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Old Jun 6, 2003, 09:55 AM
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They are tryng to portray what t s like when you hit nos,trust me it feels like that when you have a sudden burst of speed.A 9 sec.1/4 mile seems like 9 mins,but worth it when you when the race!
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You know it's all fake, but it's also entertaning which it is suppose to do.
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Originally posted by silverEVO8


Well, the nitrous is generally used right off the bat when you hit the gas, no? (I mean, aren't the serious racers activating the nitrous with the gas pedal?) The funky thing about those movies is that they are like a mile behind the other car and they hit those buttons and suddenly it's like a blurr of speed, like the Enterprise going into warp speed...... Yeah, right.... It's totally unrealistic and phony, but like I said, it's just entertainment...

I guess you don't know how NOS works or how it makes your car go faster. Here you go.

http://www.howstuffworks.com/question259.htm
Old Jun 6, 2003, 10:45 AM
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I guess you don't know how NOS works or how it makes your car go faster. Here you go.

http://www.howstuffworks.com/question259.htm
Please, I do know the theory behind NOS, and I do know how it makes the car go faster. I've also seen plenty of dragstrip races with NOS cars. It's just that the way they show it in the movies is pretty ridiculous and unrealistic.
It does not take a rocket scientist to know that a 50 HP shot of nitrous is just like it says, 50 more hp.... That's a lot and people put even more than that in their cars, but still the movies don't show it like it is.

Anyway, I was talking about the 2F2F movie, etc. I don't know how this thread became a "how to" nitrous oxide test.. geez
I guess I'm wrong and the only freaking thing realistic in the movie is the NOS application, go figure.....

Ok, then go see the movie anyway and I'll promise to not opine on NOS anymore

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Old Jun 6, 2003, 10:48 AM
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last time i checked, it was just a movie. relax
Old Jun 6, 2003, 11:00 AM
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Car Mag Tests

After resding how beat up and slow the cars from the movie are, maybe with a 300 shot of nitrous they do go into warp speed, maybe breaking into the 13s even...
Old Jun 6, 2003, 11:32 AM
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SilverEVO8-I didn't know that you were there. I was there too with my red evo. I parked on the other side of the mall though, there was a black evo by me with a dealer tag on it. Oh well, maybe next time we'll meet up.
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Originally posted by Rally Red
SilverEVO8-I didn't know that you were there. I was there too with my red evo. I parked on the other side of the mall though, there was a black evo by me with a dealer tag on it. Oh well, maybe next time we'll meet up.
Hey, I was looking around for my car (they close the stinking mall and only some exits are open), anyway, I think I saw your car near a black EVO... I took pictures of both cars, it was pretty damned dark and the pictures are very dark, I'll see if I can fix them with photoshop and post them or email them!!

I definitely would like to catch up with other EVO drivers some time to just chat, compare cars, etc. I'll have some mods in by the time we meet
Old Jun 6, 2003, 03:39 PM
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I don't think a button you have to keep pressed to activate the nitrous is realisitic really. Most nitrous systems simply have a switch that you flip on before you even race...and the nitrous is triggered by either nitrous controller with electronics activating at certain rpm or by simple activation switch near the throttle body when you have wot. I have a good bit of experience with nitrous...I use a 200hp shot on my 10 sec Mustang.
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Originally posted by Azzurri Evo
You know it's all fake, but it's also entertaning which it is suppose to do.
Yes, that is true. Especially that bridge stunt at the start. But I am pretty sure they still had NOS buttons on the steering wheels and when you pressed those buttons, boom, you have caught up to the guy who is 100m ahead of you
That green EVO had NOS and everything on it but check out the specs on it.
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Old Jun 6, 2003, 07:13 PM
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The yellow Evo with the window stickers was from Arrows Mitsubishi. Max the sales manager drove it down for the free 2f2f showing. He didn't get there in time to see the movie though. I came down with my red Evo but only stayed for a few minutes.
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Originally posted by broeli
I don't think a button you have to keep pressed to activate the nitrous is realisitic really. Most nitrous systems simply have a switch that you flip on before you even race...and the nitrous is triggered by either nitrous controller with electronics activating at certain rpm or by simple activation switch near the throttle body when you have wot. I have a good bit of experience with nitrous...I use a 200hp shot on my 10 sec Mustang.
Man, thanks for the reality check. I was about to doubt my own sanity I knew the NOS buttons on the wheel are either bogus or just for show. I never have had nitrous in my cars but I distinctly remember looking into it. It was as you say, the nitrous is set up to come on automatically either by rpm or TPS or whatever. The switch is used on to arm the system, after that it's all done automatically.
Old Jun 6, 2003, 10:51 PM
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The reason they make it like they are goiong into warp drive is to portray how speed feels. If you watched the FF tricked edition enhanced viewing they talk all about why they did it like that. and why a 14 second race takes 3 minutes of movie time. How they view it from every car and driver perspectives. It was made to be eye candy not a realistic portayal.

As for the nos thing, when I have seen it used they don't always hit it off the line and they can surge very hard at the end. It just depends on how hard you wanna be on your car.
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On the movie when the cops shot that thing on the car that shuts it down. Is that **** true? Is there such a device that can do that?

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thats somethin like immobilizer right?


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