Robert Moore wrote:

The bottle failing and destroying the car is fairly rare but there are
plenty of accidents that are caused by leaks under the hood. It usually just
removes the hood. these were more common in the early days of nitrous
injection. The solenoids were fairly cheap and not specialised for nitrous.

The solenoids didn't handle the cold very well. Today the companise that
make the systems have solenoids that are desidned for nitrous and they don't
stick or leak as often. I had a friend that removed his hood this way. He
left his system armed over night and a the second solenoid leaked. when he
started his car the next morning his hood blew open smashing his windshield
and the top of his car. The insurance co. didn't understand how this could
happen. He never told them about the nitrous and removed it befor the
adjuster looked at the car. I have seen several carborators desroyed by
nitrous backfires. I  had a nitrous system years ago it was lots of fun, but
it not very forgiving if you make a mastake. If you engine goes lean for
some reason there is  usually a failures,  at least in a piston engine. I
worked with a person that new system on his 1996 Mustang I works well but
with a 10 lb bottle he gets about three or four 12.5sec 1/4 mile runs and it
cost about $35 to fill the tank.

Rob

 
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