[Diy_efi] traction control & nitrous now is a devlish combo

md4etal md4etal at netzero.net
Wed Feb 26 05:36:55 GMT 2003


A cylinder full of fuel and nitrous without spark is a bad thing.  There is
a company manufacturing blow off valves to prevent damage due to manifold
explosions caused by non-combusted oxidizer (nitrous) and fuel.

Mike D.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris McKinnon" <chrism at cnx.net>
To: "List for general do-it-yourself EFI talk" <diy_efi at diy-efi.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 7:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Diy_efi] traction control & nitrous (devlish combo?)


> I'm no expert but I think that this looks like a good way to melt lot of
> expensive and hard to replace bits. When the fuel from the injectors gets
> cut you still have the fuel that was added with the N20 burning in the air
> and N20. The way I see it you would be going WAY lean.
>
> Chris
>
> >Anyway, what the system does is sequentially cut the signals to the
> >injectors like a soft cut rev limiter. This is all well and good, but
I'll
> >be running a wet nitrous oxide system that (obviously) supplies fuel
> >independently from the main injectors. My question is, so long as my
> >system's fuel/nitrous ratio is balanced... should I even care if there is
no
> >regular fuel/air combustion going on? Of course, the system's ability to
> >limit the amount of slip would be compromised, but other than that is
there
> >any reason to be concerned here?
> >
> >In short, is it safe to burn optimally proportioned amounts of
nitrous/fuel
> >without any other combustion going on? Something tells me that this
should
> >be no problem. However, the Racelogic people are pitching a stink about
the
> >idea. Ideally, I'd be able to control the foggers, too, but I don't see
that
> >happening without a lot more work and expen$e.
> >
>
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