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

The first issue is it’s easy to cheat with. Lots of guys have used it to cheat, so that kinda tarnishes it’s reputation, even though it’s not the fault of nitrous.

The other reason why nitrous gets a bad rap is because it exposes poor tuners. All power adders have a pretty narrow tune up window, but nitrous is pretty unforgiving if you are not careful. It looks simple so guys just don’t pay attention and it burns them.

It’s always better if you are going to use nitrous every time you make a pass to buy your cam for nitrous. It won’t run as well N\A but it makes the tune up window a bit wider on the bottle.