spridgets
[Top] [All Lists]

RE: Nitrogen

To: "Geoff Branch" <gjbranch@comcast.net>,
Subject: RE: Nitrogen
From: "de Brebisson, Cyrille (Calculator Division)" <cyrille@hp.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 07:28:01 -0600
Hello,

Helium is too 'light' (even under pressure...) reduces control on the
road.... well known fact!

cyrille

-----Original Message-----

Well put Cyrill!!!  I love this nitrogen in the tires bs everytime it
comes 
up.  It's shite.

What about filling the tires with helium????

Geoff Branch
----- Original Message ----- 

> Hello,
>
> I say (actually, I SHOUT) BULL****
>
> Let us say it was even remotely true...
> I fill my tires with 'air', ie: 80% nitrogen, 20% o2...
> After 2 month, the o2 went away and I lost 20% of my tire pressure
(which 
> with 30 PSI would bring me down to 24PSI, really close to the
recomanded 
> 26~28 PSI for the car anyway...
> I refill the missing 20% with 'air', I now have 96% Nitrogen and 4%
o2, 
> which, even if it went away would only bring my tire pressure to
28.8PSI, 
> largely within the tolerances for the crappy pressure gages that we
are 
> using, or the normal cold/hot changes..
> But let us say, I refilled a 1/3 time, I now have 99.2% Nitrogen in my

> tires and .08% o2... not really a problem, and it did not cost me $8!
> Cyrille




<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>