There is no compressed oxygen bottle in a nitroous car. N2O has oxygen just the same as steam (H20) has oxygen. Heck, even sand has oxygen (SiO2) but I don't think anyone will think common beach sand will explode.

 

I think you kinda misread his post. He just meant "a compressed gas with oxygen" because oxygen itself can really make a little fire...BIG.

 

Hah this is a bit funny, I'm putting N20 on my C5Z just so it can keep up with my 951 (okay 951).

 

Mavfan, is your set a wet or dry shot? What is the difference? BTW, nice documentation of the mod on your web site.

 

zex makes some great dry shots, the difference is wet kits use additional fuel lines(i believe).. where as dry kits usually have a emu that increases fuel according to how much nitrous you are using.

 

I didn't think you could mod a 951 THAT much. sheez. Running a 150 shot on a stock C5 is dropping me into the 11s. That 4 banger (??) must be pumping some serious power.

 

there's a couple ways for a dry system. One is with the maf... it reads more flow and increases fuel delivery, and the other is with higher volume fuel pump that increases pressure when n20 is activated therefore flowing more fuel through the same injector.

 

propper installation is key for safety. I have seen the aftermath of a NOS bottle warmer that never shut off. After a number of hours in the garage, the bottle could no longer take the pressure and exploded...... I can't find the pics but amazing how huge this was. The back half of the car looked like a picture out of a warzone. The house was knocked slightly off foundation. Something (decklid or rear bumper), was imbedded in the wall. Nobody killed by sheer luck.

All this from a incorrect setup of a bottle warmer.

 

How many hours though? Don't most nitrous tanks have a relief valve for over pressurization? Not to mention they are pressure tested to a certain extent.

 

was around 4-5 hours I believe..... I think it was wired to a switch that was inadvertantly left on. Can't tell you if his bottle did or did not have relief valve.... i would guess not.

Sure wish I could find the pics to share. Totally unbelievable. I would have never guessed

 

I've got a picture from Fishey of his wet set-up...



According to him, it takes about a minute to splice another fuel line off the existing rail and connect it to the solenoid. The purple thing is a nitrous/fuel injector.

 

Nitrous bottles have Burst discs that 'burst' at 3000 psi and the N20 blows out. It's freezing cold, but doesn't "blow up". Tanks themselves are rated many times that, and that is the 'safe' amount of pressure. I have also heard stories about the dufuss idiot who put two discs in the bottle and.. poof. I just really doubt there could be more than one or two idiots of that level on the planet. But... ya never know.

 

agreed. i sure wish I could find the pics....... I was in complete disbelief at the extent of the damage.

Without a doubt a operator error. At the dragstrip I have seen idiots "warming" their NOS tanks with portable plumbers torch before a run o bring pressures up. Those idiots deserve whatever may happen to them. again not flamable, but not the propper way to manage psi.

 

I agree. And I think I've seen the picture you're referring to. Shell of what used to be a car... and you can't even tell what it used to be. It went around corvette forum a few months back. It was doubted then too.

 

You can be sure it's not a 944 as these cars are freakin' bulletproof.