# Dukes of Hazzard's General Lee -- Nitrous Oxide? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 1, 2003, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dukes-of-hazzards-general-lee-nitrous-oxide/192360 "2003-08-01T14:12:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dukes-of-hazzards-general-lee-nitrous-oxide/192360/21 "2003-08-02T16:48:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TeaRoses \* > \*\*Clearly, it’s time for another “signs of coming apocalypse” thread. \*\* You mean [like this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=201690)? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dukes-of-hazzards-general-lee-nitrous-oxide/192360/22 "2003-08-03T02:27:09Z")
How, incidentally, would NO in the General Lee have been “cheating”? They weren’t driving on the NASCAR race circuit, they were running moonshine. What “rules” are there in 'shine running, that would be broken by using nitrous? ---
**Author:** ![D.E.S.K.Top668](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@D.E.S.K.Top668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D.E.S.K.Top668)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dukes-of-hazzards-general-lee-nitrous-oxide/192360/23 "2003-08-03T03:08:57Z")
**Chronos** , most street racers I’ve known considered Nitrous to be a “cop-out”, an easy way to temporarily increase power. While non Nos users spend hours tuning their cars to survive and make maximum horsepower, an Nos user could just bolt a system to a basically stock engine and, for short periods of time, get a 50-150 extra hp. An old friend of mine used to compare it to a old west gunfight; you and you opponent are facing each other, ready to draw, and at the last second he slides a derringer out of his sleeve and shoots you. Strangely enough, he changed his mind when he got a good deal on a complete system. Peace-DESK ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dukes-of-hazzards-general-lee-nitrous-oxide/192360/24 "2003-08-03T03:36:30Z")
It’s also dangerous for the engine and… really changes the handling. Better, generally, to have a car you _know_ how to control. And who says the boys weren’t racing NASCAR? How do you think NASCAR got started? Junior Johnson et al were shine runners. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dukes-of-hazzards-general-lee-nitrous-oxide/192360/25 "2003-08-03T19:22:12Z")
Brittany Speares has just been cast as Diasy Duke for the movie re-make. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dukes-of-hazzards-general-lee-nitrous-oxide/192360/26 "2003-08-04T19:08:00Z")
Some of the original cast will be at [Dukefest](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10939-2003Jul31.html) on [9 August](http://www.cootersplace.com/news.html#dukesfest) to celebrate the show’s 25th Anniverary (has it really been that long?). I’m sure the castmembers in attendance would have some…thoughts…on the proposed movie. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dukes-of-hazzards-general-lee-nitrous-oxide/192360.md?page=1)