I looked around in the database for nitrous but didn't see much -or missed it. I'm at the beginnings of an engine build and wondering about nitrous. Not sure I want to mess with it but WTF? Have any of you played with nitrous? Worth it? What has to be done during the build to prep for it? I did order the Hot VW Vol 3 book which probably deals with this. Just wondering what you guys thought. Cheers.
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I love the idea. You first.
What motor are you going to do this to?
What do I think and know about nitrous? It's a real power adder but there's lots of details that if you get wrong make it also a great way to break parts. I'm with Stan; I'll watch see how it goes... Al
Seriously, N2O has a lot going for it-- it's power when you want it, and not the rest of the time. The reason we are being cryptic on this is that building an engine to run it is neither inexpensive nor easy, and a hot-running, detonation-prone engine is probably the least desirable platform to try it with. Having a cooling-system dependent on a skinny little belt that is prone to being thrown during abrupt changes in engine speed isn't really a recipe for success either.
N2O is a lot like illicit drugs-- the more you use it, the more you want. A 50 shot becomes a 75, becomes a 100. Before you know it, you have some really cool paperweights that used to be the pretty expensive bottom end of your engine.
Some of the big-boys have tried it. I'd like to try it. But I'd make darned sure the entire engine was built for it, and it wouldn't be cheap or easy.
N2O is a lot like illicit drugs-- the more you use it, the more you want.
Stan's line reminded me of something I read once, " N2O is like a slut- you know you want to, but you're afraid of the consequences".
In all seriousness, nitrous is very fussy- the temp and pressure changes of the bottle, if not observed and accounted for, can turn a motor into junk instantly. It's a power adder for the serious gearhead that is willing to learn what it takes to manage it, and can afford to blow up a few pieces along the way. As Stan said, it's very addictive, and the bigger shot used, the more careful you have to be. I would discourage most Speedster owners from this. Al
It'll probably put a lot of sparkplug dins in your hubcaps and body work.... 
When it goes boom you never know what will happen! Al
"N2O is like a slut- you know you want to, but you're afraid of the consequences"
Too funny -and sound sense -not that I ever followed that sense but it's good just the same. Thanks. I'll leave it to someone else -the N20 not the slut. Thanks!!! 
