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ALL YOU WANTED TO KNOW BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK

WILL IT BLOW MY ENGINE UP ?

Nitrous oxide injection was first used by the German aircraft industry early during the second world war as a way of boosting power at higher altitudes where the air was thinner. It was shown to be reliable and have no adverse affects on the engines other than a short sharp increase in available horsepower.

HOW DOES IT WORK ?

Nitrous oxide is an oxygen bearing compound made up of two parts nitrogen and one part oxygen,( N20 ) when heated to approximately 565 degrees F (in a combustion chamber for example) the oxygen and nitrogen atoms part giving us a sudden increase in the oxygen in the chamber. When an appropriate amount of petrol is added (to prevent a lean situation ) more power is made. A supercharger or turbocharger does the same thing but they cannot be "turned off".

WHAT VEHICLES CAN NITROUS BE FITTED TO ?
Provided an engine is in a sound and well maintained condition virtually any vehicle could benefit from Nitrous oxide injection, cars / motorcycles I two strokes I four strokes/ singles I twins I multi,s I fuel injected I carburettor I turbocharged.

HOW MUCH POWER CAN I GET ?

600BHP - only kidding. However there are some drag racing specific cars that are using a Nitrous system to give them upto and beyond a 600bhp boost. These are purpose built race engines putting out somewhere in the region of 2000 bhp. The moral here is that you can have too much power. An increase of 30% should be well within the reach of most engines , but even larger increases have been achieved with no adverse effects.

WHERE WOULD IT FIT IN MY VEHICLE ?

Of course every installation is different but you have many choices which can be discussed with your supplier. The gas cylinders can be large 201b one tucked away in the boot or a discreet 1 or 2lb bottle more suited to motorcycles. The actual injection can be activated by a button , hand operated or designed to come on under full throttle applications. Or the injection process can fully electronically controlled to give a progressive build up of power. The whole system can be disabled or enabled making it safe to lend your vehicle to an unaware mate.