Anyone tried to Nitrogen gas for tyres?

last SG · 2005-02-21T00:16:28+00:00

Then you get car lag (heard of Turbo lag? This is more severe)... your tyres will shoot ahead and your whole car will lag behind

sunnygal SG

Has any1 here tried to put nitrogen gas in your tyres?? Saw an advert, and said its supposed to be safer (lower risk of tyre explosion), reduce noice and improve FC among others.

So is all that true? Any points to note before going for it then? Shocked

epImetheus SG

Question Confused

1) it's not cheap.
2) it's not easy to pump

TwinTurbo_Supra SG

is nitrogen denser than air?

sidestep1984 SG

u driving monster truck arh?

bratpig SG

i put nitrogen in balloon b4

kopiosatu SG

it ain’t aircraft tyres.

TwinTurbo_Supra SG

did it float?

no_speeding SG

Juz a thought, when was the last time u saw ur tyre explode?
If that advert tells u this kind of claim, u can start ignoring the site liao.

Shocked

sidestep1984 SG

nitrogen is onli used for big assed vehicles…like monster dump trucks…airplanes…monster trucks..

foxwalk SG

Nitrogen is slightly less dense than air.

I don't know about nitrogen. But filling cryogenic nitrogen when I was doing lab work sure as hell freaked me.

w2k_83 SG

does it really matter?
I mean, air is already 75% nitrogen, and tyres dun really need pure nitrogen, but u can do so if u want i guess...

perseus76 SG

u can forget abt this. no use and waste of $$$.
The air had not direct contact with the floor, so how would it be possible to reduce noise. Its the tires. same for FC. somemore, it is not common. got to pay more.

zerocool85 SG

that's helium gas bro..

although there's 0.1% composition of nitrogen in it..

zerocool85 SG

sunnygal, it will definitely decrease ur FC but not by alot.

i suggest that if u want better FC, have slightly bloated tyres by pumping more air into it. this makes the tyres having less contact on the ground. which means it has less friction and thus less energy required to overcome the friction. its also cheaper this way.

however, if u do this, drive slowly on rainy days or slippery roads. another disadvantage of this is that the centre of tyres will bald faster than the sides.

TakumiFujiwara SG

try putting carbon dioxide instead by blowing your tyres up.. Laughing
bcos they are FOS..

bratpig SG

only helium can float...nitrogen put for fun one...cuz got extra

[email protected] SG

NEVER do that. u're actually doing something dangerous. youe life is worth more than the savings u get on your FC.

oh yea AE86tofu saw a tyre explode once, when he was working as a pump attendant.

anyways, nitrogen in tyres, so far I know that my racing team uses it in some of our vehicles, but not all the time.

Eu9eNe SG

well, i’m using nitrogen for my tyres now after replacing my old ones at stamford. paid 20 bucks i think plus free lifetime top up. it might just be me but i feel that the car is slightly lighter.. haha. the nitrogen’s also supposed to not heat up as quickly as air, therefore it reduces the risk of explosion. well, at least tt’s wad the guys at stamford told me. so your choice, i guess…

cairocks SG

My workshop filled my tires with nitrogen as part of package during last servicing. Till last month(2.5month since servicing), I notice that the tire pressure still able to maintain with no noticable drop. Very Happy This month have not check yet. Hoping that it can maintain till next servicing so I don't need to spend $$ to pump nitrogen from other sources. That is 2.5 month to go Smile .

P.S. not sure if can just pump normal air if pressure drop. Read conflicting opinions about that.

[email protected] SG

actually regarding the fact that nitrogen is an inert gas(i think? it’s been 5 years since i took chemistry), the main advantage is not that your tyre will not explode. honestly, that probably hardly happens with normal air. the point is that the amount of air expansion, and resulting increase in air pressure, in the tyre when it warms up due to friction while vehicle is moving, while not sufficient to blow a tyre up, its sufficient to affect the contact patch of the tyre. hence your car’s handling and tyre wear might vary according to tyre temps. this is a very impt factor esp when racing applications are considered, which is why racing teams tend to use nitrogen in their tyres.