I'M SURE YOU HAVE READ ABOUT NITROUS MYTHS ELSEWHERE SO I WILL JUST LIST THE MOST COMMON ONES .

NITROUS CAN DAMAGE YOUR ENGINE

NITROUS IS FLAMMABLE

NITROUS ALONE MAKES HORSEPOWER

NITROUS USED IN DRAG RACING IS MEDICAL GRADE

OF COURSE YOU KNOW ALL THE ABOVE TO BE FALSE, BUT I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ONE :  

" I GOT A BAD FILL "

HAVE YOU EVER HEARD SOMEONE SAY (OR MAKE AN EXCUSE AFTER A LOSING RUN) "I GOT A BAD FILL" , BECAUSE THEIR BOTTLE WAS PUMPED FULL OF AIR ?  HERE IS SOME ADVICE , BEFORE AND AFTER YOU GET YOUR BOTTLE FILLED , WEIGH IT . KNOW THE TARE WEIGHT OF YOUR BOTTLE , WEIGH YOUR EMPTY BOTTLE AND COMPARE IT TO THE LABEL ON YOUR BOTTLE .  WEIGHT IS THE ONLY WAY TO DETERMINE THE MOST ACCURATE AMOUNT OF NITROUS IN YOUR BOTTLE.  PERIOD .  IF YOU WERE GETTING AIR THEN THE WEIGHT OF YOUR BOTTLE WOULD NOT CHANGE SIGNIFICATLY .  YOU CANNOT GAUGE THE AMOUNT OF NITROUS IN YOUR BOTTLE WITH A NITROUS PRESSURE GAUGE OR A TEMPERATURE GAUGE , ONLY  A SCALE ( A DIGITAL SCALE ) IS THE MOST ACCURATE WAY TO DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF NITROUS IN YOUR BOTTLE . SOMEONE PUMPING AIR INTO YOUR BOTTLE AND CHARGING YOU $$$ FOR NITROUS IS NOT A BAD FILL, IT IS CALLED "RIPPING YOU OFF" . IN MY OPINION  A BAD FILL WOULD BE OVERFILLING YOUR BOTTLE . TOO MUCH NITROUS IN YOUR BOTTLE CAN CAUSE AN UNSTABLE CONDITION . WHEN YOU FILL YOUR NITROUS BOTTLE THERE IS A LAYER OF GAS ABOVE THE LIQUID NITROUS CALLED A PRESSURE HEAD WHICH GIVES PRESSURE STABILITY . IF YOU OVERFILL THE BOTTLE YOU DECREASE THE SIZE OF THAT VAPOR SPACE  CAUSING AN UNSTABLE CONDITION . ALSO AS PRESSURE INCREASES IT BECOMES DISPROPORTIONAL TO TEMPERATURE AND CAN CAUSE PHASE CHANGE . WHEN YOU ACTIVATE YOUR NITROUS SYSTEM AND IT BEGINS TO SIPHON NITROUS FROM YOUR BOTTLE THE LIQUID NITROUS CANNOT BOIL OFF FAST ENOUGH TO MAINTAIN A STABLE PRESSURE CURVE . AN OVERFILLED BOTTLE WILL AFFECT YOUR TUNE UP AND CONSISTENCY. RESULT WILL MOST LIKELY BE POOR PERFORMANCE AT BEST , BUT YOU CAN TRUTHFULLY TELL YOUR FRIENDS "I GOT A BAD FILL" .  ONE FINAL NOTE , NITROUS EXPANDS WITH RISE IN TEMPERATURE , SO WHEN YOUR OVERFILLED BOTTLE WARMS UP , PRESSURE CAN BUILD TO THE POINT OF BLOWING OFF THE SAFETY BURST DISC , EMPTYING THE CONTENTS OF YOUR BOTTLE AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS IN PLACE .........WELL , IT'S  NOT A GOOD THING , MAKES FOR A BAD DAY.

john@pdqmotorsports.com @2006

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