The Death of Tony Hsieh: A Spiral of Alcohol, Drugs and Extreme Behavior

Re:The Death of Tony Hsieh: A Spiral of Alcohol, Drugs and E... by okareaman on Sunday December 06, 2020 @07:58PM (#25328294)

That's not how I understand it. You may be referring to some other use I am not aware of. I'm not a car guy.

"A nitrous oxide engine is an internal combustion engine in which oxygen for burning the fuel comes from the decomposition of nitrous oxide, N2O, rather than air. The system increases the engine's power output by allowing fuel to be burned at a higher-than-normal rate, because of the higher partial pressure of oxygen injected with the fuel mixture."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrous_oxide_engine

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Re:The Death of Tony Hsieh: A Spiral of Alcohol, Drugs and E... by js2 on Sunday December 06, 2020 @08:10PM (#25328366)

Supercharged usually refers to an engine with a supercharger, which is a crankshaft driven pump used to force more air into the engine. It is similar to a turbocharger, except a turbo is driven by exhaust gas.

N2O is typically used with a normally aspirated gasoline engine. It's just another way to get more oxygen into the combustion chamber.

https://www.racingjunk.com/news/drag-race-101-its-a-gas/

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Re:The Death of Tony Hsieh: A Spiral of Alcohol, Drugs and E... by modoc on Monday December 07, 2020 @12:12AM (#25329502)

You can absolutely run N2O with a turbo or supercharged engine. I ran a NXExpress rig on my '99 Eclipse GSX back in the day (with a big turbo).

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Re:The Death of Tony Hsieh: A Spiral of Alcohol, Drugs and E... by CyberDildonics on Monday December 07, 2020 @06:22AM (#25331172)

They didn't say it couldn't be used with a super charger, they said it wasn't exclusively used with a super charger.

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