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2001 Edelbrock Corporation
Brochure No. 63-0040
©
Rev. 11/01
Page 8 of 25
2.2 Bottle Orientation
Bottle placement is critical to the performance of your nitrous system. It is important to understand how
the bottle valve and siphon tube are assembled to properly orient the bottle in your vehicle and ensure that
it picks up liquid nitrous while undergoing acceleration. All nitrous bottles are assembled so that the
bottom of the siphon tube is at the bottom of the bottle, opposite the bottle label.
An Edelbrock nitrous bottle cannot be mounted upside-down. Edelbrock does not offer a non-siphon tube
bottle for automotive use. If the bottle must be mounted parallel to the axles of the vehicle (sideways), the
label must be angled at approximately 45 degrees toward the front of the vehicle. This orientation will
position the siphon tube toward the rear and pointing to the lower rear-facing quadrant of the bottle. All of
this positioning information is critical to system operation. It is most important to draw as much liquid
nitrous as possible. The siphon tube cannot do this unless the bottle is positioned correctly.
The most efficient mounting is the lay-down position with the valve handle toward the
front of the vehicle. This position allows the greatest amount of liquid to be used
before the siphon tube begins to pick up gaseous nitrous oxide.