Nitrogen Filled Tires...Ya or Nay
10-05-2008, 09:56 AM
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yeah i just got a set of C6 ZO6's with new rubber and im gonna run nitrogen to see how i like it... heres a crazy question lets see if anyone has any info on this. for a number of years my fathers trucking company has been using this stuff called balancing powder its almost like a sand and you put a set measurment in a tire (depending on the size you have to measure it out on a gram scale) well anyways you put it in there and you dont have to use wheel weights and it actually expands to the inperfections of the tire and gives a perfect balance. my father says he also noticed alot better tire wear in all of his trucks he ran it in. im gonna run this in my SS with this new rubber. anyone think the Nitrogen will effect if???? and if your interested its made by a companys call Tech International and like i said you just have to measure it out for so many grams for different tire sizes
10-05-2008, 11:48 AM
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Nascar and most local roundy round tracks do run Nitro in their tires. I used to work as a tire specialist and tire changer in nascar and other series and you have to do it the right way. On drag tires ie Hoosiers, MT's you want to work them with air in the sun to get them to expand and shrink until u get to zero stager or close to that than release all the air and purge the tires with nitro after doing that you fill w/nitro to your desired pressures.
There are so many people out there that dont know how to do this and they just throw slicks on their car and dont set them up right and it cost in et's
On street tires you dont have to worry about staggering the tires but if ur going from air to nitro u still have to purge the tires with nitro first.
Hope this help some of guys.
sean
There are so many people out there that dont know how to do this and they just throw slicks on their car and dont set them up right and it cost in et's
On street tires you dont have to worry about staggering the tires but if ur going from air to nitro u still have to purge the tires with nitro first.
Hope this help some of guys.
sean
10-05-2008, 12:24 PM
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Air is 78% Nitrogen and 21% Oxygen.
Running pure Nitrogen means you don't have the Oxygen and water vapor found in air. That can help prevent corrosion or oxidation of the wheel or tire.
I would be amazed if you could show any measurable difference on a street car.
Running pure Nitrogen means you don't have the Oxygen and water vapor found in air. That can help prevent corrosion or oxidation of the wheel or tire.
I would be amazed if you could show any measurable difference on a street car.
