| Anyone that has ever watched race cars going | | | | In order to maximize the power within the car, it is |
| around the track knows that the most important | | | | essential that the correct fuel to air ratio is |
| factor in winning is speed. Without the fastest race | | | | determined. While a typical car uses a 14:7:1 ratio, a |
| car, the driver often has a decreased chance of | | | | 13:1 ratio is used within most of the stock race cars. |
| winning the race. There are many ways to achieve a | | | | When using a system that incorporates extra |
| faster speed and every day more technology is | | | | energy, such as nitrous oxide, the ratio needs to be |
| being developed to take the speeds above the | | | | much lower to prevent the combustion process from |
| imagination. One of the most common ways to make | | | | getting too hot. The ratio is often adjusted to 12:5:1 |
| a race car faster is to use a nitrous oxide system for | | | | to accommodate for the enormous amount of |
| additional horsepower. | | | | energy and heat that is created. |
| Creating an effective system of energy in any | | | | There are many benefits to using nitrous oxide in a |
| vehicle often requires many different considerations. | | | | race car, but there are some things to be careful of |
| Without the proper system installed along with the | | | | as well. Although it is non-toxic and relatively stable at |
| correct mechanical work, the system will not work | | | | room temperature, it can produce a large amount of |
| and a problem could exist. This is why it is extremely | | | | energy when combined with a car's fuel injection |
| important to properly set up the race car for faster | | | | system. When the gas is injected into the intake |
| speeds. Nitrous oxide is an effective energy booster | | | | manifold or right before the cylinder in the car, |
| as it adds extra oxygen that would otherwise be | | | | enough energy can be produced to destroy the |
| missing from the combustion process in the engine. | | | | engine if the mechanical structure is not reinforced |
| The torque and horsepower increase substantially as | | | | for the large burst of power. Although a proper |
| the fuel is used efficiently within the cylinder. The | | | | temperature must also be maintained to prevent |
| oxygen that becomes mixed with the fuel allows for | | | | excess levels of heat, this system for creating faster |
| an enormous burst of energy to be created which | | | | cars for the race track is found to be beneficial for a |
| allows for the crankshaft to move faster. | | | | better chance of winning. |