Nitrogen inflation

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Nitrogen inflation

Post by rspj » Wed Jul 29, 2015 8:30 pm

Any one use nitrogen for inflation of tyres do make any difference ? :boots:
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Re: Nitrogen inflation

Post by SuprSi » Wed Jul 29, 2015 8:41 pm

Nope, pretty much a waste of time. The pressure increases the same with temperature as dry air, so as long as you're not pumping your tyres up in an extremely humid environment you'll be fine. Nearly all tyre places have moisture traps on thier air lines anyways.

People in racing sometimes use it for convenience as much as anything else, as they run all their air tools from a nitrogen cylinder. Companies like nissan say about the gtr tyres being filled with nitrogen because it sounds cool.
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Re: Nitrogen inflation

Post by RossDagley » Thu Jul 30, 2015 9:26 am

I tend to fill with 78% nitrogen.
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Re: Nitrogen inflation

Post by boff » Thu Jul 30, 2015 9:33 am

I'm onto using helium from my diving rig
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Re: Nitrogen inflation

Post by RossDagley » Sun Aug 02, 2015 9:23 am

boff wrote:I'm onto using helium from my diving rig
makes the car lighter, and therefore faster.
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Previously:
Renault Megane R26 - Liquid Yellow - 275ps.
2015 Audi Exclusive RS4 B8 - Merlin Purple - JCWF Exhaust
2009 Audi RS6 C6 - Phantom Black - 730ps MRC Tuned
2008 Audi RS4 B7 - Phantom Black - 449ps MRC Tuned
2002 Peugeot 106 Gti - Mauritius blue - 430ps Home built.

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