Anybody tried inflating their tyres with Nitrogen? Notice any of the claimed benefits? Cost $6 per tyre.
a.woodrow,
Nov 7, 6:44pm
You already have a lot of nitrogen in your tyres (78%)
sr2,
Nov 7, 6:46pm
Mate; Nitrogen increases fuel economy, sperm count, tyre longevity, reduces harm to the environment, saves whales and makes your local tyre shop a pretty penny.
The topic has been done to death on this MB, just search to your left.
tony9,
Nov 7, 6:49pm
Car will use less fuel due to not having to carry around $24. Only other advantage is to the bank account of the vendor.
sr2,
Nov 7, 6:52pm
And the issue with sperm count?
fordz,
Nov 9, 8:27pm
For a road car there is not much sense in paying for nitrogen. Most of the air going into the tire is already nitrogen so 20 buck for nothing don,t make sense
tamarillo,
Nov 10, 9:01am
It's bs for suckers.
mainlander05,
Nov 10, 3:53pm
And yet we still get customers telling us that they notice a difference in the ride of the car.funny that. How many of you knockers have actual experience of driving with nitro? I'm betting none.
sr2,
Nov 10, 3:58pm
Try Googling "placebo effect",(sometimes a cut and polish and a new WOF can even make your car feel like it's running better).
joanie04,
Nov 10, 4:35pm
I have only because it was free. Brother who is a mechanic said to go with it.
next-to-normal,
Nov 10, 4:36pm
good for utes with a heavy load on the back,
bill-robinson,
Nov 10, 4:46pm
I have, in a race car. oh sorry that was ON nitrogen, not WITH nitro
daryl14,
Nov 10, 6:17pm
There is only one place it is called nitro. That is by tyre shops trying to pass it off as a performance mod by making it sound like an energy drink or nitrous. I'd love to see someone mix it up and put nitrous oxide in some tyres. Be pretty dangerous and then hopefully the tyre shops would have to stop calling nitrogen nitro. The two seem to get confused with alarming regularity already.
bigmuz1,
Nov 10, 6:28pm
Do they blow them up and let them down a few times to purge the oxygen that's present in the air from when the tire was fitted? If not, whats the point? if 20% oxy is bad surely 7% must be bad too, which is about what you'd get blowing an air filled tire up with Nitrogen
mrcat1,
Nov 10, 6:54pm
No, that's Nitro methane, any thing running on that will feel like its going well, it just depends for how long though.
mrcat1,
Nov 10, 6:55pm
Nitrous oxide is harmless, what do you think they give pregnant woman?
tony9,
Nov 10, 6:59pm
Not inside a tire it is harmless. At the very least it will cause the rubber to rot. Worst case, with 100% Nitrous Oxide it would cause a fire.
Pregnant women are tougher than tires!
mrcat1,
Nov 10, 7:06pm
Its laughing gas and non flammable. Maybe you have been sucking on the bottle for tooo long?
NO, it is a oxidizer, not a fuel, why do you think they put it into car engines? to increase the oxygen level going into a engine.
Internal combustion engine[edit]
Main article: Nitrous oxide engine
In vehicle racing, nitrous oxide (often referred to as just "nitrous") allows the engine to burn more fuel by providing more oxygen than air alone, resulting in a more powerful combustion. The gas itself is not flammable at a low pressure/temperature, but it delivers more oxygen than atmospheric air by breaking down at elevated temperatures. Therefore, it is often mixed with another fuel that is easier to deflagrate.
Nitrous oxide is stored as a compressed liquid; the evaporation and expansion of liquid nitrous oxide in the intake manifold causes a large drop in intake charge temperature, resulting in a denser charge, further allowing more air/fuel mixture to enter the cylinder. Nitrous oxide is sometimes injected into (or prior to) the intake manifold, whereas other systems directly inject right before the cylinder (direct port injection) to increase power.
The technique was used during World War II by Luftwaffe aircraft with the GM-1 system to boost the power output of aircraft engines. Originally meant to provide the Luftwaffe standard aircraft with superior high-altitude performance, technological considerations limited its use to extremely high altitudes. Accordingly, it was only used by specialized planes like high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft, high-speed bombers, and high-altitude interceptor aircraft. It could sometimes be found on Luftwaffe aircraft also fitted with another engine-boost system, MW 50, a form of water injection for aviation engines that used methanol for its boost capabilities.
mrcat1,
Nov 10, 7:26pm
You can inject it in both Petrol and diesel engines if need be, same as you can use water/ methanol injection on both petrol and diesel engines.
sr2,
Nov 10, 7:36pm
Seeing as we've drifted off the OP's question, anyone here had experience with LPG injection in diesel engines?
mrcat1,
Nov 10, 7:40pm
They do run some diesels on LPG, CAT even run some on natural gas, there is some compressor stations on the main gas pipeline using gas powered diesels and gas powered jet or turbines engines driving compressors.
tamarillo,
Nov 10, 7:41pm
Try just putting air in next time and tell them this is better nitrogen. Same effect.
morrisman1,
Nov 10, 8:48pm
A WOF is pretty much a full service isnt it? You'd expect it to run better after that
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