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Re: Nitromethane

To: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Nitromethane
From: Joe Amo <jkamo@rapidnet.com>
Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2001 06:16:58 -0600
People are so quick to "bolt it on" because it works.
Try doing that with nitromethane, on your grocery
getter.

They can blow of "built" Camaros by the truckload
and they have never had the valve cover off, or know
what permatex is. :)

Joe (trouble maker) Amo  :)

Dick J wrote:

> You know, it's funny how everybody is so quick to
> bolt on a nitrous bottle.  Probably half the 5.0s
> at the traffic light have them.  But me, I really
> want to "tip the can" some day.  I have no real
> desire to put a bottle on the car, but I do hope
> I can hear it fire off on "nitro" some day. I've
> got all my eggs in that little Dodge basket.  241
> cubic inches, 8:1 compression ratio, zoomie
> pipes, lil'blower and nitro!  I figure that ought
> to be more of a thrill than a gentleman of my
> years should be entitled to.  tsk tsk tsk
>
> Dick J
>
> --- Steve Pitt <steve@seattleconstructioninc.com>
> wrote:
> > As I understand, nitromethane is pretty tame as
> > a free liquid but gets real
> > cranky when compressed.  I've heard about some
> > really wicked explosions when
> > motors are turned over to start with
> > accumulated nitro in a cylinder.  I
> > witnessed such an event a few years ago with an
> > A/Fuel dragster at Seattle
> > International Raceway.  Big bang, holed piston,
> > bent rod, cracked block.
> > Not very nice stuff under the right/wrong
> > conditions!
> > Steve Pitt
> > > -----Original
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