After seeing some photos that were bouncing around the web a month or so
ago, I'm a lot less tempted to play with nitrous. A guy had a nitrous system
in his Nissan Maxima, professionally installed, all proper, and the whole
shebang exploded in his garage. Blew the trunk lid right through the garage
door. All due to a faulty safety relief valve, or so he was told.
I didn't think about it when I first read the story, but I bet his
insurance wouldn't pay for the damage since the nitrous bottle wasn't
originally part of the car!
Jon
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From: <Eganb@aol.com>
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<tr8@mercury.lcs.mit.edu>
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Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2001 9:05 PM
Subject: TR7 BFH#51 - Nitrous?
> Nitrous Oxide? Well? Could I put it in my TR7?
>
> This gasoline fume-induced fantasy came about as I get ready to write an
> article about NASCAR racing, for which I get to drive a NASCAR stock car
for
> eight laps this coming weekend. 600 horsepower -- whew!.... A friend,
who
> lives and dies by drag racing, keeps ragging me about putting nitrous
oxide
> in the TR7, at moderate amounts of course.
>
> I keep telling him he's crazy, would blow the engine, too expensive, etc.
> But after next weekend I may definitely feel the need for speed....
>
> Yeah, I know, a V8 conversion is a better idea. Others of you are
probably
> saying, "Get a real Triumph."
>
> But what about nitrous? Could you do it in a conservative way and not
wreck
> the engine?
>
> I can just see having a shift knob with a red button that says "Bye Bye"
just
> like in the movie "Gone in Sixty Seconds."
>
> Yeah, I know, I should finish installing the fuel pump first!...
>
> Bruce
> 1980 Inca Yellow TR7 5-speed convertible
> Chapel Hill, NC
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