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Old 03-14-2012, 06:30 PM   #158
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Originally Posted by YourBlindingBias View Post
Thousands of people drive around with pressurized tanks in their trunk, but it's nitrous called NAWZZ
Nitrous Oxide is stored in liquid form at around 850 PSI. It is not by itself flammable although it can become a projectile at those pressures in an accident and oxygen does make a fire much nicer.

And last I checked, the tanks were not nearly the size required for a respectable range of a passenger car. Located in the middle of your trunk, as many installations are, it is well protected from crushing sheetmetal on impact.

I was only suggesting that 3,000 psi of a flammable gas is at the least a difficult proposition.
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