Opps, yea seen stuff like that before. Looks like he either sprayed without the fuel to suport it, or more likely the fuel sprayed and the n2o didn't, puddled and blew the intake.
N2O has gained a bad reputation for giving more BANG then people expected, that's not the N2O's fault. The fault is on the person trying to get away with spraying nitrous and only having £300 total to put into it. Nitrous IS a SAFE power adder, IF it is both set up correctly and used properly.
There is now an 'interface' available that fits piggy back to your ECU, that measures and ensures the mix being added to your engine is not too rich or too lean. If the mix is not right it stops the fuel and n2o from activating, effectivly safeguarding your engine from damage.
I pulled the info from above from a forum where guys are regularly spraying 200 / 300 hp in two stages, every weekend, and some of them have been doing so for years!!
(I would never dream of spraying near that on a 2.2 unless fully built to handle it, but I currently believe the 2.2 could handle a 70 hp fairly safely in near stock form)
BTW nitrous oxide is not 'NOS', that's like calling a vacume cleaner a hoover. NOS is a brand name, calling nitrous 'NOS' is a good way to have people laugh at you :wink: (Too much 'fast and furious' knowledge :roll: )
There is also plenty of other safety kit to ensure you only spray during ideal operating ranges like:-
RPM Window Switch: It will turn your nitrous kit off and on at preset RPMs, 1. so you don't spray under low RPMs, which can blow your motor; and 2. so you don't spray right into your rev limiter, same reason.
Fuel Pressure Safety Switch: If your fuel pressure drops below a safe range while spraying nitrous, the safety switch will shut the nitrous off to keep from running the engine too lean.
Bottle Pressure Gauge: It allows you to safely monitor your nitrous pressure from the passenger compartment.
Throttle Position Sensor (TPS) Switch: Also called a WOT switch, it only allows your kit to turn on when you are at Wide Open Throttle.
Progressive controler: Introduces the nitrous slowly at first, to reduce the sudden impact on parts, and help you keep traction and stop you from spinning your tyres.
Automatic Bottle Heater: It will keep your bottle at the correct temperature and pressure to ensure that you are spraying the correct size shot. This is especially important in a wet shot setup, as the shot of fuel will not adjust to the lack of nitrous from a cold bottle.
-Nitrous filter: Stops anything getting caught in the solenoid, which can cause it to stick
Purge Kit: This vents old nitrous left in the lines from the last time you sprayed, and keeps it out of your motor.
Plugs: You need to run colder spark plugs for nitrous applications
A full free flowing sports exhaust (although not necessary) is always going to help disperse the spent gases better than the stock set up, and result in faster times
Whilst some of this stuff aint cheap, it will help to keep your motor safe. The saying goes, 'if you can't pay, don't spray'. Worst case? New engine, 2nd hand £600? An additional 70 hp rivals some of the FI guys figures, for a fraction of the cost, and you can still poodle around in your 150 hp economic 2.2 daily driver. Filp the switch and bang, your 150 hp car is now a 220hp drag monster. showo..
It also sounds like you could possably replace the rods and pistons and shoot for 400 hp! Yea, insurance for n2o won't be cheap, but neither is insuring a FI car....I'd love to go with a SC, but I really can't justify the cost.
N2O has a bad rap from the days when racers just straped on a bottle and hoped for the best. Nitrous accesories have come a long way in the past few years cheers..
I know I'm not the only one who'd like to go the n2o route, it just seems there's not enough info out there to properly inform us, or simular setups to gain the extra knowlede from. I promise if/when I 've get mine set up, I'll do a full write up :thumbup:
There must be someone who regularly sprays a 2.2, I'd love to hear about there set up 🙂
P.S. I'm no N2O wizard, I've done ALOT of reading up about it, and asked companys and guys who do spray a TON of questions. 8-) Although I still need to learn about the tuning and figure out some of the wiring :ugeek:
