Thanks God for that or should that be thank the Wizard for that?
That's one of many options we regularly accomodate
There you go again!!!
Here's a little story for you;
There are few people in the world more "driven" by the need for speed than I am and as proof of that my need lead to the WON product range.
Due to excessive demand for my systems in the early days, I had to do without a nitrous system on my car for a year or so.
Durring that time I was being repeatedly asked the same question "How long does nitrous last?" and my stock reply to that question is "Not long enough but I have customers who fill up every day and others that only fill up once every 3 months or so". Now we're all like big kids with a new toy, when we're given some extra power to play with, so I needed to know how much nitrous would be used AFTER the "new toy" scenario was over and the car was driven under "normal" conditions.
Eventually I was able to spare a system for my car, so I could carry out the experiment to find "an answer" to the most asked question of all time. Once the system was fitted, I went out every day with the intention of taking on ANY car that was up for a challenge but I would ONLY use the nitrous system when my normal power was not enough.
Even with that intent it was 2 weeks before I actually "NEEDED" nitrous to beat the other car.
Now I'm guessing you'll be thinking that I must have had an already quick car for that to be the case but the fact is that the reverse was the case, as it was a lowly 2.6 SD1 Rover, which are far from quick in standard trim.
On a "need to use" basis I determined that a nitrous bottle could easily last up to 3 months and on anyones scale of cost, that works out to be VERY CHEAP.
The problem with nitrous, is that it's SO IMPRESSIVE & GIVES SUCH A BUZZ that the temptations are to;
i) Use it just for the hell of it, even though normal power would easily achieve the goal
ii) Increase the power to the maximum the vehicle can handle (despite less being more than adequate) but the problem with that, is that you will only discover how much an engine can handle when something breaks.
Just for your interest the stock 2.6 SD1 Rover ran a standard 1/4 mile time of 22 secs but after a year of racing development using JUST nitrous (whilst leaving ALL other aspects of the car standard), I managed to cut that time to just 14.4 seconds and if I'd had more time, I'm confident I could have run under 14 secs.
To put this in perspective, a stock Porsche turbo will do well to run quicker than 14 secs, despite exagerated claims to run low 13s.
Yes we've supplied systems to MANY Busas and I'll be providing a system to one on Friday that has the potential to be the quickest Busa in Europe, possibly the world.
I think I've got it now and many thanks for the assistance, I may be the wizard of NOS but I know my limits and many computer related matters are outside them. Such a shame more people don't know their own limits, mentioning no names hey Jacko.
This post has been edited by Noswizard: 16 April 2008 - 10:21 PM