How's you nitrous set up?

McRat

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If the temp is too low for decomp, it certainly ain't going ignite diesel fuel.

But why isn't important, if you spray too much nitrous at low boost, it "bursts". You can spray in a LITTLE with very low boost, but it go POP and shuts down if you go over the line.
 

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so this is the question, is the fire going out from the subcooling preventing auto-ignition, or from oxygen starvation (air displacement and temp too low for decomposition)

Not sure really cause a low temp will cause the lack of decomp, but diesel will still burn due to compression or PSI, while it's somewhat realated it dosent have to be uniform like most think it is.

so i think that both clould be correct in there respected situations.
 

Magilla

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so this is the question, is the fire going out from the subcooling preventing auto-ignition, or from oxygen starvation (air displacement and temp too low for decomposition)

Basically it over cools the intake charge (so it's like trying to get the engine to fire on a sub-zero day).

Nitrous is an oxidizer, it actually adds oxygen, because it contains more oxygen than the air it replaces. That and the added cooling effect is what enables you to burn more fuel, which in turn makes more power.