bad bad bad n2o explosion
it is very easy to screw up if you dont pay attn. we put a kit on a guys car (his kit) . he went to the track and made a pass and when he came down the return road it was idleing kinda high. we had put an ignition kill switch in the car at the same time and told him to always spin it over before turning the ignition on. he didnt listen very well. got ready to go for the next pass, jumps in the car and turns the key and just about deafened everybody near him. had a small aluminum sliver from inside the bottle made it all the way to the solenoid and held the plunger open.
Also one reason, that I never put a fresh bottle in the car and open it up, before the car is running. It 100% prevents the possibility of a leaky nitrous solenoid from filling the intake with nitrous and me starting the car in that state.
I also, purge the line after the run is done to relieve any pressure from the line now as well.
When I get the car back together, I'm adding another safety feature, a 1/4 tueb ball valve. I'll put a pressure ga, a good liquid filled one that will attach to the bottle nut with a 1/4 turn on it. This way I can open the valve on the bottle, and have an easy 1/4 turn valve I can reach over and close. This will make shutting the nitrous flow off quick and easy, also a nice safety feature if something like that ever happened, before I bail out of the car shoudl it ever catch fire, I'll hit the 1/4 turn so I know the nitrous won't be feeding the fire.
I'm also, ditching the stock fuel tank in favor fo a small 3 gallon one too. This way, there's a MAX of 3 gallons of fuel (still alot I know, but alot less then the 8 or 9 I could have in the stock tank) so if there was ever a fire, the total amount of burnable fuel will be less.
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This is the worst nitrous Explosion I have ever seen and I was there to see it first hand at our local track. It is an old video from 2004
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oa9d08s7Sis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oa9d08s7Sis
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That wasnt a nitrous explosion but good try. Thomas Myers had a terrible explosion earlier this year.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33e5NdewlTA
That one doesnt hold a candle to Chuck Ulsch's explosion a couple years ago. I still shake my head at this one. Solenoid hung wide open.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEWtUU__qHA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33e5NdewlTA
That one doesnt hold a candle to Chuck Ulsch's explosion a couple years ago. I still shake my head at this one. Solenoid hung wide open.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEWtUU__qHA
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This is the worst nitrous Explosion I have ever seen and I was there to see it first hand at our local track. It is an old video from 2004
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oa9d08s7Sis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oa9d08s7Sis
jkLOL I walked right into that one
I just figured my Texas Speed 408 with 467 R.W.H.P. is good enough not to use nitrous
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8V12v4bUEZg
You probably did as a matter of fact I think I found a video of you on your bike
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkNNW4PYG1s
(all in good fun)
