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2.2
Bottle Mounting Instructions
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 and opposite of 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 valve handle and 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
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 and the bottle label facing up. This position allows the greatest amount of liquid to be used
before the siphon tube begins to pick up gaseous nitrous oxide.
The bottle in this location allows for access to other areas within the trunk,
does not interfere with access to the spare tire, and is away from the very rear
of the vehicle.
This bottle orientation also positions the end of the siphon tube for best liquid
nitrous draw.
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