Nitrogen

[SynthRocker]

So, we got a fancy new lil toy at the dealer today.

nitrofill for filling tires with nitrogen.

Claims are better gas mileage, better tire wear yada yada yada. Less air loss.

So i decided to bring my car over to the fancy lil machine, and after much confusion, i got it to purge and fill 3 times lol and like magic, my tires are filled with 98% nitrogen at 38PSI.

Now I usually drive the same way/much of the same destinations often so I'm gonna see how "Well" this effects gas mileage after I fill up today, I usually get 300-320 miles to a 12gallon tank.


any of you guys use nitrogen? thoughts, opinions?

I've read many different things about it, and alot of people say at the amount in car tires it really doesent make a difference cept the fact you dont lose as much PSI often as regular air.

I'm not throwing any buns into this basket yet, I'm only trying it cause I get to fill up for free (screw the intial 40 dollar charge lol) although I did lose an hour of flate rate time trying to fiddle with the damn machine =p so it cost me 20 bucks haha

Tech in the bay next to me said it feels like a smoother ride. Hoped on the highway after, and he may be right, but it also could of been my brain thinking it after he said it.

[Specialk43]

I explain this shit everday....

Gas mileage claims come from having proper inflation of tires, nitrogen is more stable than compressed air and will loose less pressure over time.

Nitrogen will not cause tire pressures to be affected by tempertature, and will not cause over inflation while drving on a very hot freeway.

Nitrogen is very clean and filtered, and due to no moisture will not corrode rim beads.(IMO best reason to use it)

Anything said otherwise is pure and simply a marketing gimmick.

BTW, I've been explaing this to customers for a few years now, we were the first to use it, and almost all manufacturers use it from the factory, as well as many racing teams. Racing teams also use it on air tools as it is very clean and will make those high dollar impacts last longer. The US military also uses it on a majority of there tires, coming from a friend in the Marine Corp.

And just so you know, compressed air is already 78-80% nitrogen.

[SynthRocker]

Yeah, thats what I figured with the gas claims and what not.

But I can see it helping the rim from not rotting/gaining corrosion on the inside- like I see alot of American Racing wheels or the Pt cruiser rims do etc if its true about the moisture and what not ^_^

Eh o well, not like it cost me anything anyway, figured I'd give it a whirl ;-)

[Specialk43]

Pt cruiser rims as well as any factory gm or chrysler chrome plated aluminum rims, after about 6-8 years in a northern enviroment, the rims beads will go to shit. 25% of my customers that purchase new rims are for this very reason.

[BTib2003]

My brother put Nitto 555's on his Evo and had them filled with Nitrogen. His original Advans (as well as the ones on my Evo) went REALLY fast due to underinflation from the factory.

He's had the tires for like 7-8 months and can't really tell too much of a difference. They haven't lost any air (judging from a naked eye glance) and the tires ride a lot quieter. But that is more due to the change in the tire itself I believe.

Also I want to point out that the car has 7500 miles on it and he's owned it new since March 2006. So thorough road testing will probably not happen with this car. I guess take that information for what it is.