[99mustang232]

THE TOP 10 NITROUS MISTAKES

1. Never heat a nitrous bottle with anything but an approved bottle heater with the proper safety features. If a nitrous bottle is overheated or heated too quickly, a catastrophic explosion can occur. (blow torch)

2. Never attach the power leads to a 12-volt nitrous bottle heater directly to the battery. Always use a 12-volt power supply that is hot (active) only when the ignition is on, making it a fail-safe installation.

3. Never allow liquid nitrous to touch your skin. Liquid nitrous exists at -125° F (-87.2° C), and exposure to it will cause severe and permanent frostbite damage.

4. Never inhale nitrous oxide. Inhalation can cause suffocation and immediate death. (this is not the same as medical nitrous oxide it contains sulfur)

5. Never leave the nitrous bottle valve open except when you are using it. Leaving the valve open for extended periods can damage the seals in the nitrous solenoids.

6. Do not exceed a bottle pressure of 1100 psi. The nitrous system is designed to operate at 1100 psi and exceeding that pressure can cause the engine to become too lean and cause extensive engine damage. Additionally, higher pressures can damage the solenoid seals.

7. Never assume that a stock fuel system is sufficient to meet the needs of your nitrous system and the engine. If a stock fuel system cannot supply enough fuel to the engine, the mixture will become too lean and severe engine damage will occur.

8. Never assume that fuel pressure at idle and wide-open throttle are the same! Always check the fuel pressure at wide-open throttle and under load.

9. Never use Teflon® tape on any plumbing threads in a nitrous system. A loose piece of tape could clog a solenoid or jet orifice. Always use Teflon® paste.

10. Never activate the nitrous system without the engine running. Doing so may cause an explosion on engine start-up.

[87vert]

Number 11: Never let peformance unlimited fill your bottle

[sAJ1420]

Originally Posted by 99mustang232 THE TOP 10 NITROUS MISTAKES 1. Never heat a nitrous bottle with anything but an approved bottle heater with the proper safety features. If a nitrous bottle is overheated or heated too quickly, a catastrophic explosion can occur. (blow torch)

blow torch!! wow you have to be 110% retarded to put a blow torch near a bottle of nitrous haha,

oh #12 dont let a bunch of angry asians on crotch rockets shoot up your lime green eclipse, cuz they will probably hit the nitrous and it could cause a "catastrophic explosion"

[fallstar01]

Originally Posted by sAJ1420 Originally Posted by 99mustang232 THE TOP 10 NITROUS MISTAKES 1. Never heat a nitrous bottle with anything but an approved bottle heater with the proper safety features. If a nitrous bottle is overheated or heated too quickly, a catastrophic explosion can occur. (blow torch) blow torch!! wow you have to be 110% retarded to put a blow torch near a bottle of nitrous haha, oh #12 dont let a bunch of angry asians on crotch rockets shoot up your lime green eclipse, cuz they will probably hit the nitrous and it could cause a "catastrophic explosion"

Yeah with green fire that will throw the car 5 feet up in the air but noone will see it, no investigation will follow, and uh, you could walk home and not worry about cleaning the mess up.

[99mustang232]

hey that blow torch thing is more common than you think, I have seen a few run a blow torch across the bottle a few times to warm it up on cold nights without a bottle heater.

kinda ironic but awhile back I used to work for the company who distributed the N20 tanks to Performance Unlimited so I have hooked them up in their NN and Norfolk shops... but didn't have anything to do with their training or filling of tanks...

[87vert]

Originally Posted by sAJ1420 " blow torch!! wow you have to be 110% retarded to put a blow torch near a bottle of nitrous haha, "

i dont see a problem with it, as long as you dont exceed the max pressure. even then they are safety valves for that

[87vert]

Originally Posted by 99mustang232 kinda ironic but awhile back I used to work for the company who distributed the N20 tanks to Performance Unlimited so I have hooked them up in their NN and Norfolk shops... but didn't have anything to do with their training or filling of tanks...

yea kinda scarry when you open your bottle and hear the tink of the needle smacking the 2000psi stop lol.

[99mustang232]

Originally Posted by 87vert i dont see a problem with it, as long as you dont exceed the max pressure. even then they are safety valves for that

so lets say you do exceed the max psi and the blow out disc pops, and you are still warming up the bottle?

[99mustang232]

Originally Posted by 87vert yea kinda scarry when you open your bottle and hear the tink of the needle smacking the 2000psi stop lol.

are you sure your regulator or pressure guage was working properly? 2000 psi, that is not in the range for n2o? even if performance unlimited was using a cascade of tanks to fill, your psi should never rise above their highest tank, and if i remember correctly new fill tanks are around 800psi max and around 500psi near empty? n2o is a liquid so you should weight your tanks after every fill to ensure you got a full tank from them, because you can't go by pressure all the time.

[87vert]

Originally Posted by 99mustang232 Originally Posted by 87vert yea kinda scarry when you open your bottle and hear the tink of the needle smacking the 2000psi stop lol. are you sure your regulator or pressure guage was working properly? 2000 psi, that is not in the range for n2o? even if performance unlimited was using a cascade of tanks to fill, your psi should never rise above their highest tank, and if i remember correctly new fill tanks are around 800psi max and around 500psi near empty? n2o is a liquid so you should weight your tanks after every fill to ensure you got a full tank from them, because you can't go by pressure all the time.

happened to someone else, he said they prolly put like 12lbs in a 10lb bottle.

[87vert]

Originally Posted by 99mustang232 Originally Posted by 87vert i dont see a problem with it, as long as you dont exceed the max pressure. even then they are safety valves for that so lets say you do exceed the max psi and the blow out disc pops, and you are still warming up the bottle?

bah just a sweet flame thrower.

[99mustang232]

Originally Posted by 87vert happened to someone else, he said they prolly put like 12lbs in a 10lb bottle.

hmm.. i will have to look into that, usually the more liquid in the bottle the less head pressure you make? unless they were trying to flip the bottle on you to strech their supply out. some shops are known to flip their filler tank because of the siphon tube to give the unsuspecting customer less liquid and more gas, in doing so might replicate this problem? which one did you get it from the one on warwick or j ave?

[99mustang232]

saw someone on pinks last night warmin up the nitrous with the blow torch

[sAJ1420]

i wouldnt do it, blow torches are sooooo hott it could raise the pressure way too fast and get outta control.... i think ill play it safe

[turp]

Originally Posted by 99mustang232 saw someone on pinks last night warmin up the nitrous with the blow torch

That is the redneck way! I seen more than a couple of "good ole boys" throw the torch to the bottle and I walk away and plug my ears for the impending explosion every time. Some people should not be allowed to reproduce.

[173speed]

Originally Posted by slo2go Originally Posted by 99mustang232 saw someone on pinks last night warmin up the nitrous with the blow torch That is the redneck way! I seen more than a couple of "good ole boys" throw the torch to the bottle and I walk away and plug my ears for the impending explosion every time. Some people should not be allowed to reproduce.

[RUASFAST]

Originally Posted by 87vert Originally Posted by sAJ1420 " blow torch!! wow you have to be 110% retarded to put a blow torch near a bottle of nitrous haha, " i dont see a problem with it, as long as you dont exceed the max pressure. even then they are safety valves for that

Hi everyone, I thought I needed to say something about this topic. I was just telling a friend last week about heating aluminum cylinder's. The problem is aluminum cylinder's can't be heated past 350 F. Start's to take the strength out of the cyl.The paper's I read do not explain everything. P.S. I Hydro Test cylinder's for a living. Nitrous safety disc do blow out about 3000 PSI

[1slo5.0]

I see alot of fools use a hand torch to heat bottles. Hell, I've seen professional drag racers do it too. I think its pretty stupid myself.

[ChrisJ]

Originally Posted by Darrell I see alot of fools use a hand torch to heat bottles. Hell, I've seen professional drag racers do it too. I think its pretty stupid myself.

Same here...

Just go buy a damn bottle heater and be done with it...

[RidgewayRacing]

these are probably the same hillbillies that build fires under their propane tanks. but at the top it says n20 contains sulfur?! to what degree this is the first ive heard of this. not to say its not true because i know little of what comes in those bottles. but i do know what sulfur does to metal. it will eat the shit out of.