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Aaron Cake
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 Posted - Jul 29 2003 : 09:53:41 AM
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Are you sure it's illegal? I know a number of people in New York running nitrous systems.
Oxygen won't do much. Most tanks contain so little oxygen and don't have much flow.
Blowing the cylinder head is not the problem. Blowing the headgasket out is. If you keep detonation down, then you should be fine as long as you don't exceed the capacity of the gasket. Might want to lower the compression ratio.
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cirvin
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Posted - Jul 29 2003 : 11:55:20 PM
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pretty sure, not much is legal, but you know what they say, no cop, no stop. i will try thje alcahol; thing
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BEatonNo1
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Posted - Jul 30 2003 : 12:28:38 AM
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this is for a go-cart right...I doubt that they would mind
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Kale
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Canada
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Posted - Jul 30 2003 : 11:14:25 AM
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Heh. Those Segway scooters are considered motorized vehicles and thusly aren't allowed to operate on city sidewalks. Vehicle regulations are really numerous and crazy. Still, there's probably nothing specifically against go-karts. In fact, I remember hearing a while ago about this group somewhere in the `states that make jet-turbine powered motorcycles. They salvaged the old turbines off some helecopters and managed to stick them in motorcycles. They're supposidly street-legal because there is no law against jet-turbine bikes. I imagine it's because nobody thought that anybody would do it... Turbine cars on the other hand, are not street-legal in most areas.
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cirvin
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Posted - Jul 30 2003 : 2:40:21 PM
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where could i get a full tank? i can do the plumbing with compression fittings and copper tubing. where could i get solenoid valves?
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BEatonNo1
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Posted - Jul 30 2003 : 3:04:11 PM
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a full tank of what? nitrus oxide or alcohol or O2
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cirvin
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Posted - Jul 30 2003 : 6:27:45 PM
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sory. nitrus oxide. but i will boil down some vodka and use alcahlo too. to get the alcahol, you collect the vapors from the boiling liquid and condense the right, when would you stop?
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aaron, do you think a scooter like yours would be legal? the only difference i would make is i am using a weed wacker 2 stroke engine
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BEatonNo1
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Posted - Jul 30 2003 : 11:39:09 PM
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well it would have to be licenced have brakelights turnsignal headlights winshield ect ect ect...basically it has to pass the inspection.
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cirvin
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Posted - Jul 31 2003 : 09:11:24 AM
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watif i used it on the sidewalk. it would be geared short for power.
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Aaron Cake
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Canada
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Posted - Jul 31 2003 : 10:21:14 AM
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Nitrous supplies can be bought from any speed shop. I recommend Summit Racing at http://www.summitracing.com .You will probably want to buy a small "sneaky Pete" system, and make your own N2O jets.
My scooter will technically not be street legal. That won't stop me from driving it though. It should be done next week.
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Kale
Nobel Prize Winner
Canada
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Posted - Jul 31 2003 : 2:21:16 PM
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When distilling alcohol, know that water boils before alcohol. This means that the steam coming off is the WATER. Let it escape into the atmosphere. The stuff still in your pot should be the alcohol. The longer you boil it, the stronger it gets. Still though, the much easier way to do it is to try to buy some ethanol from a lab or drugstore. Whatever you do, don't drink it! It is often spiked with METHANOL, which is very poisonous, specifically to keep people from drinking it. If you are underage, see if you can get an adult to help you out.
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cirvin
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Posted - Jul 31 2003 : 5:01:17 PM
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for 80 proof vodka, how long would it take for the waterr to boul off and at wat temp? i ask this because that internet search gave me a headache!
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Kale
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Posted - Aug 01 2003 : 3:01:38 PM
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Not sure since I've never done it. One note though: Proof is double the concentration of alcohol in the bottle. So 80 proof is 40% alcohol. You'd need to boil it down to something like 95%. So that means that if you have a 100ml of 40% alcohol content vodka, you should have around 40ml of alcohol (probably less) sitting in the pot when you are done. I really don't have much experience with it myself not being a chemistry student and all. You should probably do a bunch more reading if you can and get some details. If you know anyone in chemistry, talk to them. I'd find out the boiling temperature of alcohol for starters, to make sure that you don't go so hot you start boiling of it instead of the water.
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cirvin
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Posted - Aug 01 2003 : 5:47:34 PM
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i figured this out on an airplane: if the drink is 40% alcohohl, just bouil off 60% of the loquid! it is so simple, yet it managed to elude me so easily. like the switch idea did beaton no1.
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cirvin
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Posted - Aug 02 2003 : 3:52:15 PM
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HOLY SHIT!!!!!!! 200$ FOR A DINKY CAN OF GAS!!!!
would i have to use a nozzle to use the alcohol or would i spike the gas? if it does use the nozzle, then where would i put it? aftwer air filter, carb or in the carb?
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propane as nitrus
