Houston, What happened to N20 prices?

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Old 11-09-2009, 01:58 PM
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Originally Posted by U LUZ
Airgas is the only company that sells n20 they have the market cornered right now that is why prices are so high. I fill my own bottles and I get about 5 fill ups per big bottle[if im lucky]. So I get 50lbs of n20 and I pay 130.00 for the fill ups of the big bottles thats $2.60 per lb. By the time you pay 650.00 for the refill station and 200.00 for the big bottles before filling them up you will have over 1000.00 tied up into a decent setup . you dont save that much money unless you use a lot of n2o its not worth it. If you go through 2 bottles a week you need to get a refill station.
Plus the time it takes for someone to fill it up has to be put in the price, if a shop is doing it for you.
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Solution, put in a mother bottle and refill once a month haha
Old 11-09-2009, 03:02 PM
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Originally Posted by imma_stocker
Solution, put in a mother bottle and refill once a month haha
or go turbo.
Old 11-09-2009, 03:40 PM
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yeah, that's what it looks like it has to be. It's always been fun having the n20 cars vs. the blown cars. Us n2o guys always liked saying we spent way less but it seems it's sadly not the same anymore.
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TURBO, TURBO, TURBO! only way to go!

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Old 11-09-2009, 04:06 PM
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I don't think I could bring myself to do a turbo set up for a muscle car. Somethin' about that low compression, boosted sound...just not aggresive enough I guess. Supercharged isn't so bad. There's nothin' like the sound of a high compression, big cubed big cam'd, bad *** with gas. just sayin'.
Old 11-09-2009, 09:03 PM
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People need to stop being cheap and just turbo and never worry about filling again >.> you end up spending an assload in the end anyway!!! And you never have to race and go "ohh **** my bottles empty" lawl
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Originally Posted by U LUZ
Airgas is the only company that sells n20 they have the market cornered right now that is why prices are so high. I fill my own bottles and I get about 5 fill ups per big bottle[if im lucky]. So I get 50lbs of n20 and I pay 130.00 for the fill ups of the big bottles thats $2.60 per lb. By the time you pay 650.00 for the refill station and 200.00 for the big bottles before filling them up you will have over 1000.00 tied up into a decent setup . you dont save that much money unless you use a lot of n2o its not worth it. If you go through 2 bottles a week you need to get a refill station.
Mathison Tri Gas sells it down here. But they get their bottles filled the same place as Air Gas. Western cylinder service or something similar.
Old 11-09-2009, 10:57 PM
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Why not setup an LS1tech fill station? I'm pretty sure I can talk to them and add to my company's account.
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Damn, all this talk about turbos? ****, guess i will be the only one in the future busting *** with a F1 procharger....
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Originally Posted by ZONES89RS
Damn, all this talk about turbos? ****, guess i will be the only one in the future busting *** with a F1 procharger....
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Old 11-10-2009, 08:20 AM
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Just be glad your not in College Station its $5-$7/lb here. Thats why I have my own pump station.
Old 11-10-2009, 10:46 AM
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^^^ That's effin' crazy right there. I don't know why people would even allow them to stay in business by paying for that.
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We have a guy in town that hooks us up... thats at 3.75$

Nitrous express charges 4$ a pound here in wichita falls.


Sucks... does make FI look a lot better. But I really do enjoy nitrous.
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I get my nitrous for ~$.82 per pound Mwahahaha!!!!
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Originally Posted by quickblue2
I get my nitrous for ~$.82 per pound Mwahahaha!!!!
Holy hell...
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Originally Posted by quickblue2
I get my nitrous for ~$.82 per pound Mwahahaha!!!!
Care to explain.
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pshyeah please elaborate.
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Originally Posted by ONEBAD383STROKER
Care to explain.
It probably has something to do with this. Now we know why shops charge such a high premium on the stuff haha




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