[sdiy] OT: funny car DIY story

[Colin Hinz]

On Fri, 12 Dec 2003, KA4HJH wrote:

> Here's what happens when you decide to add nitrous oxide (NO2) to your car
> to increase horsepower and don't know what you're doing:
>
> http://masra.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=260
>
>
> I'm not really into this hot rod stuff--I needed some help from the person
> who sent the link to me to completely understand the whole story--but
> here's the short version: this guy bought an NO2 kit on ebay and no matter
> what he tried it didn't seem to work. No difference in performance
> whatsoever. So finally he got on the interstate and turned on the nitrous
> for a solid minute, at which point the engine seized up. Later somebody
> else took one look at the engine and pointed out that he'd run the nitrous
> into the CRANKCASE! (wonder if he even took the head cover off to drill the
> hole?). I assume it's supposed to go the air intake or the intake manifold
> somewhere (told you I know nothing about this). That freezing cold NO2
> probably turned the oil into a solid mass of goo and the camshaft seized.
> Does this win some sort of prize or what?

It does sound like a Darwin-award-in-waiting, doesn't it?

How about this one? An oldie but a goodie:

http://darwinawards.de/old/main200012a.shtml

- Colin Hinz
  Toronto, Canada