Luis@OrtizPerformance Posted September 3, 2012 Report Share Posted September 3, 2012 (edited) All this talk about nitrous lately just reminded me of something I used many moons ago, back when I still had the 99 Cobra. A guy on another forum came up with this idea and even made a video about it and convinced me to buy one. I wanted to try this out myself since I was in the market for a bottle heater but man are they expensive. Its a sodium acetate heating pad used by many to heat their lower backs after a long day of working. Here is the video with better details. I did not buy it directly from him, I bought mine through ebay as a medium then later upgraded to a large. The medium covers about half of the 10lb bottle but the large covers almost 75%. Some of them come with a strap and blankets the heat to the bottle already like the one I got.It took my bottle about 25 minutes or so to get up to 950psi with the Large version and strap/blanket but a neat trick to get that bottle to get up to temperature in about 10 minutes (Yes, 10 minutes), put the pad in boiling water, wait about 15 minutes, and then strap it to your bottle. Once you reach operating temps you can click it so it can maintain that pressure. It doesn't get hot enough to increase pressures upwards of 1000psi so it maintains 900-950psi pretty good. I didn't have a bottle warmer at that time because I didn't want to spend money on it but if you already have a bottle warmer, put this thing on and it'll reach operating temperatures pretty quick on cold days and then just maintain pressure with the bottle warmer. Hope this helps someone. Edited September 4, 2012 by Pushrod91 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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revhead347 Posted September 5, 2012 Report Share Posted September 5, 2012 I had a friend who would use a water bed heater to heat up his bottle. At the time they were like $30 at Walmart. You definately would have to watch it more carefully that the back warmer, but it was faster.Kurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMR Posted September 5, 2012 Report Share Posted September 5, 2012 Lol I remember that guy, he did an awesome Y-Pipe system on his V6 a few years back, I havn't seen him post in a LONG time though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
330CubeGt Posted September 5, 2012 Report Share Posted September 5, 2012 Good idea, I like it better then using a torch... The bottle heaters are so damn costly now adays :/Heads up and ass kickin! Using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auto_x5.0 Posted September 11, 2012 Report Share Posted September 11, 2012 Couldn't you do like a terrarium heater? I know I have a decent size pad that will heat 3" of sand to an even 90* within a couple minutes. Those are usually $30 for a good one. Just an idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D3vst8r96gt Posted September 11, 2012 Report Share Posted September 11, 2012 Ill give it a go next season The D3V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttocs Posted September 11, 2012 Report Share Posted September 11, 2012 the sell heating pads for reptiles at your local pet store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revhead347 Posted September 12, 2012 Report Share Posted September 12, 2012 You can piece together a bottle heater for not too much money. I think ARCheat still sells the adjustable pressure control switch for around $55, and the heating blanket for around $80. I'd have to go back and look. Then it's just a few more dollars for a switch, relay, a couple AN fittings and some wire.Kurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
