i have had nothing but good experience with nitrous... when people run into
problems is when they get "creative" or careless... if you follow the
directions... prep the engine and fuel system... and be resonable with the
hp shot... you will not have any troubles...
on a bone stock tr7 engine... i wouldn't go past 75 hp shot... 50 would be
better... but the most important thing is make sure you have adiquate fuel
pressure and flow...
best thing to do... if your really interested... is talk to a tech at NOS...
tell them what your doing... what you want to put it on... and they can help
you pick out the right system for your application...
j. bostick
'65 v8 cortina mk1
64 nova 427 w/250 hp nitrous shot... (passing gear... hehehe)
----- Original Message -----
From: jon <humber_snipe@hotmail.com>
To: <Eganb@aol.com>; <british-cars@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 6:40 AM
Subject: Re: TR7 BFH#51 - Nitrous?
> 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
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Eganb@aol.com>
> To: <Triumphs@autox.team.net>; <british-cars@autox.team.net>;
> <tr8@mercury.lcs.mit.edu>
> Cc: <OHFASTONE@aol.com>
> 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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