How did nitrous get such a bad rep...?

J-par. Here is my take. Only babies need bottles.” Lol! It was a small sticker I had on my dash back in the late 80’s early 90’s with my Demon.

my drag race tail was a now good friend of mine had a 67Dart. He then was my arch nemesis. The Dart was a Ratty thing to say the least. But it could run. He also loved “the juice.” Gary was very good at taking garbage parts and making them work extremely well. The man was king of the street by us in Connecticut. (New London/Groton area) Anyhow my car ran 12.2 at New England Dragway almost every time. At a MoPar weekend he and I lined up on this Saturday. I won Saturday’s race. He’s so mad he drives 3 hrs home, gets his bottle and tweeks the line to relining up on Sunday’s event. He beat me by like a tenth of a second on nitrous. He wins the event and I’m second place. Because he was there on Saturday, there was no tech inspect for Sunday. That was the scene back in the day. 5.0L Mustangs, nitrous and flowmaster systems. The guys then with nitrous were just like the Mustang guys.... full of them selves. That stigma has kinda carried thru the years. Nitrous kinda died but is making a comeback. If done right it’s is just as good as a turbo or blower... but affordable. Done wrong and your pistons have holes in them.
Okay- off the soap box. Thanks for listening.
That was a cool story and what I got out of it was nitrous for the win LOL...:thumbsup:..