sweeperking

I love learning new things and this is a new one to me even though I'm sure it's been out for a while. Just recently heard from a buddy with a 07 ram 1500 that he is running nitrogen in his tires, says the ride feels better, better gas mileage and so on. I was wondering if any one here runs nitro in the tires or maybe I'm the only one that doesnt. Is it worth it? Is it expensive? and how do you get it? My buddie with the ram goes to a Ford dealer to get his tires aired, me, I dont think so.

Sgt. Veteran

Don't know much about it myself, the neighbour has a new ford and it has that in the tires, they have green caps on the valves so ya know its not air thats how I noticed.
Said she goes to the dealer to have them checked, sounds like a pain in the *** to me for what a lighter gas in my tires ... must be more to it I guess and will have to wait for members input to find out what ..

1966sportfury

i havent tried it yet waiting to change tires. almost time to get tires they are getting thin. i heard that it dont leak out like air stays constant at any temp. and its around 6 bucks a tire. $24 more than air. most tire store should carry it since it been about 4 yrs since i heard about it.

Crazy4Carz.Com

Nope, no ride difference at all.

Nope, no difference in MPG.

The only reasons to use this is safety and long term maintenance. The molecule size of nitrogen is larger than oxygen and the tires will leak down more slowly and the tire pressure does not change with hot and cold as easy as it does with just air in the tires. Also for what it is worth, when air comes through the tires it causes yellowing, very noticeable on whitewalls and nitrogen keeps the tires black and whitewalls white.

samuelcosmo76

The fact that the tires won't get discolored almost makes it worth it. I saw a thing on tv about that this morning, I would totally try it if it was free, or as cheap as air.

Sgt. Veteran

Makes sence and a plus that the pressure stays consistent hot or cold, anyone have any 1/4 mile experience with it?

67 GTX

all I know if that you can't mix it with air

Crazy4Carz.Com

Sure you can. It would eliminate all of the positive reasons for putting it in there but if the tire did eventually get low you can just add air.

MReeves

We tried it on the race cars and saw very little difference... The biggest was the nitrogen didn't go up and down with the ambient temps.. With air you can have the sun shinning on one side of the car and that side slick will be a pound or two higher than the other.. This is not good... Some feel its enough reason to use it... We do not.. We just take a tire guage and portable air pump to the lanes and do it there....

Buffalojoe426

It seems like your getting ripped off paying for Nitrogen! The air around us is made up of 78% of the stuff!

sweeperking

Good point but exactly how expensive is it? and how would I obtain some if I wanted to try it? does it come in a can?

78D200

You have to go to a tire service station. Most have it there.

67gtxclone

Just be very careful not to fart when getting your tires filled with nitrogen. That combination would be nitro methane, and we all know how explosive that mixture is!!!!

Sgt. Veteran

lmao .... more beans please

67 GTX

i heard that the two didn't mix well

1966sportfury

well when you put a tire on a rim there has to be some air in it right? from putting the tire on..so what do they do vacuum the air out? for once im not being a smarta$$ just a ?

sweeperking

My daddy use to tell mom all the time "better to be a smarta$$ than a dumba$$" I think he was being a smarta$$

fivepoint

The newer cars with the tire inflation monitors require the dry air to function properly. I have read that those inflation monitors will be required on all new vehicles soon. Its part of the new fuel mileage requirements Uncle Sam wants.

mystarcollectorcar.com

We did an article on winter storage and one of the questions we asked a tire expert was about nitrogen as it pertained to storage over the course of a year-"Finally we asked if nitrogen is a good investment for storing your tires. He didn’t think so because even if the molecules are larger, there is no guarantee that the tires won’t leak over the winter. That doesn’t make nitrogen a solid bet and it’s pretty expensive. Most old car guys are willing to invest in things that definitely work but nitrogen is, at best, a roll of the dice."