drozd_ws6

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I just got my nitrous bottle filled the other day and had it in the back seat. I guess it got kind of hot outside today, 90's here in Houston. I get in my car after work to find little pieces of a Home depot ad confettied all over my interior. Took me a few seconds to figure out what happened. Is it not a good idea to leave the bottle in the car during summer? I put the Nhra blow down tube fitting and burst disc on the bottle and used a torque wrench to tighten it to 15lbs. Will bottle pressure exceed 3000psi if left in a hot car all day?

dnkynrbk

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do not leave it in your car. If I go to the track and race then when I get home I pull my bottle out and set it in the garage. Plus PIGS dont like juice.

~RedLineLs1~

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Yes, pressure can exceed 3000psi if it's hot enough with the sun beating down on it. I take it out now because my burst disc popped and I lost 9lbs of nitrous. It was sitting in my car for three days straight during the summer.

Hennytime

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yup, i keep mine in the garage, and out of the sunlight, rarely goes over 1000psi

2002_Z28_Six_Speed

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I have had alot of people tell me that it is super dangerous and that I was a fool for ever putting it in a car.

bigsticksupra

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it is ALWAYS in the car.. ready with a flip of a switch


that's like a gun w/o ammo..screw that

fox16

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eh i have a couple just filled up at the house and a couple in the car but the car doesnt get drove everyday and spends most of its time in the garage

Robert56

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they stay in my car 24/7 and have for many, many years. Never had a blow off? guess it doesn't get as hot here, or rather i don't park in direct sunlight for a long time and have bottle blankets?
Robert

drozd_ws6

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Thanks for all your help. Looks like it is about 50 50. Maybe I will try a blanket next time I get the bottle filled, because like one guy posted I want my bottle in the car ready to go at all times.

HitmanLSX

where are you mounting it? transmission tunnel or in the spare tire well? I was planning on leaving mine in 24/7 but like robert I live in the greater seattle area and it doesn't get that hot here (80 maybe 90 if we're lucky during the summer). I'm still debating on mounting location though, thinkin spare tire area or the package tray as we have dogs that like to go on car rides and the bottle would be in the way on the trans hump.

Tally TransAm

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mine stays in my car but my car stays in the garage and is rarely outside all day

01_ram-air

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It gets a little hot in FL....

TARZAN

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You live in Texas, it EASILY gets hot enough there to burst a burst valve, ESPECIALLY if you leave in in direct sunlight.....Taking it out of direct sunlight *may* do the trick, but I know here in MS I left a case of canned cokes in my t-top holder....all but 6 exploded, and I had coke from the back to the defroster vents on the front....and they were out of direct sunlight.

-Will

quickblade

^^^^^^^^^^^^

now that bottle is ready to be used... LOL

I leave mine in the car all the time. It is garaged most of the time.
Also at work we have a garage also, so its not sitting in the sun all day.

drozd_ws6

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When it blew it was laying in the rear seat behind the driver seat. I plan on mounting it on the transmission tunnel.

Quick Sh0t xMLx

Wow that's scary. I keep mine in the trunk and it has never reached over 1100 PSI even on the hottest of days. This is in my GT though(real trunk vs. F-Body hatch).

grn95t/a

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mine is 24/7 in the hatch, with the cover flipped closed and 5% tint on the hatch window. in the summer heat here in va she gets about 1000psi.

gold98Z28

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if its in direct sunlight for a long time it will blow, leave the windows cracked and mount it out of the sunlight and you should be ok.........

kc533

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+1 for being in the car all the time, however like others mentioned mine's always parked out of direct sunlight. When I have it out though I've never seen it rise over 1200 after several hours of Florida sun......wouldn't leave it out though for all the reasons mentioned in posts above.

daniel6718

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i keep mine in the car...if i know im not goana drive it for a bit and its goana be over 95 outside illl go take them out...long time ago there wa a post like this and bunch of people said they keep them in their car and enver had one bust even a few people from houston...im in dallas and havent had a problem yet
but mosta the time i dont leave the bottles full...full seems to get to a high prssure quick...