Nitrogen is dry where as air can contain water vapor. When the
tires get hot, air with water will expand much more than nitrogen
and you'll get a larger increase in tire pressure with air/water.
Drew
On Aug 20, 2:13pm, tw@mcc.com wrote:
> Subject: RE: Setting up shop
>
> 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
> >
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
> >
>-- End of excerpt from tw@mcc.com
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Drew Rogge
drew@pixar.com
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