I have seen the same claims as below. I did not believe them but tried
N2 anyway.
It supposedly:
* Leaks down less
* Has less pressure change with temperature, since there's very low
moisture content
* Gets better mileage
* Longer tire life, without the reactive O2
*As far as leaks down less, N2 is a smaller molecule then O2.
Therefore, the N2 should leak faster. Certainly no slower.
*Again from a thermodynamics point of view the pressure change theory
should hold. However in my Toyota Land Cruiser, (big tires) the
pressure changed more then I expected. I do not recall the exact
amount, but I remember returning once a week for a month until I got
tire of returning, to adjust the tire pressures, because they were off
by > 3 psi.
*Better gas mileage, The only difference I can come up with (at the
time) is less weight. Check the periodic table and you see that the
difference is very small.
*Longer life, I don't keep tires long enough to care.
I should finish saying that I had (before really thinking about) really
hoped that this worked. IMHO from my experience, it was a waste of time
and money.
Charlie Mathews
Steven Trovato wrote:
>
> The latest fad/trend (depending upon your point of view) is filling
> tires with nitrogen instead of air. Check out
> http://www.getnitrogen.org/ if you want to learn more about this.
> Anyway, I was wondering if anyone here has been using nitrogen for
> either street or race applications.
>
> -Steve Trovato
> strovato@optonline.net
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