so, I have to ask, what is the benefit of nitrogen? I’m assuming it’s 100% nitrogen.
The only thing I can figure, is there would be less loss or gain of pressure during temperature changes.
That’s why I could only imagine it would be worth while to bother with if you were in a top fuel dragster (or maybe a plane, I have no idea what they use).
I mean, I know our tires deflate when it’s cold, but I am not buying tanks of nitrogen for our vehicles. We just put more “air” in the tires.
Am I missing something here?
Am I missing something here?
By volume, dry air contains 78.09% nitrogen, 20.95% oxygen, 0.93% argon, 0.039% carbon dioxide, and small amounts of other gases. Air also contains a variable amount of water vapor, on average around 1% at sea level, and 0.4% over the entire atmosphere.
The talking point $ is that nitrogen doesn’t leak out of the tire as fast in theory...............
Note how little CO2 is in the atmosphere also.
no oxygen = no internal oxidation for us everyday folks ... but the outsides of the wheels and tires are still in contact with the 21% oxygen that we love and need
I don’t know if there is a tremendous difference in expansion rates between Oxygen and Nitrogen (I am sure that there is some)
Top Fuel dragsters or vehicles trying to set speed records also make sure there are nothing but smooth surfaces on their bodies ... it makes a super slight but important for them difference ... us regular folks don’t care if there is a seam line all the way around our door or that our rear view mirror is flat instead of bullet shaped
If you bought a bottle of nitrogen ... how would you know it was 100% nitrogen (it would be the cheapest inert gas) but how could you tell?
All in all, it really is pretty insignificant benefits to be realized at optimum utilization (except for the Dragsters and Land Speed Folks where a bunch tiny things add up)
That is about it. In autocross and NASCAR it means something, but buying a used Camry with it is silly.
Nitrogen gas is very dry, so you’re not puming any water vapor into your tires.
For the ultimate driving experience, buy some titanium rims and fill your tires with argon. /S