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Originally Posted by Beaflag VonRathburg
I'm thinking about sending them an email to PINKS and ask them not to show people doing this anymore. They've done it a few times and everytime I sort of cring thinking some ricer with a 50 shot is gonna try this and leave the flame on one spot and get owned by the bottle exploding on his ***.
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i think the bottle heating up and cooling down so fast b/c of the torch would hurt its structure/shape and thickness. i say if you're gonna do nitrous do it right and get all your safety/accesories.
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Originally Posted by Gold Z
I've been going to dragstrips since way before most of you were born and I've never heard of it happening.
There have been a few pinks episodes that showed people torching bottles, people are going to do it, but there's no need to put it on TV for the masses of stupid people.....I will just stay far away. IHRA tracks don't allow it. I will not fill a bottle that has torch marks on it.....no way.
edit: I sent Rich Christensen an e-mail on this subject, I don't know what it'll do but I gave him my .02
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Originally Posted by Gold Z
I've searched and I still can't find any evidence of anybody exploding a nitrous bottle by heating it with a torch. I'm still waiting to be convinced.
http://www.dragstuff.com/techarticle...e-heaters.html
http://www.moddedmustangs.com/forums...es--vt893.html
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Originally Posted by 93LS1RX7
UUHHH no they dont
Using the setting of a classic 1950’s drag race, PINKS pits contestants in a best three-out-of-five format, with the loser handing over the title (pink slip) to his or her vehicle. The rules are simple: two vehicles show up and drivers negotiate head-start distance in car lengths. The cars line up after they warm up their tires and Christensen starts off each race. After each round, the drivers have the opportunity to re-negotiate lengths. All events are run on approved tracks with safety personnel present.
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Originally Posted by cyipher
Pulled driectly from Speed TV's website...
with safety personnel present.
with safety personnel present.
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Originally Posted by Hooper
You couldn't have searched very hard. I typed nitrous bottle heating torch and this was the first two hits. It doesn't seem to be a good idea. Do it right, get an approved bottle heater.
http://www.dragstuff.com/techarticle...e-heaters.html
http://www.moddedmustangs.com/forums...es--vt893.html
http://www.dragstuff.com/techarticle...e-heaters.html
http://www.moddedmustangs.com/forums...es--vt893.html
However, that failed to do nothing more than say don't do x, because y could happen. Which is what everyone on here is saying. What GoldZ wants is a newspapaer article that says "Idiot rednecks blowthemselves up after heating nitrous bottle with a blow tourch." Maybe some aftermath pics of the bed would be cool, too
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Originally Posted by cyipher
Pulled driectly from Speed TV's website...
Using the setting of a classic 1950’s drag race, PINKS pits contestants in a best three-out-of-five format, with the loser handing over the title (pink slip) to his or her vehicle. The rules are simple: two vehicles show up and drivers negotiate head-start distance in car lengths. The cars line up after they warm up their tires and Christensen starts off each race. After each round, the drivers have the opportunity to re-negotiate lengths. All events are run on approved tracks with safety personnel present.
Using the setting of a classic 1950’s drag race, PINKS pits contestants in a best three-out-of-five format, with the loser handing over the title (pink slip) to his or her vehicle. The rules are simple: two vehicles show up and drivers negotiate head-start distance in car lengths. The cars line up after they warm up their tires and Christensen starts off each race. After each round, the drivers have the opportunity to re-negotiate lengths. All events are run on approved tracks with safety personnel present.
I have been on the show twice and my friend is the retarded "technical advisor"
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I have bottle heaters in 2 of my cars. As far as all the money that gets dumped into our cars whats the price of a bottle heater? Just another drop in the bucket.Heating a bottle with a torch is just plan stupid. You want to maintain the pressure, not heat it up past the safe point and hope it dosent drop below the psi you want before the race.
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Originally Posted by Justin@NitrousOutlet
I would think the pressure disk would burst before a "weak" bottle.
Either way it's not the wisest thing to do, but I have seen it done many of times without an incident.
Either way it's not the wisest thing to do, but I have seen it done many of times without an incident.
Well that doesn't always happen. This was caused by the guy leaving the heater on for too long, not a torch, but just showing the devastation a bottle explosion can cause. . Just be safe and get a bottle heater or just do anything, but use a torch.
EDIT: This is what the bottle looked like afterwards.
http://www.healthyhome.net/explosionPic11.jpg
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Yes, that was a "rigged" explosion, not an accident. The article leaves out a bunch of info.
I know the safety ***** say that heating your bottle with a torch will cause a small atomic explosion but still no one can come up with even one example of it ever happening........hmmmmm.
FWIW: I use a NX blanket on my bottle.
I know the safety ***** say that heating your bottle with a torch will cause a small atomic explosion but still no one can come up with even one example of it ever happening........hmmmmm.
FWIW: I use a NX blanket on my bottle.
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Originally Posted by Gold Z
Just out of curiousity, can anyone document a nitrous bottle blowing up because it was heated by a torch? I've been going to dragstrips since way before most of you were born and I've never heard of it happening. And let's face it, it's a common practice.
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it would seem easier to get a turkey fryer fill it with water. boil it then dip till it hits the pressure you want. thats what i would to...hell then you can take off the pot and fry some burgers and dogs on a skillet mmmmmmmm