What are the advantages of nitrogen for tire use?
I suppose as long as your air tools are oiled pure nitrogen wouldn't do them
any more damage then air.
Tw
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Welty [mailto:rwelty@krusty-motorsports.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 1998 2:06 PM
> To: tw@mcc.com
> Cc: 'Shop Talk'
> Subject: RE: Setting up shop
>
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> At 02:07 PM 8/20/98 -0500, tw@mcc.com wrote:
> >That's a good point - my son (age 9) has found out that he
> can run a 3/8 air
> >ratchet for a surprisingly long time off his 7 gallon
> portable air tank. I
> >bet a serious tank like you're talking about would actually
> be quite useful.
> >So are you still using it with nitrogen or did you refill with air or
> >something else?
>
> i've stuck with nitrogen. in performance applications, it has
> advantages
> over air for a bunch of reasons; it's a better way to fill
> race tires, for
> example.
>
> richard
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