Nitrous oxide, often called NOS in car culture, is a colorless gas that can dramatically increase engine power by delivering more oxygen into the combustion chamber. When injected into an engine, ...

Like many wonderful and useful scientific things, nitrous oxide was discovered by accident in 18th-century England, and much later (during the '30s and '40s) it was used by dentists as an anesthetic.

Despite the steadily rising popularity of turbochargers and superchargers for hopping up early- and late-model hot rods, nitrous oxide, better known as “throttle in a bottle,” has never lost its ...

If you've watched a car movie like the "Fast and the Furious" franchise in recent years, you might've noticed them pressing a button and the car suddenly getting a massive boost in engine power. When ...

We tear down the Toyota Prius engine to see what failed after a nitrous run, examining the internal damage and breaking down what actually went wrong.