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airtroop01 · 02-22-2006, 01:31 PM

It was a disaster, someone could have gotten hurt the way that thing exploded. This doesn't mean nitrous is bad though. Nitrous in and of itself doesn't cause things to blow up.

Nitrous backfires like that are usually due to a nitrous system that is too rich or a system that atomizes the fuel poorly, thus causing pooling or puddling of fuel in the intake manifold.

The nitrous bottle and solenoids have no idea what RPM you're at, and they're just pushing it into the intake at a constant volume so you want it to kick on at a repeatable rpm so you don't have the above issue.

A $150 window switch would have prevented thousands of dollars of damage. That's why i have little sympathy. I read some of the comments there too. He blames it on the dyno operator and the rpm it was shot at... which I agree to an extent with but, the variance on being able to activate it -- it would have been a matter of time before it grenaded.

I'm a firm believer in using all the safety devices that are available. True, they aren't necessary and you can get away with out them, but as you can see for the money they are well worth it to head off a catastrophe.

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airtroop01 Back to a KB Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Livermore, CA Posts: 1,901 View this user's gallery iTrader: 0 / 0%	It was a disaster, someone could have gotten hurt the way that thing exploded. This doesn't mean nitrous is bad though. Nitrous in and of itself doesn't cause things to blow up. Nitrous backfires like that are usually due to a nitrous system that is too rich or a system that atomizes the fuel poorly, thus causing pooling or puddling of fuel in the intake manifold. The nitrous bottle and solenoids have no idea what RPM you're at, and they're just pushing it into the intake at a constant volume so you want it to kick on at a repeatable rpm so you don't have the above issue. A $150 window switch would have prevented thousands of dollars of damage. That's why i have little sympathy. I read some of the comments there too. He blames it on the dyno operator and the rpm it was shot at... which I agree to an extent with but, the variance on being able to activate it -- it would have been a matter of time before it grenaded. I'm a firm believer in using all the safety devices that are available. True, they aren't necessary and you can get away with out them, but as you can see for the money they are well worth it to head off a catastrophe. Last edited by airtroop01; 02-22-2006 at 01:34 PM..