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Old 07-10-2004, 10:08 AM
SaabTuner SaabTuner is offline
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"...which is another way of saying you don't know the latent heat of evaporation for nitrous oxide"

Latent heat? Always thought it was a compressed gas, not a liquid.

Nitrous oxide cools off the intake gasses better than WI ... however it HEATS UP combustion.

Cars which run Nitrous oxide often require special super high octane fuel because of the increased tendancy to detonate. You may have heard of the term "nitrous fuel". Nitrous Oxide hugely increases cyllinder temperatures and pressures. The cooling effect can sometimes compensate for this, but only to a point.

Nitrous Oxide cannot be thought of as an anti-detonant like WI.

Adrian~
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