Nitrous bottles

[SimonR]

I had to sit down and catch my breath when I saw the price of nitrous bottles. Over £100 for a bit of rolled-up metal? Ouch.

Has anyone found any creative solutions to this problem? You don't have to be cheap like me, just showing your ingenuity. I'm wondering if any other pressurised containers will fit the bill? Fire extinguishers spring to mind.

Am I destined to spend ages bemoaning the cost and then having to bite the bullet anyway or does anyone have a cunning plan?

[tooquicktostop]

If you are going to drive around with a high pressured cylinder of NOS would you not want it in a container designed for the purpose and carrying the correct safety symbols and valves

[SimonR]

I take your point. Just wondering if I can 'cheap out' here. It would be in keeping with all my other mods!

[Animal]

Has anyone found any creative solutions to this problem? You don't have to be cheap like me, just showing your ingenuity. I'm wondering if any other pressurised containers will fit the bill?

I've now got an image of a Mad Max style Supra with a nitrous-filled beer keg implanted in the boot....

That'd be a giggle. 'specially if it leaked...

[couv3z]

i would have though any type of high pressure container would do, as long as it can have the right value fitted....

but saying that if you buy a nos kit, it normally comes with a bottle! or you going to add a second nos bottle?

[neil tt]

I can't see why a fire extinguisher wouldn't work, its designed to hold a lot of pressure:)

[neil tt]

The question has to be Simon, would you risk it, you have spent an awful lot of time on the Soarer:)

[Carlos_Hathcock]

The typical pressure in a fire extinguisher is about 10bar, and they are meant to be refilled, so they strip down. I would imagin a NOS bottle would be something like an Oxy bottle for diving, and does not strip down (ie unsrew the top and look into the bottle).

Personally I would bite the bullet and pay for the correct bottle, simply as you will be driving a bomb, and you would want it to go off would you?

On another note, are you going for water injection as well?

I have been thinking about getting some for some time (and a shot of nos too) but have not found enough info about them yet.

[neil tt]

If you want a hand, I would like to come over and see how things are going:d

[JamieP]

I have a very nice 15lb polished bottle if anyone is intrested, £70 collected.

[SimonR]

Dang! Just paid £80 for a bottle and thought that was a good deal.

[Carlos_Hathcock]

Have 2! :D

[SimonR]

...but saying that if you buy a nos kit, it normally comes with a bottle! I bought a Cold Fusion kit without a bottle in the hope of saving a few quid. I'm very mean.

[stevie_b]

I'm very mean.

I admire your honesty! :D

[couv3z]

I have a very nice 15lb polished bottle if anyone is intrested, £70 collected.

How long and wide is that??

the kit i'm about to buy comes with a 10lber,

10+15= 25lbs of giggles

[silvershark44]

Scuba diving cylinders are well over that price, so I see that as a bargain.

[Marco79]

All tanks are preassure tested to meet regulations and are stamped with the test certification, fire bottles definitely meet the same regs as nos bottles but you would have to find one that would have the same thread and fitting in the neck to accept the valve compatible with your nos kit