Its legal to have nitrous in a street car, you can even have a filled bottle in your car on the street. You just can't have the bottle connected to the line that feeds the engine from what I have been told. But I have been pulled over...a lot, and never has the cop asked to see in the trunk if my bottle was hooked up or not. Usually it is anyway. I have even had my car inspected at the tag office by the Sheriff and they never said anything about the system.

So maybe it varies from state to state on what you can, and cannot do. Might ask some of the speed shops, or guys at the track, they would know. Or, feed you a good line of B.S. so take what they say with a grain of salt.

I don't use my N20 all the time, I very seldom used it at the track. Most days what its like out, is fine enough for my power band. Some days its hot enough where its not running like you want it to, so no matter how much tuning you do or how cold you can make your inter cooler on a hot day...the nitrous is handy to have, because it wont let you down on a day like that.

All motor on a bad tune, my 1/4 mile time is nice, but can be improved greatly. Now that we got the '97 PCM program issue fixed with the fueling tables. After I get to where I want to on a all motor pass, I'll squeeze a little juice in there, and start working on a nitrous tune for the track.

Its used on a need to basis for me. Its there when I want it.

I've heard all the "bottles are for babies" comments, and "nitrous is cheating" stuff, and its like anything else you can buy and put on your car. Its only cheating when your racing for dollars and you end up winning and you didn't tell the other driver what exactly you were running. Or something like that ya know.

EVERYONE has the same opportunity to buy it, and install it, some, if not many choose not to for many different reasons. Some like to boast that the 12 second pass they made was on all motor, or their car is all engine, etc. etc. Or, they just cant handle the negative comments about having a bottle from those who are scared to use or run the stuff in the first place.

Its not rocket science to install it, and use it. Just take all the safety steps needed to ensure you keep everything together under the hood. But sh!t does happen sometimes, so its best to always stay on top of your maintenance of your installment, and system to avoid it from hitting the fan.

I have the NOS Nitrous kit, their kit does take a lot of wiring and plumbing, but works the best from the research I did. Back when I bought my kit, I got it through Summit, the free bonus at the time was a bottle blanket. Oh, yea! The free bottle blanket they gave me is still in the package they sent me 10 years ago.


When it comes down to it, its your car, you do what you want to, and what you like. You wont please everyone with your overall car or installment of something or what ever you do, nitrous or a appearance mod. Your always going to have that one person out there who doesn't approve of something you did. **** em, and what they say, and move on with your life, and let them stay all negative and sh!t talking. Just makes them look like an ass anyway.

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