gavriil

This WAS a Maxima:







Here is how it happened:


Gabriel

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soopa

holy shit

those are fucking scary pics!

lemme go read the article...

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2001 Acura 3.2 CL Type-S
San Marino Red (Navigation)
PIAA 19173 Ion Yellow Fog Lights
Aftermarket Black Wood Trim Kit

Mike

Glad they don't live next door to me!!!!

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2001 Satin Silver Cl Type S.
Comptech Headers
Comptech Springs
Muds
Wheel locks
35% Llumar metallic tint
Best 0-60. 6.08 Gtech Pro (Preheaders)

My Car

astro

I'm surprised nobody has asked, but why Nitrous in a 1991 Maxima??



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Astroboy out...
2001 Acura Cl Type S: Comptech: Headers, filter, sways, springs, koni shocks, goodridge braided brake lines, full kicker system
1996 Porsche 911 Twin Turbo: H&R Springs and sways, Bilstein shocks

NOVAwhiteTypeS

HOLY $hit.
I'm never getting NOS. that shit is just plan scary. how can any one drive around w/ a NOS in there car after seeing those pics. !!

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White/Ebony/Navi/Spoiler/Visor/Full Bra/Mud Guards/Cargo Net/Acura Car Cover/Tint 20%,35%,5% on Sun Roof, Rockford 250a2 Amp w/JL10w6 / K&N Drop in Filter. Comptech Springs. Polarg m-6.
Comptech Headers soon now that I have a JOB again. hehe

gtech 0-60 6.03 w/ 438 pound load.

1StGenCL

I saw that awhile ago when the guy was fighting with the company he bought his NOS kit from. Do you know if they ever settled with him or is he still fighting the company?

2000MaximaSE

I belive the guy raced the car on autocross tracks and used it there... not sure though and he also left the bottle heater on like a retard hense the explosion.

Adam

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2000 Maxima SE

mrdeeno

man...i better lay off those whip-its!

mdaniel

He's lucky it didn't ignite the gas tank and burn the whole house down.


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2001 Silver 3.2CL Type with Spoiler and Navi

Achance

it was his stupid fault for hardwiring the NOS heater. I've read about this before and I don't think the company settled with him because he didn't follow the installation directions.

key master

I feel compelled to post about this. This story comes up every once in a while (I saw it about a year ago over at LS1.COM) and while it is true and scared me at first, I've been told by people who were close to this story that some facts were left out.

One, the guy who installed this system took off the safety blow off valve that most if not all nitrous systems come with, where if the bottle pressure reaches a certain pressure, it blows out some nitrous to relieve the pressure in the bottle. Apparently, dumb ass took it off and/or disabled it to achieve higher pressure in the bottle, which gives you a tiny bit more power but hardly worth the risk.

Second, and someone touched on this above, dumb ass left on the bottle warmer. Hmmm... heating up a bottle filled with compressed nitrous with a disabled blow off safety... what do you get? The pictures above. Nitrous is perfectly safe if you don't f*ck around with the safety systems designed to protect you in the name of a few ponies.

In fact, I'm installing a 100 shot NOS system in a month or two...

-Jim

P.S. Thanks to TakeFlight for pointing me here...

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tw1112

That is interesting....he disabled a safety blowoff valve just for more power? Why not get a bigger shot? Sigh, at least no one was hurt I guess would be the thing to say here?

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key master

You'll be surprised at what lengths people go to maximize what they have. I've heard of people actually taking the floor mats out of their car to reduce weight to get a better time down the 1/4 mile... if they could get a tornado to hurl them down the track, they probably would.

But you're right, at least the dumb ass wasn't hurt Be safe out there!

-Jim

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98 Black Z28 Auto, naturally aspirated, internally stock engine
COMPLETE MODS LIST: http://members.home.com/kmaster7/z28mods.html

Best 1/4 12.54 @ 110.06 MPH, 1.817 60' w/ BFG Drag Radials

EricL

Impressive!

Oxygen + Gasoline = Potential Bomb. Enjoy, but be safe.

After all, liquid missiles/rockets use oxidizers (Oxygen and others) and propellants (kerosene, alcohol, etc). Mix them together, add spark, and you have one heck of a bomb (Hmmm... the Space Shuttle Challenger come to mind.)

TakeFlight

Come on Key! You know you've thought about doing it.

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San Marino Red / Parchment
non-nav - wheel locks - splash guards
#26519

JRock

Thousands of people use NOS systems.

One moron + one removed/disabled blowoff valve + left on bottle warmer = explosion.

Unless you're as stupid as that guy, you shouldn't have such a problem. You put yourself in much more danger every day just by driving or flying or walking across a street.

The title of the thread should be "This is what happens when a moron uses nitrous."

-J

edit- I just realized who started this thread. It figures....


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2001 CL-S Aegean Blue/black interior spoiler, wheel locks, no-navi
Stock for now.

[This message has been edited by JRock (edited 05-07-2001).]

Tom2

Exactly. For every moron out there mis-using nitrous, there are thousands of responsible users.

Like you said, look who started this thread. It really does figure...... LOL.



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Tom2: The Voice Of Reason

tel1sps

Lucky for him that he was'nt in the garage working on the car!

At first I thought it was CLpower powdercoating his bottle

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2001 Silver 3.2CLS
Muds, Spoiler, Hardwire 8500, Polarg M-6 lamps, K&N filter #33-2178,
Comptech Headers, Sways, mufflers
Planning: SSR 17X8 Competition Wheels, Brembo Brakes.

CLpower

he left the warmer on and this made the bottle to hot and the pressure to high so it blew through the relief but he had no relieve so the bottle blew. Scary shit, dumb asses fault. If for ever TC or SC system you see and the guy blows his motor, you don't say hey i'm not gonna do that, the guy did it wrong.

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my mom and bestfriend have told me to tell you guys to stop telling me to spend my money; they are tired of my automobiles getting pampered and them getting whats left over which usually consists of change I find in my car by doing things you guys encourage

Tom2

I read this story about a year ago, and if I remember correctly, the car was inside the garage when the nitrous bottle blew up. I'm pretty sure the owner was in bed sleeping at the time. That's some way to wake up, huh?



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99 M3
dead CL-S

Tom2: The Voice Of Reason

tel1sps

I'd be like lets get to the bunker the invasion has started




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2001 Silver 3.2CLS
Muds, Spoiler, Hardwire 8500, Polarg M-6 lamps, K&N filter #33-2178,
Comptech Headers, Sways, mufflers
Planning: SSR 17X8 Competition Wheels, Brembo Brakes.

eclipse23

Too much Taco Bell for Ernie and the same thing happens to my Type-S, I gotta be careful!

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tel1sps

Channel that the right way and you'll be running 13's


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2001 Silver 3.2CLS
Muds, Spoiler, Hardwire 8500, Polarg M-6 lamps, K&N filter #33-2178,
Comptech Headers, Sways, mufflers
Planning: SSR 17X8 Competition Wheels, Brembo Brakes.

eclipse23

Trust me, I would line up against the Budweiser King If I could channel it right.

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01' Acura CL Type-S
Piaa 19169 Bulbs
Valentine1 Pig Detector
CompTech Exhaust
Xephyr Cold Air Intake
Founding Member of the NO SCRATCHED RIMS CLUB

01'Acura Integra GSR

tel1sps

TBT-CAI (Taco Bell Turbo Cold Air Intake)..

Well it might not be cold air


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2001 Silver 3.2CLS
Muds, Spoiler, Hardwire 8500, Polarg M-6 lamps, K&N filter #33-2178,
Comptech Headers, Sways, mufflers
Planning: SSR 17X8 Competition Wheels, Brembo Brakes.