| whoishomer |
| Just curious, is it street legal to have a car with Nitrous in it in Canada? |
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| EK9Hatch |
On public roads it is illegal. Its supposed to only be used at the track.
Jamie |
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| ChromeDragon |
| You can't just have the bottle turned off on the street, it has to be unhooked. |
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| tegpowered |
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Originally posted by ChromeDragon
You can't just have the bottle turned off on the street, it has to be unhooked.
is this written anywhere or just hear say? |
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| ChromeDragon |
| This is what the fine officers of Edmonton's street legal racing team told us. |
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| Ravendarat |
| I thought the bottles could be hooked up but they had to be empty, only if they had juice in them they had to be unhooked |
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| EK9Hatch |
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Originally posted by Ravendarat
I thought the bottles could be hooked up but they had to be empty, only if they had juice in them they had to be unhooked
How could a cop prove it was completely empty? Any time a bottle is hooked up, it has the possibility to cause an explosion within the car.
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| ChromeDragon |
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Originally posted by EK9Hatch
How could a cop prove it was completely empty? Any time a bottle is hooked up, it has the possibility to cause an explosion within the car.
Jamie
And how would they do that? Nitrous is not flammable. |
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| eddie187 |
| what would be the fine. |
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| EK9Hatch |
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Originally posted by ChromeDragon
And how would they do that? Nitrous is not flammable.
Its not flammable, but becomes highly pressurized under heat (ie. bottle warmer, etc)
One reason it is illegal is because in the event of an accident, the pressure relief valve could easily be damaged, causing the pressurized bottle to explode.
Also, if you have a fuel system failure when using Nitrous, you can easily cause lean burning conditions, causing engine damage and possible fire/explosion.
Here is an example of a Nitrous bottle over heating and exploding. (This was cause by a faulty bottle heater, but I'm sure we can image similar damage if a bottle was punctured during a accident)
http://www.saturnspeed.com/nitrousexplosion.htm
As for a fine getting caught with it hooked up in the car....the car would be towed for sure, and you would probably be handed a few fines and a court date.
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| ChromeDragon |
A tank rupture is much different from an explosion. But obviously there is a lot of energy contained in the compressed N2O.
Now if the pressure relief valve had operated like it's supposed to in that situation there likely wouldn't have been any damage whatsoever. It would have vented the tank and when the guy went to use it the next time it would be pretty-much empty. His battery likely would have been dead as well because of the bottle heater being left on.
What you posted is an extremely rare situation though. |
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| EK9Hatch |
^ I know its rare. The only reason I brought it up is because its an example of why Nitrous is illegal on the streets. It has the possibility to cause an engine fire or explosion.
Jamie |
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