here we are today in Irwindale California to talk about nitrous now anyone
who knows anything about cars knows what nitrous is
and what it stands for but today we're talking about nitrous controllers
now nitrous has been used for many years to inject horsepower into the engine
but the secret to good quarter mile times is control so today
we're putting the NOS launcher to the test
the launcher by NOS is a progressive nitrous controller built with the
latest in technology
we'll be installing the touchscreen version of the launcher on a Ford Maverick
with 347 cubic inch small block with a big shot nitrous plate
so we'll show you some the basics in installing the launcher
in the Power TV Garage
previously the Mavericks best previous run was a 645 at 110 miles per hour with
the 4 60ft time
due to too much nitrous on the starting line once we get the launch re-installed we'll take you
to Irwindale California to show you how it works
in real-world application well Dave thanks very much for coming on the show and being our
guinea pig tonight I've got to say it's a pretty sweet Maverick
thanks yeah we've been building the fastest street car magazine for the past year or so
yeah we've already been 645 at 110 out here at Irwindal
that was with the direct port nitrous system tand a 125 shot
with the NOS launcher tonight we're actually going to look to improve those numbers
I heard mentioned before it's all about control what we're gonna do here with
this big shot system we're gonna put a 225 to it we're gonna ramp the nitrous in
with the NOS launcher so we'll look to improve that 645 number
let's hope the NOS launcher helps that out tonight lets take a look earlier today
in the Power TV Garage where Mark and the team
installed the NOS launcher
the NOS launcher is a progressive control that controls up just two stages of
nitrous
or four with an additional slave the NOS launcher is offered in three
different configuration you have the launch controller that hooks up to your laptop
you have the touchscreen LCD expansion which
uses a stylus and a SD card in the side so you data log straight from LCD
then you have the handheld tuner which allows you to some functions a staging
lanes that is if you don't have the LCD upgrade installing the launcher
starts with finding a good location for the launcher controller
we wired ours under the dash and then mounted the launcher touch screen where
Jake
could easily access it while in the staging lanes wiring was simple
required splicing the solenoids the wide open throttle switch
and rpm signal into the controller
so we just finished up the installation on the maverick it's carburetor only taking
into account a couple the features of the launcher
once we get it dialed in we'll hook up the RPM wire
and they we'll start playing around with getting the thing launched off the RPM
for you EFI guys is where it really comes into play in the launcher
it allows you to run a TPS input to where you can do partial
to full throttle for you booster guys you can run the internal map sensor
which allows you to limit the amount of nitrous you're running depending on your boost
levels
there's also a first-gear lockout feature and also a pause enable
feature that allows you to regain your RAM if you have to pedal
or if you turn it and you come back out of it and come back into it
it's gonna start the ramp over again
well now you've seen how we install the launcher let's go over how we've set it up
for the first few passes now Jake when he hits the button off the line it's gonna
kick in at thirty percent then ramp up to a hundred percent
over the next 1.3 seconds now this is all activated via the LCD screen so if
everything works according to plan you'll see him take off fairly gently at 30%
like I said
and then picking up rapidly as it hits full 100% by the 1.3 second
mark now this is all linear
so that LSA can be changed just by using the LCD screen
alright Dave your all dressed up and ready to go looking forward to it yep think it's going to run good
alright you're going to see the brown storm flying down the track
we're back in the pits with Jake tell us how this run compared to last weeks
you could tell it was a lot quicker you know like I mentioned earlier
we went 645 at 110
that was with a direct port nitrous system and hitting the bottle
right out of the gate
with this launcher what I was able to do is launch at 30% nitrous
and ramp it in over the course of 1.3 seconds car felt great it launched real
smooth and soft and you can really feel the 225 come on
you know about 1.3 seconds into the run able to run a
tenth quicker in my sixty-foot and 146 60 foot as opposed to a 152
is what we were doing with the direct port so with a little bit more tuning with the launcher
I feel like we can extend that ramp a little bit further and ramp the nitrous in even
smoother
maybe get the 60 foot down a little better and not hurt my mile an hour
because we actually went the same mile an hour actually a little bit
faster
so this is the ideal I mean this is something going to be playing with for quite a bit
Jake picked up almost 2/10ths in the 8th mile alone just by using the launcher to soften
up the hit on the starting line
we've only scratched the surface of what the launcher you can do
with a few trips to the track we'll be out to use the touchscreen to dial in
the launcher controller it to our exact car combination and track conditions
that control is the advantage of today's nitrous technology
I hope you've managed to learn a little bit more about NOS's launcher system
we've shown you how it works how to install it and how to get maximum
performance and minimum
ATs by using nitrous control it's been a lot of fun out here running the Maverick
through it's paces my name is Bucko
thanks for watching Power TV