How Much Nitrous Can a Stock Engine Take?

We hooked up a nitrous system to our PT Cruiser to see how much nitrous a stock engine can take.

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Directed + Shot by: Eddie Esparza
Produced by: Dani Maule
Camera Operator: Gabe Flores
Edited by: Graham Klooster
Hosted by: Jeremiah Burton, Jimmy Hilton, Zach Jobe, + Adam Knapik

[mikederucki]

Dom warned you about blowing the welds on the intake with a 100 shot of NOS

[christophercrippin]

im glad to see the bigtime dude helping out small channels like this one

[nate]

Whoever edited in the dap up sound at 9:16 needs a raise yesterday

[rialtogamer]

You can literally see their lack of enthusiasm at the end of this video. RIP Donut.

[fran]

No stock to 100 comparison? No 0-60 times? Why wouldn't you quantify how much faster it made it??

[TtnumShld]

I kinda wish you guys replaced the plastic intake manifold with maybe an aftermarket metal one and continued testing until the actual engine blows up 😐

[barry]

Love that Big Time is helping out these smaller channels to make them more relevant and entertaining!

[bluescoobywagon]

This illustrates why the wet manifold kit is called the blow-up kit when installed on fuel injected cars in this manner. It injects raw fuel into an intake manifold designed to move air only. The fuel has a tendency to puddle in the intake usually causing a lean condition in at least 1 cylinder. The first lean backfire can ignite all of the fuel in the intake. This can even blow up metal intake manifolds. When installing nitrous on a fuel injected car, either install a dry manifold kit or install a wet kit with the nozzles at the ends of the intake runners, near the fuel injectors, 1 per cylinder. Also, if the bottle is installed in the passenger compartment, it must have the safety pressure relief valve vented outside the car, or it will not pass visual inspection at any sanctioned racing event. For this install, it would have been a simple matter to drill another hole and vent the bottle out the floor. It can be argued that it's not needed when the plan is to blow up the car in a controlled environment, but it should at least be mentioned. Automotive nitrous is NOT breathable, unlike medical nitrous.

[VentureTime_ow]

Let’s be real donut will never be the same without him

[lexdfox]

Bummer. This video felt very different, not in a good way. Ill give them the benefit of the doubt and say this was a rushed production or little staff involvement, but damn.

1. No real details or showing the install, just a VO. Clearly for time would be my guess.

2. No number for number comparisons like a 0-60 time, distance to 100mph, anything quantifiable. At the very least an overlay of every run from stock to 100 shot would be better than just comparing the last run.

3. Even as a small youtuber i know audio is key. The in car shots had im guessing just go pro audio, no mics. Even one point missing audio completely using voice to text.

4. Jobe was enthusiastic enough but others mentioned Jer, even though he was just in at the end, was not feeling it.

Again, i bet this video was filmed during the break of the ionic 5 N video so not much thought at all into it, it showed.

Bummer.

[LittleShmuplet]

Who knew "Danger to manifold" could be real

[henrymagiera]

Blink 3 times if donut has you hostage

[GuardianGrizzly]

Big time jokes aside I won’t talk any trash about donut. Donut was cool enough to allow the buys from big time launch their channel by posting it on donut and that deserves a lot of respect. Im not leaving donut any time soon. Im excited to now have 2 channels of car content for me to sift through.

[Decipher]

Ooof.. the editing and especially the audio were sooo rough. Seems like people who actually know what they’re doing are bailing quick.

[Scooter]

Granny shiftin not double-clutchin like you should. You’re lucky that 100 shot of nos didn’t blow the welds off the intake

Edit: ok calm down, i just said a silly line and y’all are making a song and dance about it

[ads]

Why did they mic the interior of the car so poorly this time? Usually its way easier to understand the guys.

[PostTraumaticChessDisorder]

11:28 lol Jobes arm blends in perfectly with Jerry's. It's like they're holding hands

[KJMTurbo]

Nitrous backfires happen when you use it at too low of an RPM, it can’t handle that much charge at that RPM and it backs up and creates the perfect environment for a backfire. Save it for above 3, 800RPM (arbitrary number, just wait till it’s close to where it’s breathing good and can handle the shot.)

[NorthOntarian]

I'm liking the split screen comparison shots.

[titusray]

Lol @8:15 “Something does have to give..” *leaves Donut immediately after*