Blowtorch + fille n2o bottle = bad?..right
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yea, i know ive read of the bad things that can happen and last weekend was standing in the staging lanes next to a guy doing it. yes, i knw nitrous isnt flamable but the nitrous inside can and will expand with only one way out then eventually...well you all knw. so yea, do you bitch slap anybody heating their **** with a torch?
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its common for alot of people, heat is the only way to get the bottle to the pressure you need it at, they sell bottle heaters and they work great, dynotune has a nice piece...id reccomend it, set it once and all you have to do is turn it on and let it run for about 15 minutes
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Originally Posted by daniel6718
its common for alot of people, heat is the only way to get the bottle to the pressure you need it at, they sell bottle heaters and they work great, dynotune has a nice piece...id reccomend it, set it once and all you have to do is turn it on and let it run for about 15 minutes
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Using a torch is uncontrolled heat source. With the DynoTune heater, it shuts off at a desired pressure. Too much pressure will make the nitrous soleniod stick open and most of knows what happen next. I would also get a purge kit since in the summer heat the bottle pressure can high as well and you need to bleed that pressure back down to safe levels.
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i think all of the horror stories are from back in the day. the older 80's and 90's bottles didn't come with burst disks. i prefer a hot box. and then a 12volt heater in the lanes to maintain pressure but the torch works fine. have used it and know a ton of people who do from 12.sec rides to 7.0 1/4 mile 10.5 cars. hell in a pinch one time i used my cutting torch turned down to heat a bottle.
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Bottles have always had safeties. The problem comes from the fact that the bottles cannot be exposed to heat of over 350 degrees. And if they have been they need to be destroyed. Exposure to high heat can weaken the bottle to the point that a section of the bottle would have a lower rupture point than the burst disc.
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i had some people on here tell me im risking my life for using a small map gas torch to heat it.
i have never, in my life, heard of anyone killing themself using a torch. just dont hold it in one spot because i guess that could weaken the bottle.
just make sure you have a gauge to monitor and if you heat it up to much, just purge it off.
i have never, in my life, heard of anyone killing themself using a torch. just dont hold it in one spot because i guess that could weaken the bottle.
just make sure you have a gauge to monitor and if you heat it up to much, just purge it off.
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Originally Posted by Wnts2Go10O
yea, i know ive read of the bad things that can happen and last weekend was standing in the staging lanes next to a guy doing it. yes, i knw nitrous isnt flamable but the nitrous inside can and will expand with only one way out then eventually...well you all knw. so yea, do you bitch slap anybody heating their **** with a torch?
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Originally Posted by pianoprodigy
It seems to me that torching the bottle is probably not going to heat the metal evenly which is where your problem is going to occur.