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nope I'm not one of the big burnout club but on leaving a mates rural residence today I had a nice straight stretch of country road, no chance of the fuzz, and an expectant audience...twas safe as houses for a NOS experiment as I've always wondered what happens at various speeds. I run a stock ZZ4, Avon 230, and 150 hp shot of NOS that activates only on WOT as the maker intended. it went as follows;

cruised up to 60kph (40mph) - went WOT - nice roar, immediate smoke show for about 20 yards, shift light flashed me set at 5800rpm and backed off. no surprises here, and found myself doing about 100kph/60Mph.

kept on the throttle to about 110/70 and tried again...ditto and found myself going about 130/80 ish

I was having fun and it looked cool but this thing wasnt even looking like hooking up.
kept on the throttle must have been 150/95mph ish and ditto once more. about now I was running out of straight road and realising that given the chance to run my bike on the quarter I would look fantastic but be beaten every time.

This all happened in a matter of seconds but I came to realise during my third burn that with the combination of components that I have with a 150 shot you will get ABSOLUTELY no traction under 100mph without a NOS controller so keep that in mind you nitrous wannabes!

Cool huh!

Aussie.

Rob,,,

Good info and test that you provided. I have been wondering of if i wanted the 1000$ or so investment and how it would go. I am a bit hesitant of using NOS as i know if everything is not EXACTLY right,,,, pistons can be toast and Shit runs down hill so rods and crank could be also. I trashed a pontiac 455 one time,,, debris coming out of the oil pan broke the casing on the starter,,, it's not pretty when a distributor bolt backs out cuz of being loose (Yes I am the dumbass) and the oil shaft that drives the oil pump from the distributor runs up in the motor at about 4500 rpm,,, leaves a nice 5 quart oil slick on the highway going to work let me tell you. 1984

Darryl

Rob... Go with a 100 shot and don`t hit the bitton until after you have gone WOT and let the tire settle down. With some practice you can make it hook up at 60.

"I was having fun and it looked cool but this thing wasnt even looking like hooking up.
kept on the throttle must have been 150/95mph ish and ditto once more. about now I was running out of straight road and realising that given the chance to run my bike on the quarter I would look fantastic but be beaten every time. "

Rob,you never look like a looser when you have "too much" power!

You get better traction if you remember to put your loaded wallet in rear pocket.

Tom wrote:Rob... Go with a 100 shot and don`t hit the bitton until after you have gone WOT and let the tire settle down. With some practice you can make it hook up at 60.

Tom, confirming that I dont run the separate activation button, the NOS solenoids relay is simply triggered by the microswitch on WOT so the back tire rally has no chance to settle down. When I get another burst of energy I will hook the horn button up and I think the 100hp pills are a good idea also for nitrous economy...at 150 i only get around 10 good bursts before the 2.5lb bottle's empty and its obviously overkill at 150.

thanks for your advice.

Rob.