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Insurance isnt a problem, there are multiple insurers available to me. Just interested in practical experience of it.
Thanks for your time.
As topic really. Have a fun car now and arranging to have it added.
Insurance isnt a problem, there are multiple insurers available to me. Just interested in practical experience of it.
Thanks for your time.
nitrous is the best way to increase power of a car, it doesnt affect ur day to day fuel consumption and not 1 knows you have it, unlike a turbo with a BOV. ive never actually been fortunate to experience a shot of nitrous in a car, but it looks fun
start off with small jets, 25 , then work ur way up, so u dont wreck your engine in 2 mins
You know nitrous is illegal to use on the public roads, right?
Is Nitrous Oxide Legal ?
Having a nitrous oxide system installed in your car is not illegal. Akamoto provide these kits to our customers for the use of off road events and shows that are hosted on private land. However Injecting nitrous oxide into your engine in whilst driving on a public road can not really be commented on as we can not find any law against this but at the same time we cant find one that permits it. So we recommend keeping the bottle turned off until you’re in a suitable surrounding to inject nitrous oxide, e.g. drag strip.
<shrugs> TBH there's no way you could really get done for using it on the road- the police would just do you for speeding (or, if you're wheelspinning, not being in full control or something). You'd get prosecuted for the effect, not the cause.
Rich :¬)
Full quote from Highpower Systems International Ltd, echoed on many other manufacturers websites FAQs...Originally Posted by TeePee
Use of the nitrous will be controlled by a progressive controller,hence introduction over a specified period to maintain traction and reduce stress on the engine/drivetrain. "Fast and Furious" type burnouts at every use are a fallacy.There is no law that prohibits the use of N20 injection on road vehicles. My own cars are used on the road, and the local police are aware of my use of nitrous systems, and they confirm that they know of no law that I could be breaking. However you may need to inform your insurance company, depending on the type and wording of the policy. The same applies to ALL types of tuning, these should also be reported to your insurers.
Last edited by Lemming; 15-05-2004 at 01:45 PM.
Right. Two quotes from Nitrous retailers.
There are two areas in which nitrous falls foul of the law. Firstly emissions. A car running nitrous wouldn't pass an MOT. The other issue is approved fuels for tax purposes.
You will not find an insurance company, anywhere, which will insure you to use nitrous on the road.
5th gear had a feature a while back where they fitted a nos kit to a 1.9 polo diesel. The presenter said it was perfectly legal for road use.
Depends on what you mean by 'best', but I would say improving volumetric efficiency is the best way, what with the engine being an air pump at the end of the day.
Yours is the GTO Twin Turbo isn't it? If so are you going for nitrous assisted turbos (i.e using nitrous to remove turbo lag by filling in off boost) or a nitrous boosted set up?
If not ignore me
Well aside from nitrogen, what else is going to be added to the emissions if the car is set up right? And it's not a fuel, all it does (in a rough nutshell) is get extra oxygen into the bores which in turn means you can burn more fuel.
I'm not too hot on the subject, but from GCSE Chemistry I'd have thought that Nitrous Oxide would put Nitrous Oxide into the engine and not Oxygen
If you run Nitrous during an MOT (which I'd have thought would have been a bit of a waste to be honest) you'd have extra Nitrogen Monoxide, Nitrogen Dioxide etc that may affect the emissions test.
The nitrous oxide thermally decomposes into nitrogen and oxygen in the heat of the engine. Nitrogen is just passed out as a byproduct
Col
Yes yes, and it does all sorts to emissions, I was just typing before engaging brain
When I say oxygen, I am refering to the active ingredient, as it's the oxygen that allows extra fuel to be burnt.
But as far as my shot memory can recall, it shouldn't do really nasty things to emissions, but it's been a while since I have read up on the subject. I know some PPl run their cars rich under nitrous to combat the heat, this can send emissions skyward.
So why don't you just inject oxygen into the engine then??
Tanks of oxygen is a bad idea, as it is good n reactive, n20 isnt too bad on its own, just when heated
cos the nitrogen acts as a coolent and as an ignitor..
and by best, i ment, lowest running cost and cheapest/easiest to set up for greatest performance
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