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I've heard stories about how it has less "thermal expansion" than plain air. Which of course is bogus...
Maybe reduced oxidation of the rubber? But that's funny too, since how often does the tire rot from the INside?
Water vapor almost makes sense, but only if they don't use soapy water to seat the bead when mounting the tire.
It's not always easy to provide DRY compressed air, when you're running a compressor on a rainy day. But it seems like bottled dry air would be cheaper than bottled dry nitrogen.
Posts in this Thread:
- What's up with the Nitrogen filled tires?, JJ, Thu, 19 May 2005 13:15:58
- High performance aircraft ,i.e. jet aircraft, Bill, Sat, 21 May 2005 20:56:55
- here's some interesting info, davenew, Sat, 21 May 2005 17:54:31
- Pretty sure NASCAR Teams use Nitrogen....., vsfoxe , Thu, 19 May 2005 20:41:33
- Well, they had to come up with something new., SWEDECAR , Thu, 19 May 2005 20:35:21
- Re: What's up with the Nitrogen filled tires?, thor-in-2004, Thu, 19 May 2005 13:58:24
- Makes your car weightless ! !, diskullman, Thu, 19 May 2005 15:24:04
- Re: What's up with the Nitrogen filled tires?, JimBlake , Thu, 19 May 2005 14:20:34
- Re: More detail..., JimBlake , Fri, 20 May 2005 05:26:04
- Jimbo, it goes even deaper than that..., Chaz, Thu, 19 May 2005 18:55:52
- Jim Blake, you skeptic, you!, RayF, Thu, 19 May 2005 15:18:01
- Yup, water vapor. But the effect is minor, Ari , Thu, 19 May 2005 13:56:53
- Re: What's up with the Nitrogen filled tires?, JimBlake , Thu, 19 May 2005 13:51:10 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: What's up with the Nitrogen filled tires?, thor-in-2004, Thu, 19 May 2005 13:18:00
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