| Laughing gas or happy gas is the popular name | | | | boosts the engine power. For combustion to take |
| given to the Nitrous Oxide gas. This is the effect | | | | place, oxygen has to be present. Fuel in the same |
| it has on people who inhale it. It sedates them | | | | way requires oxygen to burn and it is by burning |
| leaving them dreamy and out of it and this will be | | | | that it heats up to produce energy that will in turn |
| characterized by hysterical giggles. The Nitrous | | | | run the engine. Pure oxygen is too strong to be |
| Oxide gas has N2O as its chemical formula and it | | | | introduced to an engine on its own as it risks |
| is characterized by an odor and taste that is a bit | | | | explosions. This is because it is supercharged and |
| sweet. It is non flammable and colorless when at | | | | this can cause the engine to explode. That is why |
| room temperature. The Second World War gave | | | | it is mixed with fuel and introduced to the engine |
| birth to its use and it was used with aircrafts to | | | | as a cocktail and this runs a car at normal speeds. |
| enhance their systems. It made the war planes | | | | To achieve super speeds, Nitrogen Oxide is added |
| accelerate over the enemy territories in an effort | | | | into the cocktail and the result is the formation of |
| to increase their attack chances. It also kept the | | | | two gases; Oxygen and Nitrogen. This Oxygen is |
| planes running for longer. This was applied in low | | | | in its pure state and this powers the car highly |
| oxygen atmospheres especially in high altitudes. | | | | sending it racing at very high speeds. |
| Nitrous Oxide Systems (NOS) are widely used | | | | Nitrogen is the residue left after the formation of |
| due to their affordability, their ease of installation | | | | pure Oxygen. It is an inert gas and this does not |
| and their simple design. They boost a vehicles | | | | allow for any reaction with any atom. Its purpose |
| horsepower instantly and this makes them | | | | is to control the heat produced by the pure |
| popular. They are presently used in the motor | | | | Oxygen. It produces a cooling effect that lowers |
| vehicle industry for race cars as they have the | | | | the heat. The Nitrous Oxide Systems that are |
| power to enhance an engine’s performance. | | | | commonly used include Nitrous Oxide Wet |
| They act as oxidizers when subjected to high | | | | Injections and Nitrous Oxide Dry injections. The |
| temperatures. They allow for super performances | | | | Dry Injection uses Nitrous Oxide only. It is used |
| by adding power to the engine. The first racing | | | | to dry off the fuel and the result is a less |
| cars to use the Nitrous Oxide Systems | | | | powered engine. The Wet Injection is a cocktail of |
| technology were the NASCAR cars in 1970s. | | | | Nitrous Oxide and fuel and this results into a high |
| Their use later spread to underground cars which | | | | powered engine. One limitation of Nitrous Oxide |
| were later banned. | | | | Systems (NOS) is that the engine is stressed due |
| Nitrous Oxide enhances performance in vehicles | | | | to the cylinder pressure which is now increased. |
| by supporting the combustion process. This | | | | This in turn destroys the crankshafts and pistons. |