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Catalog #70403
Brochure No. 63-0147
©2003 Edelbrock Corporation
Rev. 1/03
2.2 Bottle Mounting Instructions
Accurate calibration of your nitrous system depends on the bottle remaining at a stable temperature. Choosing the
proper location and orientation for your bottle can greatly affect the overall operation of the nitrous system. Please
read the entire bottle mounting instruction section before making your final bottle location decisions.
2.3 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.