This post applies to the street LEGAL aspect of NOS.
I may have found a loophole in CA law for nitrous. As far as I know, as of now, it looks like you can have a nitrous equipped car, as long as the bottle is turned off and not easily accessible while driving (i.e. in the trunk).
The guys I race with (RaVer Motorsports, of Central Cali.) have taken these measures to insure that their nitrous isn't detected by law authorities:
1. Before bolting bottle to trunk floor, slip a zippable duffle/gym bag around it. When your driving, make sure it's zipped up, as an officer (at least here in CA) needs either your permission or a warrant to search your vehicle and its contents (i.e. a duffle bag), unless he has probable cause. An exhaust/lowered car/speeding is not probable cause to suspect nitrous. Acutally, short of smelling your exhaust fumes while racing, there is no probable cause to search for squeeze. And if he's close enough to be sniffing your fumes while racing, you have bigger problems than a ticket for nitrous, my friend.
2. Put black looming on every hose and fixture that you can. Beware of temperatures, you don't want the plastic to burn. If possible, gut an emissions (charcoal?) canister and throw some solenoids in there. "Looks like emissions equipment to me, officer."
3. Have some creativity and discretion when plumbing your lines for crying out loud. I've seen guys with steel braided NOS lines laying across thier motor, next to thier accelerator cable. The price of showing off, isn't worth an impound. Try to hide those suckers as much as possible.
4. Most importantly, know your rights. If the officer doesn't have reasonable suspicion, call him on it. Politely, tell him he can search your car when his shift commander comes to the scene and shows you a warrant for whatever he wants to search for.
I don't expect to get flamed on this, as I'm researching all this stuff to help every one out. Any other people fascinated with loopholes in the law, feel free to contact me. I think a lot of our legal woes can be solved by knowing our rights in given situations. I know I've been targeted for things I didn't do just because of the car I drive. It sucks, and I don't want to give the government my money for their error in judgement anymore.
Be safe, guys,
Ryan
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