Anyone scared of their nitrous tank blowing up?
11-17-2004, 07:10 PM
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Anyone scared of their nitrous tank blowing up?
may sound stupid but i'm a paranoid freak. what if u dropped the tank when handling it or somethin went wrong with the setup, could it blow?
11-17-2004, 07:35 PM
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Originally Posted by hyper
may sound stupid but i'm a paranoid freak. what if u dropped the tank when handling it or somethin went wrong with the setup, could it blow?
It could, but I don't think you have to treat it like it's made of glass, or anything. Although I've seen firsthand what a vehicle looks like if the bottle were to explode, and it's REALLY ugly! Now, with the blowdown tubes, ans stuff, I don't think it's a huge worry. I wouldn't mount it in any passenger areas, though, either, just to be on the safe side.
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omg we have gas in are trucks to......oh no, in a platic tank!!!!watch out hyper.....just picking. i have a reg cab, and i was thinking if it would be smart to put it behind the seats but in the middle so u could see it?.....anyone done that....pic's?
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When I had my camaro I was paraniod about the bottle exploding and any noises I heard out came the bottle-I have a friend in the Navy hes in virginia and one of his buddy's up there had a nitrous setup and he was pulling out of a parking lot and something happend with the bottle and it exploded and killed the guy-burnt to death. Now that really sucks I will never have nitrous again-call me paranoid but i'll stick with boost and more boost but no nos.
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Originally Posted by XFACTOR
I have a friend in the Navy hes in virginia and one of his buddy's up there had a nitrous setup and he was pulling out of a parking lot and something happend with the bottle and it exploded and killed the guy-burnt to death.
Generally the worst that happens if a bottle sees too much pressure is the burst disc blows and it's a loud *** noise that might scare the crap out of you causing you to jerk the wheel and fly off the edge of a 200' tall bridge, plunging to your death...
Or you flinch at the loud noise and proceed to roll down your windows and hold your breath while the vapors exit the car.
I know of 2 bottles that blew and people were right next to em and had zero issues other than scared shitless.