Well i just got home from an expeirence i will never forget and one that i will wish never happened but that's life right. I was just driving down the street and i was sitting at a stop light when my rpm starting rising while my foot was still on the clutch they stopped at about 3000 and stayed there for a couple seconds and the next thing i know the hood of my car was in my windshield the airbags were in my face and there was smoke every where. I haven't assesed total damage whick i will try to do tomorrow but i know that it was my nitrous that blew up shot my front bumper clear across the intersection blew the intake manifold of completely there is a empty hole where the intake was. So the car that i have only had for about 6 months and still owe 21,000 dollars on is sitting in a repo yard with a blown engine and totaled front in and a LOT more misery to follow in the next couple of months. So my advice to everyone is to think twice about nitrous. STUFF HAPPENS. i will keep you all updated.
Think Twice!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Sevendust said:
Nobody said he was street racing or spraying on the street.
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Uh, yeah... that'll help this stay away from the topic you are trying to avoid. :what: :lol:
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If you haven't heard/read the infamous saying (especially applicaple to FI/nitrous)smokinredsaleenfocus said:
Fast, Cheap, Reliable.......pick 2
Keep your head up. Once you get out of this hole, you will obviously be more careful.
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The Saleen N20 focus comes with the bottle, but no acctual nitrous. It's not hooked up or anything. It's illigal to sell a car with nitrous from the dealership intended for street use.
It's a pretty dick move from Ford. They pretty much give you the full ability to nos your focus, but take no responsibility if you blow it up. Business wise it's genius: appeal to the kids hungry for power, yet not be liable when they **** up their car.
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I would have taken it home, and completely stripped the nitrous system out. Turned it completely back to stock.smokinredsaleenfocus said:
They may find in the end you tried to trick them, but atleast they wouldn't have immediately said it was the nitrous that caused the problem.
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I just bought a nitrous kit, I plan on making sure my switches are in a location where they can't be "bumped".
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That's what covered, "Aircraft"-style switches are for.eazyrider_tim said:
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I am definately getting the red, flip up covered switches, even for the bottle heater.
I will have everything but a remote bottle opener, which I might not need....but would be cool to be able when you have it on the standby instead of pulling over to open the bottle then chasing a pesky "ricer" down for a race.
I will have everything but a remote bottle opener, which I might not need....but would be cool to be able when you have it on the standby instead of pulling over to open the bottle then chasing a pesky "ricer" down for a race.
Just for the record,LazarusZX3 said:The Saleen N20 focus comes with the bottle, but no acctual nitrous. It's not hooked up or anything. It's illigal to sell a car with nitrous from the dealership intended for street use.
It's a pretty dick move from Ford. They pretty much give you the full ability to nos your focus, but take no responsibility if you blow it up. Business wise it's genius: appeal to the kids hungry for power, yet not be liable when they **** up their car.
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First, a Saleen Focus is not a Ford Focus. It may have been purchased from a Ford dealer, but that is only because that Ford dealer is also a Saleen dealer. Same with Roush vehicles. Warranties on Roush vehicles which are sold by Ford dealers are not covered by Ford, they are covered by Roush.
Second, It appears from the photgraph that the solenoids were wired directly to B+ which means the switch makes the ground circut and opens the solenoid. It also means that if the wire shorts out lets say where it goes through the dash panel, it will open the solenoid.
In all honesty whether the instructions tell you to or not, you should switch the positive side and run a properly sized in-line fuse to avoid this kind of issue. If you get a direct short on the positive side it will just blow the fuse.
In my experience with Nitrous systems it was both fuel and nitrous. The N20 leaking is what caused the RPMs to run up without applying throttle and once there was enough fuel/vapor in the intake manifold it was set off by wasted spark on one of the intake strokes.
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Haven't heard much for the past little whil on this subject but the insurance finally called me and told me they were going to completely fix the car. THanks for all the help and what not hopefully i can be back on the road soon. thanks again
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^Glad it all worked out for you.
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Wow... lucky you.
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Man, if it happens to me. I'm gonna give you a call and see what you told them for them to cover the car.
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LOL Funny **** LOL :lol: although im sorry bout your car bro good luck!PerfectSaiyan said:
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