LED Tailpipes!!!

[ben1112]

back to the topic, does anyone think that tapping into the brake lights' power and installing a small pcb board to regulate the on/off power to the tailpipe led? im pretty sure it could be done but i dont know what the technical names of those parts are.

[Thread Reaper]

to ignite the nitrious, i used a electric flint kit

Hi. I'm new here. I just got my first Xmod tonight, and looking forward to doing some cool stuff with it. I've been into the drag racing scene, on the street, on the strip, and on the liquid quarter mile (that means in a boat )

I just wanted to point out to you that nitrous isn't flammable, so thus, you did not ignite it by any means, much less with an electric flint. It's possible to pass fuel through the exhaust and light that by some means (for which a spark plug is much more practical) but you will never, ever, ignite nitrous. Sorry.

[nasphere]

I just wanted to point out to you that nitrous isn't flammable, so thus, you did not ignite it by any means

ok... ok... so your all arguing over nitrous oxide, i can help a bit.
nitrous oxide is very flamable, if you try to ignite it in open air, you will never succeed. much like magnesium, it'll never happen. nitrous oxide, like the name implies is made of nitrogen and oxygen, as the the cylindar reaches the top, the heat of compression causes the nitrous oxide to break up into oxygen and nitrogen (both these are exremely flameable), and thats where the boost part comes from. so spraying nitrous into exhaust will enable you to ignite it because of exhaust temp after the cat.

as for rotary engines versus piston engines, rotary rules out... theres less mass moving vigorously around, as well as less friction. yeah porting a rotary is just like adding a better cam, although there is no way to change the port timing on em like you can change a piston engine's valve timing... who cares, thats where R&D comes in. besides do you remember hearing the renisis engine has multi ports. that would be like having valves the size of the piston itself, and having em open every half rotation. bigger ports dont add to moving mass on a rotary engine as bigger valves do in a piston engine. efficiency is all the mass that changes directions plus the friction.

just thought ide throw this out there too, a turbo is better than nitrous... if you want as much power as hitting nitrous all the time just turn up the boost on your turbo. the problem is with a piston engine you risk snapping a rod, and a rotary you risk blowing a seal at the higher rpm's and boost levels... ive seen what happens with a ford 351 hitting nitrous at 7,000 rpms... "bang!!!" and then silence.... nitrous cant be controlled like a turbo can, unless your working off an engine that was made for a turbo with all the appropriate sensors.

anyways heres a new "X" engine for planes that i think get the best of both types... http://www.dynacam.com/
add a turbo and this thing will rule all

[Thread Reaper]

You're partially right about the nitrous thing. Nitrous breaks down into oxygen and nitrogen, acting as an inducer to the air/fuel combustion inside the cylinder. The additional oxygen allows more fuel to be burned in the reaction, thereby generating additional horsepower. The nitrogen actually cools the overall reaction, keeping it to a temperature level that will not melt your block. (Which is why we use nitrous oxide and not just oxygen) Volumetrically, nitrous is nearly 100% efficient, unless you over-install a NOS system. What this means is that very close to ALL of the nitrous oxide is consumed in the reaction, leaving next to nothing behind to be passed through the engine's exhaust.

So, if you're dumping straight nitrous through the car's exhaust, you're not going to ignite it. And if you're using nitrous and find that your exhaust is flammable, you're using too big of a kit.

And yes, a well chosen turbo is 300x better than any NOS system.

[nasphere]

i love my little turbo it just so loud...(SCREAMMMM) see?

anyways i have an idea for the LED tail pipes, i typed it last night, went to close another window and accidentally hit quit instead... i dont have time right now to retype it so ill probably type it tomorrow

[bobthecreep]

i respect your opinions and all but i tried putting an LED in my skyline's tailpipe and it worked pretty well. i used one of the radioshack LEDs and connected a watch battery to it under the body. it gives a pretty nice effect.