spray, jug, the bottle yea...... yea I got that. Man that gay ricer movie has messed up a lot of stuff.

Dan

 

[sefus]

couple of quick things: nitrous does not hurt the engine; the tune does. it goes the same way with any power adder but its a good way of looking at it to make sure you get a pro tune.

depending on the amount of power you want to make, go with a wet kit (injects fuel and N2o at the same time instead of just Nitrous) dont cheap out for the dry, it'll cost more in the long run.

Nitrous bods to aluminum, make sure your pistons/ rings/ engines are safe for it.

learn about it and when to use it (including laws of driving around with a conected bottle) before you granade it cause you didnt have it hooked up to a WOT switch and you missed a shift.

anyway, i like it, i use it, and it sucks to say "I cant race/Im not as fast cause my bottle is empty."

 

[MandarinaRacing]

and it sucks to say "I cant race/Im not as fast cause my bottle is empty."

been there...

Alex