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1. Nitrous bottles in the engine bay... (score: 1): Author: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>; Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 02:31:09 -0600; Rod Hatfield had a fairly serious engine oil fire which he couldn't contain with the fire bottles in the car... as a result one of the Nitrous lines burned through and the added Nitrous caused a sign; /html/land-speed/2006-03/msg00294.html (8,326 bytes)
2. Re: Nitrous bottles in the engine bay... (score: 1): Author: jwschuett@comcast.net; Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 14:29:39 +0000; I saw the pictures and read Jons report at the time of the incident. I agree the bottles must be located outside the drivers compartment as the rule book now states. I also think the engine bay is a; /html/land-speed/2006-03/msg00295.html (7,915 bytes)
3. RE: Nitrous bottles in the engine bay... (score: 1): Author: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>; Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 10:00:48 -0600; If anyone ever asked me (they didn't), I would have guessed that N2O bottles would not be allowed on that side of the firewall. I'm surprised to hear that it IS legal. It isn't a good idea in any ca; /html/land-speed/2006-03/msg00297.html (9,020 bytes)
4. RE: Nitrous bottles in the engine bay... (score: 1): Author: "Tom Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>; Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 08:13:15 -0800; Your suggestion has merit, but the rules already require the bottles to be vented to the outside the car. The bottles are the strongest part of the system. Lines have to be in the engine compartment; /html/land-speed/2006-03/msg00298.html (8,751 bytes)
5. Re: Nitrous bottles in the engine bay... (score: 1): Author: "Ed Van Scoy" <ed@vetteracing.com>; Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 16:58:07 +0000; I think Tom makes a good point about the lines... I have seen a numberof drag cars "go boom" when an explosion lifted the intakemanifold. And how would you define "engine compartment" Would youconsid; /html/land-speed/2006-03/msg00299.html (9,294 bytes)
6. RE: Nitrous bottles in the engine bay... (score: 1): Author: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>; Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 11:25:19 -0600; I think the thing that makes N2O bottles exceptional is the fact that they are pressurized. True, FI lines are pressurized but the volume and pressure of that fuel is low compared to a bottle of N2O; /html/land-speed/2006-03/msg00301.html (9,125 bytes)
7. Re: Nitrous bottles in the engine bay... (score: 1): Author: "Ed Van Scoy" <ed@vetteracing.com>; Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 19:43:38 +0000; I agree that there should either be some distance or a firewall betweenbottles and potential sources of ignition. Since you can't mount thebottle inside the car, that leaves forward of the cowl or th; /html/land-speed/2006-03/msg00303.html (9,292 bytes)
8. Re: Nitrous bottles in the engine bay... (score: 1): Author: jkamo@rushmore.com; Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 17:30:49 -0700; the deal was the heat and accompanying pressure exploding the bottle.........lines wont allow that with bottle away from engine bay... it will provide oxygen of course, but not the devastation we saw; /html/land-speed/2006-03/msg00305.html (10,491 bytes)
9. Re: Nitrous bottles in the engine bay... (score: 1): Author: Jon Wennerberg <jon@infodestruction.com>; Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 08:47:12 -0500; Thanks, Joe. As one of those bike guys that straddles a 10# bottle -- I like hearing other folks tell me that it isn't as dangerous as it might appear at first blush. We're adding a dump line (firepr; /html/land-speed/2006-03/msg00309.html (8,436 bytes)
10. Re: Nitrous bottles in the engine bay... (score: 1): Author: jkamo@rushmore.com; Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 08:33:54 -0700; its of much greater benefit to vent the nitrous bottle to the helmet....3 fold increase in survivability...greatly enhanced O2 to the pilot than air, nitrous provides amnesia..neuro protective, and n; /html/land-speed/2006-03/msg00310.html (9,737 bytes)
11. Re: Nitrous bottles in the engine bay... (score: 1): Author: "Jon.the.Wise" <jon.the.wise@gmail.com>; Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 15:26:58 -0800; I agree that the bottles aer the strongest part of the system, but when you put that much heat right on top of them, the pressure will build to a breaking point, and then they go off like bombs. As; /html/land-speed/2006-03/msg00311.html (8,528 bytes)

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