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dakotazex
Dodge Dakota
7/10/2001
09:36:20
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 Subject: nitrous tank placement
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I am wondering where to put the tank for my
nitrous kit. It gets hot in upstate NY during the
summer and I am wondering if itll be too hot
inside the cab if i leave my truck in the parking
lot all day everyday while i am at work. Then
again putting it in the bed does not excite me
too much either. What should i do, is it sage to
put it in the cab in hot temps, the temps inside
a truck in the sun can get into the 100's.
Thanks,
Josh
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Bernd
Gen III
7/11/2001
09:07:40
|  RE: nitrous tank placement
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I had mine inside the cab last year but removed it when the temp was more than 100 degrees (we hit 112 a few times last summer)...reinstalled it for racing or driving around.
If you put it inside the cab, you'll need a blow-down tube to release the nitrous out of the cab if the blow-off valve lets go. The bottle should stay at no more than 85 degrees F and placing it in an open bed would allow the sun to directly heat it up a lot more than that (unless you have some sort of cover...then, put it in the bed).
A lot of folks with tonneu covers have them in the bed.
1997 Dodge Dakota SLT - V6
Supercharged @ 10#
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Jeff
Dodge Dakota
7/11/2001
14:27:47
| RE: nitrous tank placement
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Max temp for the bottle is 120F, so the pressure doesn't get above 1800psi. The highest my bottle ever got was 1300psi, full and sitting in 100 degree heat. But, like SCUBA tanks, you could easily push that 1800psi up to 2500 with no problems. It would take intense heat to do that, so the bottle will be fine in your cab. I usually leave the windows cracked and sometimes the sliding window open, depending on where I'm at.
92 RC Sport 5.2 3.55 Auto
ALMOST stock, hehe
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