in florida, i have been asking around and getting mixed answers. is it ilegal every where or just certain states. hooked up, lines visable, whats the story on nitrous legality?
is nitrous illegal?
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ive heard its illegal...big fines.....u can have the bottle i believe if the bottle isnt hooked up
It depends.
You can have nitrous installed on a car, but you can't have the line actually hooked up and ready to use. It's a catch 22.
I also beleive if you have a compressed air tank in a vehicle, it much have a blow-off that vents the gas outside of the vehicle. There may also be other compressed air tank laws it may or may not voilate.
But to sum it up. If you spray in the street...it is illegal.
It's illegal only if they catch you... which shouldn't be a problem if you have a big bottle of NAAAAWWWZZZ hooked up. LOL.
pretty simple... if you are only going to use it for the track leave it unhooked... if you street race then do you really care? by the time you get caught with it you'll have larger issues
When I get some for my car I'm going to put a haz-mat sticker on it "non-flammable gas" and see how many people catch on.
It's illegal to use on the street. I would leave it unhooked if I had the bottle in there, for any other reason so they can't say I was using it when I'm not.
It's illegal to use on the street. I would leave it unhooked if I had the bottle in there, for any other reason so they can't say I was using it when I'm not.
I've got it in my car and always leave it hooked up, it isn't illegal, using it is. It's like a gun, you can have it, carry it around, but shooting it is illegal as hell haha. I was told by a cop in my town that it only illegal if they catch you using it, and there's no way they can tell if you used it or not so they don't even bother 9/10 if your nitrous use comes into question you've probably got bigger problems
If you're street racing, it won't matter if the bottle's hooked up or not when you're pulled over. In the same respect, if you're street racing you might do your best to hide the bottle and lines anyway; i.e. build a fake stereo box around it, mount the purge and switch out of sight, etc. I've even seen guys use those smaller nitrous bottles for motorcycles and mount them behind door panels and under seats. I've never come across a cop who knew dick about cars, let alone late model mustangs. If he/she can pick out a well hidden nitrous system then he/she deserves to give you a ticket, haha.
I had a cop pull me over just to ask me how long and how hard it was to do the 5 lug conversion, i live in a small suburb and there are only 12 local cops really that patrol the area, and since they went to the local high schools everyone knows everyone, only i cop i know that doesnt drive a pony car is the one that drives a subaru, go figure, but around here if you **** up the cops know what to look for
IT is illegal to have the bottle hooked up. You can have the NOS bottle in the car just can't be hooked up. Most cops don't care. It is when you use your nitrous that the cops care. Most are cool enough though. Ontario, CA and Riverside on the other hand are dicks when it comes to NOS. 
That's interesting, I guess it's just the numbers game. There are over 40,000 NYPD... I have yet to meet one who knew dick about cars. We got pulled over in my dad's old 1990 caprice estate station wagon once, and I accidentally gave the cop the registration for my 1972 cutlass supreme. He did about 6 laps around the car looking for emblems that said "cutlass" before I realized what he was doing and stopped him. Moron.
That's interesting, I guess it's just the numbers game. There are over 40,000 NYPD... I have yet to meet one who knew dick about cars. We got pulled over in my dad's old 1990 caprice estate station wagon once, and I accidentally gave the cop the registration for my 1972 cutlass supreme. He did about 6 laps around the car looking for emblems that said "cutlass" before I realized what he was doing and stopped him. Moron.
well my dad went to highschool with 8 of the 12 officers around here and i guess when they were younger they all worked for the parnelli jones here in covina, and they all drag raced on the weekend, they are lenient, i have been let off for doing 135 in a 40, but got a ticket for making a left turn onto my street when i didnt see the no turn sign
well that settles the argument with me and my dad, turns out only 1 person agrees with me... the gun analogy. everyone else is saying that it is ilegal to have hooked up. so very good. doesnt change a darn thing, im still borrowing my buddies 100 shot
In florida the only thing I could find about nitrous oxide was Statute 877.111. It states that the possession of nitrous oxide with sulphur dioxide is legal. But here is where it gets gray, according to multiple statutes in Florida, the state does regulate the emission of Nitrous oxide. So, the system is legal but the pollutants the system emits on a state highway is illegal.
877.111
(4) Any person who knowingly distributes, sells, purchases, transfers, or possesses more than 16 grams of nitrous oxide commits a felony of the third degree which shall be known as unlawful distribution of nitrous oxide, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. For purposes of this subsection, in addition to proving by any other means that nitrous oxide was knowingly possessed, distributed, sold, purchased, or transferred, proof that any person discharged, or aided another in discharging, nitrous oxide to inflate a balloon or any other object suitable for subsequent inhalation creates an inference of the person's knowledge that the nitrous oxide's use was for an unlawful purpose. This subsection does not apply to the possession and use of nitrous oxide as part of the care and treatment of a disease or injury by a practitioner licensed under chapter 458, chapter 459, chapter 464, chapter 466, or chapter 474; as a food-processing propellant; as a semiconductor oxidizer; as an analytical chemistry oxidizer in atomic absorption spectrometry; in the production of chemicals used to inflate airbags; as an oxidizer for chemical production, combustion, or jet propulsion; or as a motor vehicle induction additive when mixed with sulphur dioxide.
877.111
(4) Any person who knowingly distributes, sells, purchases, transfers, or possesses more than 16 grams of nitrous oxide commits a felony of the third degree which shall be known as unlawful distribution of nitrous oxide, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. For purposes of this subsection, in addition to proving by any other means that nitrous oxide was knowingly possessed, distributed, sold, purchased, or transferred, proof that any person discharged, or aided another in discharging, nitrous oxide to inflate a balloon or any other object suitable for subsequent inhalation creates an inference of the person's knowledge that the nitrous oxide's use was for an unlawful purpose. This subsection does not apply to the possession and use of nitrous oxide as part of the care and treatment of a disease or injury by a practitioner licensed under chapter 458, chapter 459, chapter 464, chapter 466, or chapter 474; as a food-processing propellant; as a semiconductor oxidizer; as an analytical chemistry oxidizer in atomic absorption spectrometry; in the production of chemicals used to inflate airbags; as an oxidizer for chemical production, combustion, or jet propulsion; or as a motor vehicle induction additive when mixed with sulphur dioxide.
I remember one of the 10 Second Reads in Hot Rod said that in Cali, if it even appeared that it was possible to have nitrous hooked up and functional, they would take your car and crush it. Wouldn't take much of a excuse to steal your car.
The illegal possesion of nitrous oxide is referring to people using it to get high, which is why they mix sulfur in it to begin with
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