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 from a 10 lb bottle that blew the entire front of the car
off with bits/parts spread over a radius of up to 200+ ft, including
the valve assembly which was pointed toward the driver compartment........
your much better off straddling the 10 lb bottle as some bike guys do, the
fail safe is that by the time the heat and pressure was to ever get
dangerously high enough, the rider would be very far from it.........
Joe :)
Quoting Ed Van Scoy <ed@vetteracing.com>:
> 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 youconsider a tank in front of the
> radiator
> in the engine compartment? Ican put my gas tank there, why not some squeeze?
> Ed
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Bryant [mailto:saltracer@awwwsome.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 09:13 AM
> To: jwschuett@comcast.net, 'Keith Turk'
> Cc: 'list LSR'
> Subject: RE: Nitrous bottles in the engine bay...
>
> Jim,
>
> 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 and I would consider the
> lines to be the weakest link. However, having said that, my bottles are a
> long way from the engine.
>
> Tom, Redding CA - D/FCC
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-land-speed@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-land-speed@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of
> jwschuett@comcast.net
> Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 6:30 AM
> To: Keith Turk
> Cc: list LSR
> Subject: Re: Nitrous bottles in the engine bay...
>
>
> 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 poor location. I do not like
> more regulation, but I think the NOS bottles must be isolated from the
> engine bay as well as the driver for the driver and course workers safety.
> thanks for the first hand report Kieth.
>
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