What are the advantages of using nitrous compared to other performance options?

The cost of many other performance options can put you in the poorhouse. Dollar for dollar, you can't buy more performance with less money than nitrous. With a nitrous system, performance and reliability can be had for a much more reasonable price while still retaining the advantage of a stock engine during normal driving. And, Nitrous offers tremendous gains in torque without having to rev the engine to excessive rpm's. These factors help your engine last longer than many other methods of boosting horsepower.



What is the function of the blow-off safety valve on the bottle?

It is very important not to overfill a bottle; i.e., a 10 lb. capacity bottle should not be filled with more than 10 lbs. of nitrous oxide by weight. Over-filling and/or too much heat can cause excessive bottle pressures forcing the safety seal to blow and releasing all the contents out of the bottle.



How can nitrous blow my engine up?

Nitrous in and of itself cannot "blowup" an engine. Nitrous kits of poor design, poor quality, and improper air/fuel ratios damage engines.



What is nitrous backfire?

Nitrous backfires can be caused by two situations. 1. A nitrous system that is two rich or a system that atomizes the fuel poorly, thus causing pooling or puddling of fuel in the intake manifold. 2. A system that is operated too lean.



What is the safest way to configure nitrous activation?

The only safe way is to use a wide open throttle switch, however you may configure any number of ways to "trip" the system but all must be used in conjunction with some type of wide open throttle switch.



Can I vary the amount of nitrous injected when I want?

Yes, by using a digital progressive controller. This device allows the user to precisely control the amount of nitrous delivered to his engine from the comfort of the drivers seat.

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NOS Nitrous, NX, ZEX, Wizards of NOS, Bespoke N2O, Akamoto UK, TurboBits UK, DynoTune, MuscleMustangFords for their Q and A sections and other data used in this article.