I was reading some customer reviews for the Venom 400 module, and there was one comment that made me laugh. Not because the guy was funny, because he was an idiot who obviously didn't think his statement through. He stated:

"It's like nitrous for your electrical system, or more correctly, your intake manifold."

Okay, the first simile is good. The Venom 400 is an electrical monitoring device which tricks the ECU into pumping more gas than normal into the cylinders. Nothing spectacular about that. However, his second simile was idiotic. Nitrous Oxide injection comes in three (and ONLY three) flavors: Dry, Wet, and Direct-Port.

A dry nitrous system involves a nozzle which sprays the nitrous into the intake, and a module to fool the ECU into pumping more gas into the system. It's the worst of all three because there's no guarrantee the ECU will ever give the right about of gas to burn up all the nitrous, meaning you're wasting money on unused nitrous, or sending raw gas vapors through your catalytic converter, destroying it. Dry shots suck.

A wet system is much better. It involves a nitrous nozzle and a fuel nozzle, and mixes the proper amount of nitrous and fuel together before spewing it into the intake.

Finally, the direct-port nitrous kit has a few variations. The most popular is to port the lower intake manifold, and put nitrous injectors into each intake port, giving each cylinder roughly the same amount of nitrous, allowing for smoother acceleration. Others include porting the upper and lower, or just the upper intake.

Regardless, to say "it's like nitrous for your intake manifold" is akin to saying "it's like a condom for your dick". Umm, no shit Sherlock.

Bard 77% Combativeness, 66% Sneakiness, 58% Intellect, 27% Spirituality

Dashing and multi-talented: You are a Bard! A decent warriors, reasonable spell-caster, and fairly good at tricking people, the Bard is the jack of all trades. These charming fellows live by their wits, though a sharp blade, a few spells, and some lockpicks never hurt. Smart, sneaky, and aggressive, you're probably good at most things you try. You don’t have much need for spirituality or superstition and are much more likely to live in the here and now... and if you can get some fun and profit out of the here and now, even better.

My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 87% on Combativeness You scored higher than 90% on Sneakiness You scored higher than 25% on Intellect You scored higher than 26% on Spirituality

Link: The RPG Class Test written by MFlowers on Ok Cupid, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

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