Badly installed NOS scary
Not installed well :roll: :roll: :roll:
http://www.stealth-3000gt.st/FAQnitrousX.htm
Nitrous Oxide systems can give racers that "extra edge" that may put them in the winner's circle. Our own Jack T recorded the fastest 1/4 mile time EVER for a Stealth or 3000GT using a Nitrous system. Handled and installed correctly, they are reasonably safe, but this is one system that we should avoid of, IMO...
This example was a badly-installed Nitrous Express kit (not to be confused with the NoS brand). They wired up the heater directly to 12v (not on a temp switch) and left it on. Then they had TWO pressure release vents on - instead of one - which doubled the emergency release pressure. The car owner claims a malfuntioning safety valve/disc/cap. (?) And below you can see the results.
Fortunately the car was garaged, so no one was hurt. This wasn't a 3S car (it was a modded '91 Nissan Maxima owned by Doyle Schoenberger of Ohio). But these photos bear looking at, just so you know what you're dealing with when you consider adding a shot of Nitrous. This was a professional installation on a spotlessly clean engine, with the bottle kept safely (?) in the trunk!
The trunk lid (& spoiler) was blown halfway through the garage door
http://www.stealth-3000gt.st/Images/pict533c.jpg
Both rear quarter panels peeled back like a banana,
rear window blown out, nothing left but the trunk floor.
http://www.stealth-3000gt.st/Images/pict536c.jpg
Surveying debris; even Olds '98 six feet away was damaged.
http://www.stealth-3000gt.st/Images/pict539c.jpg
Observe what an exploding tank of compressed N-O can do
if it has a malfuntioning safety valve/disc/cap.
Lower right is black cabinet that was blown apart.
http://www.stealth-3000gt.st/Images/pict532c.jpg
Hmmmm...nice to know idiots thrive in the modding world
Isn't it hilarious that Mr. bomb-in-the-trunk talks alot like the characters from allyourbase??