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hi, i heard that its possible to put nitrogen in the tires and its actually
better than having air. is this true and would u recommend it?

thnx

In article <3fc05fd3_1@news.iprimus.com.au>, "Sandro" <Sandro@Home.it>
wrote:

> hi, i heard that its possible to put nitrogen in the tires and its actually
> better than having air. is this true

You can, and it's not better than plain air unless you're drag racing.

> You can, and it's not better than plain air unless you're drag racing.


Regular old air is 78% nitrogen - 21% oxygen - 1% other stuff.

Helium might work even better to make the car lighter.....


"Sandro" <Sandro@Home.it> wrote in message news:3fc05fd3_1@news.iprimus.com.au...
> hi, i heard that its possible to put nitrogen in the tires and its actually
> better than having air. is this true and would u recommend it?
>
> thnx
>
>

Except helium atoms are much smaller - the tires will tend to go flat faster
from helium leaching through the porous rubber. Ever seen a helium balloon
after a week?

"Carl S. Moore" <carl.moore2@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:8%4wb.215052$9E1.1148352@attbi_s52...
> Helium might work even better to make the car lighter.....
>
>
> "Sandro" <Sandro@Home.it> wrote in message
news:3fc05fd3_1@news.iprimus.com.au...
> > hi, i heard that its possible to put nitrogen in the tires and its
actually
> > better than having air. is this true and would u recommend it?
> >
> > thnx
> >
> >
>
>

Yeah. If you keep your tires inflated at recommended pressure, the car
will actually float above ground!




Carl S. Moore wrote:
> Helium might work even better to make the car lighter.....

That's a new one on me. Nitrogen preserves stuff, but tires are pretty rugged and the outsides get all the grief. Nitrogen tanks are pressurized to thousands of pound (psi)so you need to find the proper regulator to step it down - filling will be REAL fast, and the popping even faster. I'd use Helium! With fat tires you could literally float above the ground but then I suppose traction could be problem. No, No, nitrous oxide is the thing - see FAST & Furious. Have Fun!

I got a chuckle out of the first helium post but the fact remains that
helium is used for leak detection in critical industrial/aerospace
systems for the exact reason that you brought up...

JT




Scott MacLean wrote:
>
> Except helium atoms are much smaller - the tires will tend to go flat faster
> from helium leaching through the porous rubber. Ever seen a helium balloon
> after a week?
>
> "Carl S. Moore" <carl.moore2@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:8%4wb.215052$9E1.1148352@attbi_s52...
> > Helium might work even better to make the car lighter.....
> >
> >
> > "Sandro" <Sandro@Home.it> wrote in message
> news:3fc05fd3_1@news.iprimus.com.au...
> > > hi, i heard that its possible to put nitrogen in the tires and its
> actually
> > > better than having air. is this true and would u recommend it?
> > >
> > > thnx
> > >
> > >
> >
> >

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Good point. Hadn't thought about that. I was going to
use the helium after the hydrogen fills resulted in the loss
of my first car........

Carl

"Scott MacLean" <scottNO@SPAMnerosoft.com> wrote in message
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> Except helium atoms are much smaller - the tires will tend to go flat faster
> from helium leaching through the porous rubber. Ever seen a helium balloon
> after a week?

I believe NASCAR uses nitrogen to inflate race tires. Might have something
to do with heat conduction and the N2 is dry,contains no water vapor.

--
Jim Yanik,NRA member
jyanik-at-kua.net