Editor's Note: Longtime contributor Chris Werner not only knows a thing or two about turning wrenches on late-model GMs, he is also an attorney at law. A member of the bars of New Jersey and New York, ...

Without experience in vehicle performance modifications, nitrous might be most familiar to you through blockbuster movies series like "Fast & Furious." If you recall, the characters had buttons ...

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.

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 ...