another myth???

[tcuillier]

I buy my tires from Costco, as long as the nitrogen is free, why not?

Tom

[dmako]

I use helium, less unsprung weight for better handling.

[Gonzo]

Originally posted by dmako
I use helium, less unsprung weight for better handling.

[Kris]

Originally posted by dmako
I use helium, less unsprung weight for better handling.

Still too heavy..........hydrogen is better as it is lighter....car handles even better and has much less unsprung weight.....like 23 x 10exp-23grams......

[sxmdaniel]

Originally posted by saito
Why not just dispense with air/nitrogen/argon altogether and put a set of Michelin Tweels on your MO?

now those are what i call fugly

[COMO]

Originally posted by TonyD.


Q: What else would cause vibration?

A: A broken steel belt in the tire would cause vibration as well as a bent rim.

Yep. IIRC, a low-speed wobble is probably a broken belt whereas a high-speed wobble is probably a balance problem (I could be wrong here but pretty sure I heard this somewhere once).

Also Gripper, you're right that, according to Boyle, equal amounts (moles for you chem. nerds) of nitrogen and air at the same temp will have the same volume (or so close as to not matter in everyday applications). The difference is the heat capacity which will affect how much the temp. will change for a given heat input. Nitrogen's heat capacity is different from air.

However, I agree that for a passenger vehicle, it'd be hard to measure a quantifiable difference in performance.

[MUIRANO]

Kind of dumb 80% the air with breath are nitrogen so why you want to pay for the 20% of the nitrogen for $$$ just a gimmick I say

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrogen

http://www.zyra.org.uk/nitrogen.htm

[MUIRANO]

Kind of dumb 80% the air with breath are nitrogen so why you want to pay for the 20% of the nitrogen for $$$ just a gimmick I say

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrogen

http://www.zyra.org.uk/nitrogen.htm