RE: what kind of air/gas/exotic liquid.....

["Nick Koleszar" <npk@domain.elided>]

Ah, yes but he asked what air, not what gas....

I prefer hydrogen, it really helps with the unsprung weight and testing for
slow leaks is a cinch - you just walk around the car before every drive with
a lit match or a lighter.

nk

> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 20:00:35 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Richard Welty <rwelty@domain.elided>
> Subject: Re[2]: Milano oil filter & others
>
> On Mon, 24 Jun 2002 16:50:58 -0700 Ted Williams
> <tedw@domain.elided> wrote:
>
> > "Oh, what kind of air should I use in my tires?" asks Zach
> >
> > Well...most certainly you know this....hot air...shouldn't be too hard
> > for
> > yah! ; )
>
> i missed the original question, but it's not as dumb as it sounds.
>
> race teams often use bottled nitrogen to fill tires. it's dry
> (won't change
> its volume so much as the tires heat up) and the molecules are larger than
> O2 so they don't leak the same way.
>
> common compressed air (like at your garage) is usually "shop air", and is
> full of water. a dryer in the line can make a big difference, that water
> vapor can contribute to substantial increases in the volume of the air in
> the tire.
>
> people who drive really fast on race tracks sometimes care about this
> stuff.
>
> richard
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