Re: nitrous install

From: Marty Galyean (mgalyean@acm.org)
Date: Sun Jul 22 2001 - 11:14:26 EDT


Nitrous isn't 'fuel', it's 'AIR'. No carbons or hydrogens. Think about
it: one nitrogen and two oxygens. It like a super charger in that it
supplies more air burnable air. Its up to your fuel system to match
that with fuel for combustion. It should be upstream of the TB.

Am I wrong here?

Marty

"Steven T. Ekstrand" wrote:
>
> | Most Nitrous installations recommend about 6 inches ahead of the TB.
> | Purpose for this is to give the nitrous and fuel time to mix evenly
> before
> | hitting the intake & TB. That gives each cylinder an equal charge.
>
> This is the way I have seen it done everytime. It doesn't seem like the
> best way though to me. It would seem like you're substantially reducing
> the capacity of the TB by doing this. Instead of only flowing air, the TB
> now has to flow nitrous and the added fuel. I would think the effective
> CFM of the TB would be substantially reduced in terms of the air it could
> flow. Obviously, the whole point of nitrous is that it brings additional
> air into the combustion chamber, so maybe this isn't a big issue at all???
> I don't know.
>
> The simple carbuerated nitrous kits use a plate below the carb, why not do
> this with a TB setup as well??



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