nitrous?

[420nitro]

Originally posted by Titan
I will be the first to say I know absolutely nothing about NOS (except it's fun to ride in a car with one); but from a chemistry stand-point, I would have to disagree with this statement.

Nitrogen burns much hotter and faster than oxygen, hence the power. When a car runs rich off gas, oxygen is the limiting reactant. Add forced nitrogen, you get a leaner running car that can utilize the extra gas. Now I know there's a difference in where the gas is injected/mixed and where the gas is burned, but I can't see a much hotter, much faster burning air/fuel mixture cooling down any manifold. The engine heat should (theoretically) do nothing but rise...right into the (everybody knows) crap-asss plastic manifold.

Now, you guys go back at it, hell, flame me for all I care. It makes these long restless days at work a little more interesting.

--Merry Christmas
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Your missing ingredient for a hot intake is ignition. It's not untill you have spark, when temperature increase. If you notice when you are in a car with nitrous, the temp. of the car does increase. That's why you need to pay attention to your guages and not spray the car when the temp are over 200 degrees. (well at least I don't) Now if the intake melted on a dry shot, they're had to be a backfire of some sort.
Hope this helps.