Jasper
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| posted on 15/12/05 at 01:57 PM |
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Nitrogen in road tyres
So, is is b*lloxs, or worth doing, your opinions please:
http://uniflate.com/
Seems reasobale at £6 a car and they've got a depot up the road.....
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zzrpowerd-locost
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| posted on 15/12/05 at 02:01 PM |
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well if its good enough for F1.....
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greggors84
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| posted on 15/12/05 at 02:02 PM |
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Most of the benfits they talk about are just due to correctly inflated tyres. If the nitrogen really does stay in the tyres better then I guess it
could be worth it.
If not just keep your tyres pumped up.
Chris
The Magnificent 7!
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bob
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| posted on 15/12/05 at 02:13 PM |
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I think i'll check my pressures once a month and spend £6 on a breckie at our meet
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Mix
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| posted on 15/12/05 at 02:43 PM |
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If, as they say the free oxygen etc escapes through the tyre, then the tyre itself is your own personal nitrogen enrichment device. Each time you top
up the pressure the ratio of nitrogen to other constituents increases.
Check your tyre pressures more often and put £3 in a safe place each time you do.
This will save you £3 every time you pump up your tyres, give you better tyre life and roadholding, and provide a nest egg for that next
'essential' for the car.
Mick
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iceman26
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| posted on 15/12/05 at 06:12 PM |
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i have used it in my bmw and worked well if you drive hard on a and b roads made car handle lot better
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bigandy
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| posted on 15/12/05 at 08:12 PM |
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quote:
i have used it in my bmw and worked well if you drive hard on a and b roads made car handle lot better
I painted a stripe down my Mini, and that made it handle better on the B roads too.... Maybe in conjunction with nitrogen in the tyres, I would be
unbeatable? 
Dammit! Too many decisions....
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chriscook
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| posted on 15/12/05 at 08:47 PM |
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Where I work we have monitored multple sets of car and commercial tyres over 6 months inflated with normal air and nitrogen. None of them showed any
pressure loss. This was a proper test with calibrated pressure transducers fixed into the rims.
Don't know about the other claims
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bigandy
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| posted on 15/12/05 at 09:25 PM |
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Personally, I would rather fill my tyres with Helium, and revel in the weight savings!
Dammit! Too many decisions....
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ed_crouch
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| posted on 15/12/05 at 09:46 PM |
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If you want to be able to get to sainsburys 0.05 seconds quicker, then it sounds like it might be a goer.
Aircraft use nitrogen in the tyres because:
Its not mega expensive (plenty of it around: 78% in the atmos!)
Its basically inert.
Pure Nitrogen has no water vapour in it, which means that the wheel rims/other metallic parts inside the pressure region do not corrode, as there is
naff all water around, so no porous rims.
They don't use it for better grip/braking on the runway!! They have s*dding great thrust reversers and aerobrakes for that.
Unless 0.05 seconds really matters, I reckon its a bunch of wally.
Ed.
I-iii-iii-iii-ts ME!
Hurrah.
www.wings-and-wheels.net
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Jasper
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| posted on 16/12/05 at 09:58 AM |
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Cheers chaps, so the overiding concensus is it's b*lloxs then .......
And Hicost, yes, of course the car is finished, I'll see you at 'The Pod' on Saturday, don't forget your pink slip 
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