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Can someone please explain to me how nitrous oxide works?

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Old Nov 12, 2002 | 06:03 PM
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Default Can someone please explain to me how nitrous oxide works?

Specifically the path it takes from the bottle. With as much detail as possible and the differences of the 3 set ups. Thanks...i'm researchin myself as well.

Just wanna be more summarized
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Old Nov 12, 2002 | 06:07 PM
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Default Re: Can someone please explain to me how nitrous oxide works? (JdM-BRiD)

From what I know, it allows the fuel to burn faster in a wet shot system when it is mixed into the gasoline (not positive though). So look up Nitrous Oxide on yahoo, go the the holly homepage and read about the nitrous story...it explains everything.
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Old Nov 12, 2002 | 06:59 PM
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Default Re: Can someone please explain to me how nitrous oxide works? (RAF LTD.)

Nitrous is a gas at high temperature and a liquid at cold temperature in the bottle. When the bottle is opened it flows through the main line to wherever you have your solenoids located. After the solenoid it travels through another hose that is either connected to a single jet in the intake (dry) or wet plummed directly into the manifold (wet) A dry system injects the nitrous into the intake where it is mixed with the air and sucked into the motor. A wet system injects the nitrous directly into the manifold where it is mixed with gas almost immediately. Nitrous is an oxidizer. Once sucked into the motor and put under pressure and heat the 2 nitrogen atoms break off leaving a oxygen atom which is the oxidizer. Basically what the oxidizer does is accelerate the burn. With more air you have the ablitly to make more power... Remember without fuel nitrous is nothing.... It's all in the tuning. Have fun!
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