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- From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
- Subject: Re: Nitrous Oxide
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.010713.22262@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
- References: <wcscses2.727996612@cunews>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 01:07:13 GMT
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- wcscses2@superior.carleton.ca (Geoff Hamer) writes:
- : In <1993Jan25.202222.13981@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com> billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson) writes:
- :
- : >You don't - you use N2O. When it is used, you need to rebuild and retune
- : >the carburator - it is not just a simple bolt-on conversion.
- : >Bill
- :
- : There is many different NOS systems on the market (of varing
- : complexity) and some of them are 'bolt-on'.
- :
- : The simplest method involves a plate that is bolted between the
- : carburetor and the intake manifold. The plate will contain outlets for
- : NOS and fuel injectors... The extra fuel is VERY important since NOS
- : artificially increases the oxygen content of the mixture. If you were
- : to inject just NOS into a high performance engine (or almost any
- : engine) the resulting lean mixture would burn so hot you would melt a
- : piston quicker then you can read this sentence.
-
- Which is basically what I said. As you stated, you need much more fuel
- when you use N2O. The point I was trying to make was that you did not
- just inject the nitrous and go.
-
- : A post to rec.autos.technical would probably be a better place for
- : this question though.
-
- I agree.
-
- Bill
-
-