[Modifications and the law]

Having nitrous on your car can be troublesome only a couple of companies will cover it , my last car was heavily modified and had nitrous and it was insured to be fitted but only used on the drag strip :)

 

The insurers were cool (A plan) so anytime i made a change they just listed it on the policy and asked me what the total horsepower was

 

 

Many many years ago I had a street legal turbo-charged bike which i tried to insure for use on the road as i only rode it on the drag strip but the premuim was £1800 third party only so decided to give that a miss

[private number plates]

Steve Parish (Ex bike and truck racer now Moto GP commentator) used to have PEN I5 on his car

 

I was never a fan of them but bought one for my new car last year which had both mine and the wifes initials, means nothing to anyone else of course and my Evo which i bought last October came with a private plate on it E6 VOO

[NOS question?]

Couple more

 

Here one of my old bike

 

 

and a friends Rover 827

 

 

all good fun and great bang for buck

[NOS question?]

Nitrous isnt an accelerant it isnt even flammable until it breaks down in the cylinder (it needs a temp of 595f to break down ie to set the oxygen molecule free ) its N20 ie two parts nitrogen and one part oxygen you can even put a fire out with it !!

 

For diesel use they do indeed inject propane and the nitrous is simply a oxidiser to allow this extra fuel to burn , its the extra fuel that gives the power rather than the nitrous.

 

I'm not sure I would like a cylinder of propane in the boot either but not sure why when we carry ten times that amount in thin walled petrol tanks, i certainly never worried about nitrous thats only dangerous due to being a pressure vessel normally around 1000psi but does have a burst disc if the bottle gets too pressurised

 

I've had a few cars and bikes with nitrous and its a hoot if used properly , I love this dyno sheet from a Skyline GTR fitted with a small nitrous kit this was done by a company in NZ