Nitrous bottle in back seat?

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  1. Scotty P

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    Back in high school I cut the lower part of my back seat in two, creating the effect of 2 buckets in the back. I then mounted the bottle on the hump so i could reach over the front seat and turn it on. Kind of fun to have the visual back there. I ran a blow-by tube straight down through the tunnel.
     
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    That is kinda what I was getting at, but I am getting lots of flack, and think I will end up going to the trunk.
     
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    If you want to see the oxidizer effects first hand,and you smoke.Find a freind with an oxy/acetylen torch set up.Light your smoke,take a few drags.Now turn on the O2 for the torch and put your stogies cherry in front of the torch tip while the O2 is streaming out of it.You can melt steel with the cherry on your smoke now.Think of the apollo 1 disaster on the platform.Pure oxygen environment and one spark..."Incinerated" 3 astronauts.Oxidizers are baad gree gree if your not careful.
    Personally...I would mount the bottle in the trunk...:yup:
     
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    Personally, I wouldn't smoke.

    Do people actually hit the strip with a cigarette hanging out of their mouths?
     
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    They used to, but not so much anymore, kind of depends on the track.

    Vine Diesel put his NOS in the front passenger seat cushion and his floor boards didn't even fall out during his run, so you know it's safe.

    Worst thing that happens if you run too much juice with the cans in the back seat is that you'll have some danger to the manifold welds, and your diamond plate floors might fall off.

    Well, that's assuming that the Yakuza doesn't riddle your car with machine gun fire and blow it up that way.
     
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    I don't remember the diamond plate floors...

    I may have to rent that piece of crap movie again and see what you are talking about.

    I will probably buy the movie and use it as instruction and user manual for when I finally get this all working.
     
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    Bryant forgot more than learned

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    :rofl2::rofl2::biglaugh::rofl:

    that movie ruined nitrous. you also need the cigeret lighter activation for it. i really hate when my manifold pressure gets to high and my diamond plate floorboard blows.
    got naws
     
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    So, are you guys saying that those movies aren't based on reality?

    So there is no way to pop a wheelstand in the sand? Vin did that in one of them. I thought it looked real.

    By the way, I hope you guys realize I am joking here...
     
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    i bet i pulled at least 20 wheelies in the sand last year.
     
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    You don't have hair on your peaches if you can't pull a wheelie in the sand.
     
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    thats just not right funny but not right.
     
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    ive seen lots of people pull wheelies in the sand, mostly on motorcycles, and quads. ive seen some buggies pull wheelies also. there is a video of robby gorden pulling a wheelie in his trophy truck on line somewhere.

     
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    Hmmm, that gives me an idea. :idea: :mischeif:

    I wonder what sized 4-wheeler tires match a 245/60r15?
     
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    I think it's going to be 27x8-15. I can't wait for the hat cam of that adventure. Also is there a helmet cam in the works?
     
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    If I keep doing stupid stuff like this, there will HAVE to be a HelmetCAM...
     

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