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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Vamps on 24 May 2008, 21:58:02

Title: nos purgin, is this real or some kind of joke?
Post by: Vamps on 24 May 2008, 21:58:02: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2ruhYNHHGY&eurl=http://cateraowners.forumotion.com/videos-f3/nos-purgin-t18.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M11OhxQS1ps&eurl=http://cateraowners.forumotion.com/videos-f3/nos-purgin-t18.htm

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Title: Re: nos purgin, is this real or some kind of joke?
Post by: FRE07962128 on 24 May 2008, 22:01:20: Maybe it is steam powered to avoid the escalating fuel costs! I wonder how many shovel fulls of coal it needs per mile? ;D ;D ;D :y
Title: Re: nos purgin, is this real or some kind of joke?
Post by: HerefordElite on 24 May 2008, 22:56:52: i think you purge the line before you fire up to stop the engine running lean/rich due to N2O boiling off in lines but i could be wrong ::)

also looks cool in Mcdonalds car park i f you now what i mean ;D
Title: Re: nos purgin, is this real or some kind of joke?
Post by: Jay w on 25 May 2008, 00:52:07: this is a common mod, the gas is co2 but its is a cheaper way of looking 'cool'
Title: Re: nos purgin, is this real or some kind of joke?
Post by: waspy on 25 May 2008, 07:21:08: Quote
this is a common mod, the gas is co2 but its is a cheaper way of looking 'cool'

What's the point- if you haven't got it don't pretend, because you just make you self look stupid when it comes around to some speed :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :'(
Title: Re: nos purgin, is this real or some kind of joke?
Post by: HerefordElite on 25 May 2008, 11:00:48: Quote
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this is a common mod, the gas is co2 but its is a cheaper way of looking 'cool'

What's the point- if you haven't got it don't pretend, because you just make you self look stupid when it comes around to some speed :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :'(

CO2 is sprayed onto turbo/supercharger intercoolers for extra cooling - a 10deg drop in temp can yield an extra 2%power increase - so def a point in high power apps ;)
Title: Re: nos purgin, is this real or some kind of joke?
Post by: waspy on 25 May 2008, 11:39:02: Uhm, food for thought. I can see why the application would be good for some petrol engines especially when he turbo starts to glow ::)
Title: Re: nos purgin, is this real or some kind of joke?
Post by: Mr Skrunts on 25 May 2008, 11:42:23: Surely the intence heat from a Turbo suddly being blasted by CO2 to cool it would cause metal cracking issues over a period of time?