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Saw that coming sooner or later.
Have you checked with nitrous kit manufacturers?
-Venom
-NOS
-NX
-Zex
Just to name a few.
If they don't have it available, it either 'cause they need a project car to work on, it's in the works, or they haven't gotten around to it yet being that the Cooper('S') are relatively new to the field.
Just out of curiousity, have you done your homework on nitrous kits? There's A LOT to knowand learn. I've seen, experienced, and heard of a lot of disasters in so many different ways.
Cheers,
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Back in high school when I used to race anything I could get my hands we called Nitrous a name that I really don't think I should use on this form. It involves a part of the female genitalia..."$@#%! Juice". That's just an opinion though. If your doing 1/4 mile stuff it rocks, just a little unfair with the street punks. So I think I agree with Rocketboy_X.
This is a GAS!! LOL!! You guys... Nitrous is cheating.... NOS is P..... juice....If you have to ask your not ready.... Cheese and rice!! It is only cheating, cause you dont have it!! Duh...
LetsMotor: actually that's not a stupid question. The more people know and ask about nitrous the better. It seems that most racers or wannabe racers out there, don't know a thing about it. They're most lured to the added instant thrust. More people need to be educated.
NOS kits are legal where I am, up here in Canada. But I heard there are some states in the U.S where they are illegal. You'd have to check where you live. Up here, the only law behind nitrous, is that you need a license to transport it for commercial use. For street/personal vehicle use, it's all right. But am sure the way the cops are cracking down on speeders these days, that'll soon change for sure.
You can get different power applications. Pretty much anything from 50hp to 500hp. The kits are measured in shots. 100shot jet system produced an est. 100hp. And so on. You can get a dry or wet system as well.
Don't really want to run it for more than 10 secs. 15secs max. After that melt down occurs. Spark plugs melt and/or get shot out of the hood, intake manifold blows, piston rings fry,rods break, crank shaft breakage, etc.
The risk in running it on your engine TOTALLY depends on the person you are. Firstly if you're running a reasonable dosage of it, than you'll be all right, provided you keep with the maintanence of the system. Like for example: Bottle warmer is a good idea to regulate gas temperature. Want to get a sensor that determines if you're running too lean or too rich. Too lean, and you'll fry it all to H-E double hockey sticks. That's one of the big problems with a lot of people. They end up running to lean. It's a touchy thing. Constant supervision of the gas working through the engine is required. Most don't know, or care to know. they're just in it for the rush. Things like NOT activating it before 2nd gear, DON'T redline the car when the NOS is active(flatspot pistons in a hurry, and fries engine due to fuel shutoff, but having nos active. = Very bad). There's just so much more to explain and teach. Don't want to scare peoples or sound like I'm on the soap box. Just things I've observed with others and experienced myself. There's a lot to know before jumping into it.
I personally would take a supercharger over NOS anyday. 'They' say that NOS is better because you only use the extra power when you want rather than the engine using it all the time with a supercharger/turbo. But NOS is a delicate operation. It's a high maintanence way of beefing up for more juice. Granted, it is a cheaper method.
I'd say if anyone thinking of this approach is a novice, I would suggest they learn some automotive mechanic basics. So as to know about the engine's inards, to get a better idea of what's happening, and what parts need attention and watching. Then of coarse, do their homework on nitrous. Spend some time looking it up, reading about, sit down with some racers using it, ask performance junkies/mechanics for input, etc.
I can't help but laugh at those that have NOS, and then start whining and complaining that their car is fried, smoking and dead after running NOS. How they did it is usually so stupid. If they've only taken the time to read up on it.
Just my thoughts.
Cheers,
__________________ Simple recipe for excitement: Take 1 new MINI. Throw in 1 supercharger. Add 6 gears. A dash of 91 Octane. A sprinkle of style inside and out. Toss in 1 MadMan. And finally, heat tires and pavement to taste. Recipe produces 1 MINI Cooper'S' and full satisfaction. Motor on!!
>>I can't help but laugh at those that have NOS, and then start whining and complaining that their car is fried, smoking and dead after running NOS. >>
Here here!
Were there any Minis in The Fast and the Furious??
:smile:
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>>>>I can't help but laugh at those that have NOS, and then start whining and complaining that their car is fried, smoking and dead after running NOS. >>
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>>Here here!
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>>Were there any Minis in The Fast and the Furious??
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Evening.......... L !!!!!!!!!!! Hope all good !!!!! :smile:
>>Hey, Andrew!! Everything's great....doing some work for the meet online!
>>Hope everything is good on your end, too! :smile: :smile: :smile:
>>This is a GAS!! LOL!! You guys... Nitrous is cheating.... NOS is P..... juice....If you have to ask your not ready.... Cheese and rice!! It is only cheating, cause you dont have it!! Duh...
Um no... I think NOS is cheating because it's only a 'Temp' boost... It's like a woman wearing a waterbra... when she takes off the bra, her boob size goes down... when you lay off the NOS, you power drops to... that's why i feel it's cheating... it's fake.. it may be fake and have real world results, just like the woman with the water bra fills out her shirts better, but it's still fake...
Rocketboy_X
Oh, and it's not cheating because I don't have it... I don't want it...period.
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I agree w/ Rocketboy_X, I don't want it either. My father raced all his life and never used the stuff. My father is the essence of performance. He's a real professional, 23 year corvette and street rod builder, machinest and more. He always said that the raw performance created by ripping down an engine and building it with quality performance parts, from the groung up, will always produce better performance than just strapping on some NOS. I find that NOS is genuinely a novelty as well, people love to say' "I run juice" or " I run NOS". I'm sure there are some of you that are not like this, but it seems a very popular thought.
