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Re: NOS



----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Elliott" <jee@domain.elided>
To: <alfa@domain.elided>
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 7:07 PM
Subject: Re: NOS


> Whatever happened to nitrous oxide being referred to as NOx, with the x
> being a subscript like in a chemical formula?  Is there a real reason for
> calling it NOS, or is this akin to some jackass at GM deciding that "mass
> air sensor" sounded better than the grammatically-correct "air mass
sensor?"
>
> -Joe Elliott (who still thinks "rim" refers to the outer edge of a wheel)
>
>


NOS stands for Nitrous Oxide Systems, a pretty popular vendor of
automotive N2O systems.

Taru
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