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Old Oct 30, 2007 | 10:58 PM
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This might be kind of a dumb question but i got my car tuned today on the bottle and i pulls hella hard, but whenever im spraying it i can smell this wierd smell, I cant really describe it but i just smells different. Is that just the nitrous burning that i smell? thanks for everyones help in advance.
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Old Oct 30, 2007 | 11:06 PM
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Oh yeah thats the sweet smell. It's normal.
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Old Oct 30, 2007 | 11:09 PM
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cool, it does smell kinda nice lol....its the smell of fast. lol
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Old Oct 30, 2007 | 11:23 PM
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No dumb questions man. Welcome aboard.
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Old Oct 30, 2007 | 11:29 PM
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It's a very distinct smell. You know when you've been sprayed! Although it doesnt smell nearly as good as race gas....
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It's a very distinct smell. You know when you've been sprayed!
Because you have just had your *** handed to ya
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Old Oct 30, 2007 | 11:32 PM
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Originally Posted by 383LQ4SS
No dumb questions man. Welcome aboard.
I'm with you!
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Old Oct 30, 2007 | 11:42 PM
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Make sure it doesn't smell sweet, because that *could* be a head gasket

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Old Oct 30, 2007 | 11:50 PM
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thanks for all your help guys, by the way my car is a 99' frc vette...intake, cam, longtubes, exhaust...385/382 n/a....and 454/525 on 100 dry kit.
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Old Oct 31, 2007 | 12:10 PM
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Call me crazy but I have smelled a certain smell from some nitrous cars before. I dont know if it has something to do with the cats or the sulfur in the nitrous. But its a smell that I have only smeeled from street cars running nitrous.
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Old Oct 31, 2007 | 04:27 PM
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yeah, i dont have cats so it must be something burning in the nitrous
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Old Oct 31, 2007 | 05:13 PM
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I've never smelled anything
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Old Oct 31, 2007 | 05:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Retro
thanks for all your help guys, by the way my car is a 99' frc vette...intake, cam, longtubes, exhaust...385/382 n/a....and 454/525 on 100 dry kit.
Kinda stinks that you have that car and I don't!!

Now - the exhaust should be behind you. A leak usually makes a psssssssssst (I tightend the fitting before I wasted anymore s's) noise or shows itself...is it the motor compartment or the exhaust that smells?
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Old Oct 31, 2007 | 06:09 PM
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nitrous had a unique smell, to me atleast
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Old Oct 31, 2007 | 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by 01FbTaWs6
nitrous had a unique smell, to me atleast
yea, but this guy is using it in his car like its meant to be, not huffing it jk man

never smelled anything out of the ordinary here
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Old Oct 31, 2007 | 06:26 PM
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Maybe if you were behind your car the smell would be there?


I also havent really noticed anything much really
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Old Oct 31, 2007 | 06:33 PM
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each time I have ridden in my buddy tylers car, after he lets off the spray, you can smell a unique smell. It only happens when on the juice. OH, and will, eat a dick HAHAHAHAHAHA!
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Old Oct 31, 2007 | 06:37 PM
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people tell me after i race them in my truck they could smell it..i just smell 110
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It's the sulpher they add to it to keep people from "huffing" it. It's almost like a hint of rotten egg smell to most people.

Medical grade nitrous will have absolutely no smell whatsoever. We can get ahold of medical grade out here in, and have tried it. It does not have the same smell. The real sneaky hidden kit guys use the medical stuff so that there is little proof if them using it.
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Old Oct 31, 2007 | 07:02 PM
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Originally Posted by djsanchez2
It's the sulpher they add to it to keep people from "huffing" it. It's almost like a hint of rotten egg smell to most people.

Medical grade nitrous will have absolutely no smell whatsoever. We can get ahold of medical grade out here in, and have tried it. It does not have the same smell. The real sneaky hidden kit guys use the medical stuff so that there is little proof if them using it.
Interesting. I wonder if theres a difference in the effectiveness of the stuff itself? Where are the chemistry majors!
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