Nitro injection doesn't work!!!???? It shouldn't...

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There are dry kits and wet kits. Each requires additional fuel at a proportionate ratio to the amount of Nitrous Oxide (NOT NITRO which is a different fuel). Many fuel injected cars with sensors can add the required fuel automatically based on the air fuel it measures. Though this is possible it's still not as ideal as a kit that has injectors for both fuel and nitrous.
 
Isn't it Nitro methanol? Methane is a gas at room temperature while methanol is a liquid at room temperature. My friend's father who was an IndyCar team owner ran methanol as fuel with Nitro as an additive for additional power. Methanol helps the engine to run cooler. I believe the Indy cars have run methanol as a fuel for many years now. That was one of the advantages of the Offenhauser is when it ran well with alcohol / methanol but a disadvantage was it did not run as well on gasoline.
 
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. Many fuel injected cars with sensors can add the required fuel automatically based on the air fuel it measures.
О2 sensors can add up to 25% of fuel, but 1 gen. Vmax doesn't have O2 sensor.
 
Methanol or "Alcohol" as some refer to it, works well if you have high compression OR other need to eliminate octane related issues (spark knock). The Methanol (E100) has less BTU's then standard fuels so not as much power creation. You have to run a higher qty (about 30% ish more) to get the correct A/F ratio (around 8:1 vs 14.7:1 for standard fuel) so it's also not as efficient (thus why your E85 cars use more fuel too).

One benefit is that the engine runs much cooler to the point where you can actually run without a cooling system (we did that with the mini sprints and tractor pullers we put Vmax engines into AS WELL AS my older racecar).

NITRO on the other hand, short for NitroMethane, has the oxygen it mostly needs contained within the fuel and why top fuel cars basically run 95% or more fuel ratios and one missed ignition causes hydrolocking and nearly instantaneously pushing out of the spark plugs from the heads and or engine failure (usually catastrophic). Essentially a bomb contained within the cylinder.

People who make comments like "I have a bit Nitro shot" or the link you posted makes them sound very dumb to anyone with any basic knowledge of power adders.

Added some pics for your interest.
 

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О2 sensors can add up to 25% of fuel, but 1 gen. Vmax doesn't have O2 sensor.
No Shit Sherlock. That's why I started with the notation that many "FUEL INJECTED CARS". The Gen 2 Vmax however could actually run a dry kit but as I stated that still is not the recommended way to go.
 

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