Re: Re: Nitrous Express, I want it, I want it bad

From: Todd Flummer (mustang@netunlimited.net)
Date: Tue Oct 19 1999 - 10:50:04 EDT


A purge does work really nicely. Unless your like me and purge all the
bottle out showing off. I found a way to avoid doing that was to take the
purge off and hit the button a few times during my burnout and works just
like a purge.

Todd
Mustang@netunlimited.net
www.netunlimited.net/~mustang/

-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Steiger <stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Tuesday, October 19, 1999 12:34 AM
Subject: Re: DML: Re: Nitrous Express, I want it, I want it bad

>
>
>On Mon, 18 Oct 1999 NVMYDakota@aol.com wrote:
>
>> In a message dated 10/18/99 9:14:19 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
>> nosdakota@email.msn.com writes:
>>
>> << mine was $500 but I had a bottle heater lying around from a NOS system
and
>> a
>> purge valve already. I would recomend their next gen kit which comes
with
>> those things if I remember right(please don't quote me ) I think it was
>> around $800. >>
>>
>> OUCH OUCH OUCH, I though Nitrous was a low dolar alternative, but $800
bucks
>> OUCH! If I did have it, were, in cab or bed, also where to purge it at,
just
>> out the side or on the windshield as most? is there an actaully reason?
>>
>> Also how and where did you get it, full or empty bottle? Sorry I ask so
>> much, I am jsut trying to see if it is worht the money Greg
>
>
> $800 isn't anything to sneeze at, but for that kind of performance
>increase, that *is* low buck... Price a supercharger sometime. Sad
>but true. :-(
>
> Actually, as with many things, you're probably looking at more than
>$800, depending on how safe you want to be. A while ago, I priced out
>a NX nitrous system and all the other components that I'd need to
>make it as safe as possible, and it came out to around $2,000. (Granted,
>about $500-600 of that is for a new Holley ignition system; you could
>probably save a few hundred if you wanted to go with MSD.)
>
>
>As for your other questions:
>
> The bottle should be put in the bed; its safer there. (And depending
>on how strict the track you run at is, they may require you to put it
>there if you want to run.) The purge valve is generally placed so
>the stream of purged nitrous sprays across the windshield (without
>actually hitting the windshield). This is so you can see the stream
>to be sure its not sputtering, etc. The purge valve gets rid of any air
>between the solenoids and the bottle. It just keeps your runs more
>consistant. (If the air isn't purged, it'll come through the solenoid
>and displace some of the nitrous, making the engine run extremely rich
>momentarily as extra fuel is sprayed without nitrous.) I'm not sure
>if there's a safety implication, but it can affect consistancy between
>runs. Many people don't use them, many people do. As far as how much
>a refill costs, I'm not sure. It'll probably vary in price across
>the country, sort've like gas prices vary. Most nitrous manufacturers
>have a list of filling stations on their web site; you might want to
>call the ones in your area for current prices.
>
> -Jon-
>
> .--- stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu ----------------------------------------.
> | Jon Steiger * AOPA, DoD, EAA, MP Race Team, NMA, SPA, USUA * RP-SEL |
> | '96 Dodge Dakota V8, '96 Suzuki Intruder 1400, '96 Kolb FireFly 447 |
> `--------------------------- http://www.cs.fredonia.edu/~stei0302/ ---'
>



This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Fri Jun 20 2003 - 12:18:05 EDT