Hot Water Bottle Baths are a quick, reliable and convenient way to maintain consistent pressure in your 10, 12, or 15lb nitrous bottles.
The Nitrous Express Hot Water Bottle Bath is the best engineered and the highest quality water based bottle heater available. The high strength polymer construction allowed us to build in features and benefits that would not be possible with welded metal tanks. The polymer tank is stronger and more durable than a comparable metal tank plus the composite tank will never rust or oxidize. The polymer tank insulates better than metal tanks so the water heats quicker and the heater element does not have to turn on as often. The tank design also allowed us to house the electronics behind the front panel so you don’t have an ugly square box hanging off the front of the tank. We molded a separator shelf inside the tank which keeps the bottles from sliding into the heating element during transport. Carrying slots are flush molded into the side of the tank to minimize the space the tank occupies. The digital display is mounted on the top of the tank so you do not have to bend over to see the temperature setting. The digital control circuit is easy to set and automatically maintains water temperature within 1 degree of accuracy.
The NX Purge System is designed to purge the air from your nitrous lines to allow immediate activation of your Nitrous system. This System includes a Lightning solenoid, push button for activation, and a vent tube to direct the purged nitrous out of the solenoid. Also included is a 4AN manifold to run inline with your nitrous feedline. This allows you to purge the nitrous system, even when you do not have a purge port built into your solenoids. The Purge system can also be used to lower the bottle pressure for spot on nitrous performance every time you activate the system.
Nitrous Express has spent countless hours on the flow bench, eliminating these turbulence points in its systems to minimize the boiling of the nitrous charge. NX has designed its own bottle valve, which differs in many ways from the standard or even custom valves offered by the other companies. The flow path of the NX “Lightning” bottle valve has only one turn, a 45-degree angle to the discharge point. This eliminates the harsh 90-degree turn present in most bottle valves. One company that boasts of its “Super High Flow Valve” has designed one 45-degree turn and one 127-degree turn inside the body of the valve. This severely restricts the flow and causes a turbulence point that sends a diluted flow of nitrous downstream to the nitrous solenoid. Finally, the style of bottle nipple used by NX allows the nitrous to transition from the valve to the supply hose with no internal steps or restrictions. These things may seem small or insignificant to the layperson, but on the dyno, NX systems make more horsepower per pound of nitrous than anyone.
Nitrous Express Lightning 500 bottle valves feature a .500″ orifice and a direct flow path that eliminates those power-robbing gaseous bubbles. The result is more horsepower! The Lightning 500 will outflow any competitor’s valve on the market today and is recommended for all nitrous systems up to 2000 nitrous horsepower. The 500 has a .625″ siphon tube, only one 45-degree turn in the nitrous flow path, and fittings that will allow the use of up to a 10AN supply line with no restrictions. The 500 is engineered to eliminate all obstructions, sharp edges, or tight turns that will disrupt the smooth laminar flow of nitrous. This design minimizes boiling and gaseous nitrous in the flow path to the solenoid resulting in a nitrous system that produces more clean horsepower and is easier to tune on any car! The Lightning 500 is CNC machined from billet aluminum and is approximately ½ pound lighter than a comparable brass valve, it has dual gauge ports and interchangeable nipples that will allow the use of 4AN, 6AN, 8AN, or 10AN supply lines.
Valves include a 4AN nipple. Other bottle nipple sizes need to be purchased separately.
