Nitrous bottle location in a 4th gen F-body?

[Jerriko]

The car I have is a 96 Camaro w/ T-tops. I to get an idea of where people have mounted their bottles. The problem I am having is that I want to mount the bottle behind one of the wheel wells, mount the battery behind the other. I would like to keep the rear compartment capable of holding the t-tops. I am curious as to what everyone else has done.
Thanks,
Jim

[ December 28, 2004, 01:20 AM: Message edited by: Jerriko ]

[malice10985]

I ghetto mounted mine. It is jammed behind the passenger seat. It is wedged firmly between the front and rear seats.

The mounting brackets are bolted to the floor pan, but I never secure the bottle in them.

Given my neophyte financial profile, if I roll the car in a wreck, I would probably be better off if the bottle comes loose and smacks me in the head.

[arthansen]

I have mine where the spare tire goes. Fits nicely, out of sight, and with fix-a-flat, small air pump, and a plug kit, I have not used a spare tire in 20 years. I also like your battery idea, might look into that myself.

[1DangerousV6]

yeah mount the bottle where the spare goes..that is also a good location because there should be a small hole on the floor of that well already where you can run a blow down through..there should be enough room in the small compartment on the other side of the ttop well for the battery

[Jerriko]

I don't think there is enough room to mount the battery box on the driver side let alone just a battery. So I guess it would come down to T-top storage versus rear mounted battery.

[1DangerousV6]

in that case..the spare tire well is pretty deep..it doesnt distribute the weight evenly..but you could bolt the battery down on the bottom to the floor..and then bolt the nitrous tank to the wheel well..i saw a pic of it earlier today but now i cant find it..looked pretty good..if neither side will work for you..then since you want the weight over the rear axle..id definitely say the rear deck or ttop well (but then like you said.. you obviously lose your space)..decisions decisions..

[DarkEcho]

between the seats with a hole in the bottom of a duffle bag over it... like in my purge videos

[12secondv6]

Old set up:
http://bbbracing.com/12secondv6/100_0140.JPG

http://bbbracing.com/12secondv6/100_0113.JPG

Current set up:
http://bbbracing.com/12secondv6/100_0303.jpg

http://bbbracing.com/12secondv6/100_0308.jpg

http://bbbracing.com/12secondv6/100_0310.jpg

Spare tire area is another place one could mount a bottle

[arthansen]

12secondv6, why did you move it?

Nice setup either way.

[Jerriko]

Originally posted by 1DangerousV6:
in that case..the spare tire well is pretty deep..it doesnt distribute the weight evenly..but you could bolt the battery down on the bottom to the floor..and then bolt the nitrous tank to the wheel well..i saw a pic of it earlier today but now i cant find it..looked pretty good..if neither side will work for you..then since you want the weight over the rear axle..id definitely say the rear deck or ttop well (but then like you said.. you obviously lose your space)..decisions decisions..

Please, find that pic. I didn't think there would be enough room for both of them on the passenger side. That would work fine for me. I would rather have more weight on the passenger side if I had to have it offset.

[12secondv6]

Originally posted by arthansen:
12secondv6, why did you move it?

Nice setup either way.

Weight relocation, better traction, looks nicer and cleaner install [img]smile.gif[/img]

[1DangerousV6]

Originally posted by Jerriko:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by 1DangerousV6:
in that case..the spare tire well is pretty deep..it doesnt distribute the weight evenly..but you could bolt the battery down on the bottom to the floor..and then bolt the nitrous tank to the wheel well..i saw a pic of it earlier today but now i cant find it..looked pretty good..if neither side will work for you..then since you want the weight over the rear axle..id definitely say the rear deck or ttop well (but then like you said.. you obviously lose your space)..decisions decisions..

Please, find that pic. I didn't think there would be enough room for both of them on the passenger side. That would work fine for me. I would rather have more weight on the passenger side if I had to have it offset. </font>[/QUOTE]i searched for a while at work..i couldnt seem to be able to find it again..but all the spare tire crap was taken out..the battery was just flat right against the the floor right at the bottom of the well..and the brackets for the bottle were bolted on top of the wheel well..sort of as it curved down into the spare tire well..so that it was still at a good angle..as close to 15* as they could get it i guess..it was pretty nice if you can picture what im talkin about..and true..if the weight of yourself is being applied to the driver's side then it would make sense to have the weight of the battery/bottle applied to the passenger side to even it out as much as possible if it has to be applied all to one side or the other

[AZ3.8Camaro]

Mount the bottle in the spare well only if you have a remote bottle opener, otherwise it sucks donky dingaling.

[DARK SDE '02]

That's my plan! (mounting in the spare tire well with my remote bottle opener). Any idea how to keep the bottle from thrashing around back there whilst performing high speed manuevers? [img]graemlins/naughty.gif[/img]

[12secondv6]

Originally posted by DARK SDE '02:
Any idea how to keep the bottle from thrashing around back there whilst performing high speed manuevers? [img]graemlins/naughty.gif[/img]

Please tell me you wouldn't think of just tossing the bottle in there.

You NEED to make a mounting plate.

I wouldn't bother with remote openers... I've heard too many problems with them.... not opening fully... not closing them fully....extra wiring....etc