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01-24-2005
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Naaawwwzzzz!!!
http://www.macmurchie.com/why_not.htm
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http://www.enhancedhealth.com/nitrousexpress.htm
The car in the pic is a Nissan Maxima. The bottle heater was left on for about 2.5 hours according to the owner. He also says a pressure relief valve failed to function. The onwer of the company that makes the nitrous system in questions makes several counter claims. I wonder if this went to court and how it turned out considering in happened in '99.
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http://www.enhancedhealth.com/nitrousexpress.htm
01-24-2005
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i posted this on the www.ohionissans.com forum to see if anyone fesses up to it 
http://www.ohionissans.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=937
http://www.ohionissans.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=937
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Rep Power: 376 so if he left the bottle heater on, and you're not supposed to, then he can pretty much plan on not getting squat.
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the first day I hooked up my bottle heater, I forgot and left it on w/ the car off and bottle closed and remembered like 1 1/2 hours later... I ran outside and opened the bottle and the pressure gauge shot up to like 1250psi!
I quickly turned on the ignition and purged the sheit out of it.
Right after that, I hooked the 12V to the bottle heater switch up to the HU remote wire instead of a straight 12V hook-up so it could never be on w/ the car off. MUCH better way to do it imo
anyway, sucks for that guy
the first day I hooked up my bottle heater, I forgot and left it on w/ the car off and bottle closed and remembered like 1 1/2 hours later... I ran outside and opened the bottle and the pressure gauge shot up to like 1250psi!
I quickly turned on the ignition and purged the sheit out of it. Right after that, I hooked the 12V to the bottle heater switch up to the HU remote wire instead of a straight 12V hook-up so it could never be on w/ the car off. MUCH better way to do it imo
anyway, sucks for that guy
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Originally Posted by BRCivic
damn! that sucks!
...I ran outside and opened the bottle and the pressure gauge shot up to like 1250psi! I quickly turned on the ignition and purged the sheit out of it.
...I ran outside and opened the bottle and the pressure gauge shot up to like 1250psi!
I quickly turned on the ignition and purged the sheit out of it. 
...safety blow off valves don't even blow until 3000 psi, you were almost half way there.
http://www.nitrousexpress.com/Catalo...tle_access.pdf
http://www.edelbrock.com/automotive/...tech_tips.html
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Originally Posted by BRCivic
damn! that sucks!
the first day I hooked up my bottle heater, I forgot and left it on w/ the car off and bottle closed and remembered like 1 1/2 hours later... I ran outside and opened the bottle and the pressure gauge shot up to like 1250psi! I quickly turned on the ignition and purged the sheit out of it.
Right after that, I hooked the 12V to the bottle heater switch up to the HU remote wire instead of a straight 12V hook-up so it could never be on w/ the car off. MUCH better way to do it imo
anyway, sucks for that guy
the first day I hooked up my bottle heater, I forgot and left it on w/ the car off and bottle closed and remembered like 1 1/2 hours later... I ran outside and opened the bottle and the pressure gauge shot up to like 1250psi!
I quickly turned on the ignition and purged the sheit out of it. Right after that, I hooked the 12V to the bottle heater switch up to the HU remote wire instead of a straight 12V hook-up so it could never be on w/ the car off. MUCH better way to do it imo
anyway, sucks for that guy
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Originally Posted by ALPHSTER
I'm no C.S.I but that garage look like it's in pretty good shape considering the nitrous tank blew up in a car. Looking at that car and the damage on the pic outside that thing looks like it caught fire (back wheel). There does'nt seam to be any fire or burn marks on the interior of that garage? 
Strange.
Strange.
the "explosion" would have been flameless. It was merely the pressurized tank that blew to pieces. kinda like popping a balloon, but a million times more "pop".
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N20 is not flameable its just an oxidizer
and just some info to read up on...
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/question259.htm
http://www.idavette.net/hib/nitrous.htm
N20 is not flameable its just an oxidizer
and just some info to read up on...
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/question259.htm
http://www.idavette.net/hib/nitrous.htm
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...safety blow off valves don't even blow until 3000 psi, you were almost half way there.
still scared the hell out of me. forgetting once was enough - couldn't take that chance again
