> Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 02:10:12 -0400
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> From: Jon Steiger <stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu>
> Subject: Re: DML: Nitrous not bad....users bad
> Reply-to: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Why is it that nitrous is considered cheating when superchargers
> are not? When you get down to what they're doing, they're nearly
> identical! Basically, both force more oxygen into the engine, allowing
> you to burn more fuel and make more power. The supercharger does it by
> cramming air through the engine, and the nitrous makes the air that
> the engine breathes "more dense". They both just supply more oxygen
> than usual.
>
> Is it because nitrous is a system that has to be replenished
> constantly, whereas a supercharger is a power-on-demand type of
> thing that is a more permanent part of the engine? Gasolene
> needs to be replenished all the time too...
>
>
Cause it is really easy to hide;-)
|{eith R. Phelps
Cat..... the other white meat.
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