NOS anyone?

[HytestA]

as seen on the SSVC forum
www.macmurchie.com/why_not.htm

[MOGGY]

wow.

makes you think!

I once had 25 nos on mini 998.

was superb fun if used not very often.

how can it be legal if thats what happens when it goes up.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

that is fookin KER-HU-WALITY!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[Keefy]

had to be a Yank! ;D

[Mr_Bo11ox]

yeah he was probably p*ssed off about getting ripped off over some pretzels down the K-mart so pulled out his handgun and shot his nitrous bottle IN THE FACE.

twit.

[Keefy]

speaking of americans, this had me in stitches today!
www.wh4t.com/team_america/

don't open it if ur boss is about
MUCH better if u can have the sound on too.

[Paul H]

MOGGY said:

how can it be legal if thats what happens when it goes up.

I always thought that nitrous was illegal for road use, at least in the UK

[mgbgt stop]

NOS IT GOT TO MAKE YER LOL ;D ;D ;D ;D OR CRY IN THIS INSTANCE

[Keefy]

everything i have read hasnt ever said nitrous oxide is illegal on the road in the UK. its usually 'not recommended' though.

MOGGY, it didnt 'go up', it exploded. Nitrous oxide on its own isnt flammable.

[Rob]

Mr_Bo11ox said:

yeah he was probably p*ssed off about getting ripped off over some pretzels down the K-mart so pulled out his handgun and shot his nitrous bottle IN THE FACE.

hahaha.... you're a funny guy !

(I'm not gay or owt)

[GarethS]

Saw this one a while ago and discussed it with a UK manufacturer of nitrous oxide equipment. This was probably caused by the owner leaving the bottle heater on (silly) and the rupture disc failing to burst (about a 1 in several million chance). Normally the disc would burst and all you would have is an empty bottle. The manufacturer I have talked to now uses blow off valves as they are more reliable than a disc and you only use enough gas to drop the pressure not the total contents of your bottle.

The bottles are tested to specs at least equal to those of fire extinguishers and have a working rating of several thousand psi (nitrous is commonly stored at 1000psi) so to get one to burst you have to either be incredibly unlucky or silly.

As for the legality it is perfectly legal for road use as long as it is declared on your insurance (like any other mod then).

A final point, nitrous oxide isn't flammable at all, it only contributes to a fire if the fire is hot enough to dissociate the nitrous, then the oxygen will of course contribute (but you need a fuel source still). As nitrous for car applications is stored as a liquid at 1000psi and something like -125C it is more likely to put out the fire before it dissociates into component elements.

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Keefy said:

had to be a Yank! ;D

seen some real dogie kits fitted over here and buy supposed reputable companys you only got to look at the so called nitrous bottles some places use to see how this sort of thing happens.