Thank You, very well said, good luck on getting that system, after all, it
will produce much more HP than any SC...
VLAD
96 Indy
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net]On Behalf Of Jon Steiger
Sent: Monday, December 07, 1998 12:08 PM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: Re: DML: Superchargers vs nitrous
On Mon, 7 Dec 1998, Jack Hilton III wrote:
> >The Nazi's used Nitrous quite successfully in the Luftwaffe.
> >
>
> On their planes or were they inhailing it the whole time ?
>
A little from column A, a little from column B... ;-)
Both the Axis and the Allies used nitrous quite successfully in
their aircraft, mostly for high altitude operation. The higher
you go, the less dense the air is, and the engine starts to
run really rich. Nitrous Oxide was a way to maintain a nice
dense oxygen content. There were some aircraft that would run
off nitrous for a half an hour at a time! Today, turbochargers
are used instead, although nitrous is still used occasionally.
There is a Formula One racer (which uses nitrous) sponsored by
Shell named Pushy Galore that was purpose built to break 5 specific
records (mostly time to climb). (It has broken all 5 records, and
was retired this year.)
Speaking of WWII and nitrous, an interesting fact is that
its benefits to aircraft engines were discovered and developed
independently by both the Nazis and the British. (It was
considered top secret and both sides were careful to keep the
info to themselves...)
Uhhh, Dak content... Nitrous has been a viable way to increase
horsepower for years and years, and if I would spend more time
working and less time writing messages like this one, maybe I'd
be able to afford a system for my Dak by now... ;-)
-Jon-
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