Nitrous Kills F body

[Blizzard242]

http://www.theturboforums.com/smf/in...topic=117747.0

:eek:

I have a nitrous kit in my closet up for sale.

[vanbibber]

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goddamn! glad i changed my mind to doing a 355/procharger now.

[ssms5411]

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I live in AZ, just have to make sure there is a blow off valve going to the outside. I also have a nitrous PSI gauge up front. 3000 PSI is what the blow off valve opens at. That car must have been sitting in the sun with sunlight hitting the bottle for along time. Mine is in the rear spare tire area and I can leave the car in the sun and my PSI #'s sometimes are 1300 PSI. If there is direct sunlight hitting the bottle it will heat up fast. That is what happens when you don't take and put on saftey items and shortcut on stuff. I don't feel bad for the owner, it was his own fault. I'm glad no one got hurt.

[vanbibber]

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dont feel bad? reguardless of the mistake, he just lost his car. and id have to go ahead and assume insurance wont be covering that either. looked like it was a damn nice car before the boom

[Skinny]

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Even if you don't have a safety cap with a blow down tube, there should be a burst disc on the bottle. If you have a filled nitrous bottle (or any pressurized bottle) without some sort of burst disc on it, then you're an idiot, and I have no sympathy for you.

[kala]

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goddamn! glad i changed my mind to doing a 355/procharger during the next 3 to 5 years

Fixed :p




:)

[u441105]

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Best comment had to be asking if the blown bottle opened the gas door and unscrewed the gas cap.

[kristen]

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ouch...but it's not going to make me give up my nitrous.


that is why i don't leave my bottle in the car in the summer. the psi jumps up so fast. the interior is just a big as$ bottle heaters.

:rolleyes:

[ironranger]

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holy moly!

[DAS BOOT]

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I was goig to add... where is his burst disc or vent tube?

[RadRacer]

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If you read the 2nd page of posts, they say the burst disc blew through the windshield and across the street. I find that pretty hard to believe; if it's true though, then I'd be suing someone up the ***.

[ssms5411]

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The bottle must have been mounted in the hatch where the sunlight was hitting it and it didn't have a blow off valve. Just stupidity.

[Bonemaro]

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Wow...

[transamtom1]

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I have seen them overheat and release through the blow down,but never heard of one exploding unless it was heated with a torch and weakened.

[Richardcoelho]

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man i wanted to cry for him, that suck bro,rip TA.