Would anyone mind explaining this to me please..

1. manta Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jun 2009 Jonathan Tonk's yard. Posts: 4232 '85 Opel Manta '88 Manta GT/E '87 Rayleigh Roadi

   #1 24th June 2010, 21:00

   Iv'e been fumbling around on t'interweb and Iv'e found this
   
   http://www.nitrous.info/car-nitrous-system.htm
   
   Now is this for real or is it dodgy like electric superchargers
2. LeeM Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Feb 2008 Liverpool Posts: 7393 Black Corsa C SRi

   #2 24th June 2010, 21:21

   yes, nitrous works
3. nath_vts Frequent Poster Joined: Mar 2010 Nottingham Posts: 501 JDM EP3

   #3 24th June 2010, 23:20

   Just watch the fast and the furious its proven
4. manta Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jun 2009 Jonathan Tonk's yard. Posts: 4232 '85 Opel Manta '88 Manta GT/E '87 Rayleigh Roadi

   #4 25th June 2010, 00:22

   Ye obv it works but would this be relatively easy 2 do?
5. titchster Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jan 2008 Down't road from Sheffield Posts: 4641 Was:16v 106 XS ..... Now: Import 1.8 MX5

   #5 25th June 2010, 00:25

   Yes. Used to be big a few years ago, not as many folks use it now.
   
   Tank, piping, master switch, micro switch (to activate it on full throttle), fuel solenoid, nitrous solenoid. Job done.
6. user_10418 Saxperience Addict Joined: Jun 2006 Wirral Posts: 13584 Wickerd red VTS MK2, Two tone VTS MK2,vvc Metro..

   #6 25th June 2010, 01:54

   nitrous works!! can even destroy your engine............. seen this happen few times........
7. Ste Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Mar 2007 Yorkshire Posts: 5415 Saxo

   #7 25th June 2010, 09:29

   Nitrous is dead simple mate.
   
   A simple explanation - Nitrous produces oxygen, its not flammable, so when you inject it and it gets heated it produces Oxygen. That Oxygen won't make any changes to the engine other than slightly more compression and throwing off the A/F ratio so you need to inject more fuel to compensate for all the extra oxygen the nitrous reaction has given you. (just warming nitrous up sets of the reaction, hence bottle heaters giving more pressure etc etc)
   
   This is where the power comes from, the extra oxygen produced by the nitrous allows you to burn more fuel. Thats why you have a nitrous and fuel solenoid.You also need to make sure the fuel gets there before the nitrous so you normally put a loop in the nitrous line to the jet and run the fuel line straight to the jet.
   
   The ratio of nitrous to fuel stays the same, you just need to make sure you don't put too much of both in or not enough of one or the other, that website has some of the best guides as to how to meter the fuel & nitrous. But if your doing it yourself, over fuelling is safer than under fuelling. And start with the smallest jets, always. And use your spark plugs to get information about whats going on inside the cylinder as well as an Air to fuel meter.