Anyone put nitrogen in their tires?

 

Edit: God I read that wrong didnt I?

I personally dont.

 

no he means nitrogen ... nascar uses it to keep the temps down on the rubber

its supposed to increase your MPG ... dunno if it works

 

Yeah i do, my friends shop got it couple months ago, so they wanted to test it out and gave it to us. it is suppose to be ALOT better than air, i got like 1000 Pamphlets im suppose to hand out at Races and stuff on it. I guess its just a Dryer element than Air and doesnt Expand in the heat like Air does. But i dunno, i think they sell it for like $10 bucks a Tire. I havnt had to put n e more Nitrogen in them since ive gotten it soo i guess its doin good..

 

Nitrogen is good stuff. It's an enert gas so it wont eat your tires like air. Also, the molecules (is that right? I just woke up) are bigger so they can't leak out of the tire as easily. That way, the pressure you put in your tire, stays that way.

 

Hmmm.... I don't know if any gas stations around my area have nitrogen to give out lol. If 50 cents at a local gas station gives me 4 minutes worth of air, I wonder how much will nitrogen cost....

 

We use it in our race bike.

The main reason for it is that the tire pressure doesn't change with tire temperature. So, say we fill up the tire with regular air to 30psi, go up to the line and do a burnout, heating the tire. If I were to check the tire pressure right after the burnout, it would be somewhere around 36-38psi, depending on the temperature the tire heated up to.

If I did the same thing with 30psi of nitrogen, with the same length burnout and checked it immediately after, it would be between 31-33psi.

Makes for much more consistent launches, traction, and peace of mind.

The tire pressure will still go up a little because even with the tire at 0psi, there is still one atmosphere of air inside it before you fill it, obviously.

Oh, and Nitrogen is CHEAP. We have a nitrogen tank that we use at the race for all of our air tools as well as the tires and it lasts a couple of races. We get it filled to about 2200psi for about $9.00, plus you must rent the tank for a few bucks a month if you don't have one.

Vince

 

talking pressure wise.. if anyone plays paintball.... same concept with nitrogen tanks compared to co2...

tanks can last long and no matter how low it gets put out the same psi every shot until it dies.. and it will not freeze and lower in pressure like co2... so same concept... sounds like some good stuff.. ill have to invest in it come spring.. should do it now so my damn tires dont get flat spots from sitting all winter but..

 

it's cheap and you can rent a large bottle to just replace your air compressor.

of course, not if you use it ALL the time, but if you use air tools now and again and fill tires once in a while it will last pretty good.

 

Costco fills tires with it, I think Sams does too.