[urq] Nitrogen??

[martin at quattro.ca]

David,

I believe that either F1 used to or still uses Nitorgen to fill their tires.
Temperature change has less effect on pressure change if filled with
Nitrogen rather than regular air containing moisture.

Hope this helps.
Martin


> I use nitrogen instead of compressed air for a lot of applications for
> various reasons, usually to prevent or control the adverse effects of
> oxygen and it is generally more steady in impurities and humidity
> etc......it seems like serious overkill for passenger car tires......do
> race cars or planes use nitrogen in tires?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kent McLean [mailto:kentmclean at mindspring.com]
> Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 10:24 PM
> To: 200q20v at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: Nitrogen??
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> TooManyAudis at aol.com wrote:
>> This is  common practice in the aerospace business to use nitrogen in
>> airplane tires  for many years.
>> Costco is also filling new tires with nitrogen as a example  in the
>> automotive market, there may be other tire outlets as well doing
>> this. So, what happens when you need to add some more air
>> (nitrogen) to the  tires?   Do you have to got to Costco to get it
>> topped off with  Nitrogen?
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> The last time I got tires, the local tire store offered a Nitrogen
> fill for $5/tire, guaranteed for the life of the tire.  You had to
> go back to them for refills, and there may have been other
> conditions (like having them check the tire pressure every x
> weeks). I politely passed on it, since I knew I'd need air while
> away from their store.
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> Kent McLean
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> '89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy" up in smoke
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