I think I may get my bottle filled today, and if the weather gets decent enough to where I can feel my fingers outside, I may start to install my nitrous kit. But I want to maintain my "street-legal" status. Does anyone know what the laws state about location of the bottle, and actual use and/or posession of a nitrous system in a street car?
Plenty of people around here running it in street cars. Personally I would mount the bottle in the trunk. It's just like anything else, it's onlt illegal if you get caught!
Most places-if you have nitrous on the car that's fine. But when you're driving on the street the bottle valve must be turned off.
In some states you have to have the line disconnected too. Your best bet would be find a cop, tell him you're building a street class drag car that will be driven to the track and back home only and ask him what the laws for your area are about it. -Scott H.
in california its a smog thing only. its just a fix it ticket. on a presmog car (74 and older) they cant realy do anything to you. ive heard people say that you have to have the yellow oxidizer diamonds on the courners of the car becasuse of the compressed nitrous, but the amount you have is too small to reqire that.
LOL california fix it tickets. even if you never had nitrous in your car and the cop said you did you have to pay the lesser fine after getting the judge to look and agree there currently is no nitrous hookups..... all in how nice or mean the cop is\wants to be....
OK, I never made it to the place to get the bottle filled, but will likely do it this week, since it is near my work. There are all kinds of warnings on the bottle, about how "the valve can release all contents at any time". So, should I not mount it behind the driver seat? I really would like to be able to turn it on and off without going to the trunk, if it is legal to do so. But not if the inside of the car can fill up with nitrous at any time...
in michigan you have to get a hazmat endorsement on your licence no big deal just a few questions brad
I would not have that in the car with me... it is a pressurized container, and nitrous is oxygen rich ... a fire is possible ... trunk ought to be much better. If you want to be able to arm it remotely, I am sure that can be done.
yeh I would mount it in the trunk, the drivers/passengers compartment is not looked on well at the track or on the street, the warning is for the pressure relief if the bottle builds to much pressure(from heat or overfilling etc.) the relief valve will burst open and release the contents of the bottle..that would be better than it turning into a ten lb.grenade..... they do make a electric bottle opener if you want to be able to open and close the bottle with out geting in the trunk all the time...as for legal to have on the car/run on the street, each state has some specific laws, ask the manufacture of your kit for tips on the install , they will get you pointed in the right direction..can't wait to hear of the fun after the install !!!
It is safe to mount a bottle in the car and street and track leagal when you have a relifie tube vented outside of the car,check into your state but here in oklahoma the bottle just has tobe closed when on the street.
http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/HS/htm/HS.485.htm According to the Texas statute...its not illegal to have hooked up. A nitrous oxide system is considered an abusable volatile chemical system
If at the track, They prefer that you have a NOS sticker somewhere in plain sight. So if you are involved in a accident they will know there is N20 on board. Use a remote bottle opener or a safety solenoid. The pop off will release at somewhere around 2200 psi. If this happens you will lose all the N20 and have to get a new valve or the disk that ruptures. Probably can get a new valve easier. Get you some scales and weigh the bottle before filling, Then after its filled you can weigh the bottle to see how much you have used. Dont leave the bottle in the trunk on a extremely hot day, I always take mine out no matter what and put it in my shop fridge.
Some states require the warning sticker, too, in case emergency crews have to respond to an accident. Kinda defeats the "stealth" value if you have to advertise with a sticker. Some states it is allowed only for "off-road" use. Here in PA it's not allowed in the passenger compartment on public roads, trunk is ok. I used a remotely operated bottle valve, the solenoid type. I think the motorized versions that actually spin your original valve are better.
