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Old 20 Sep 2006, 01:02 pm
fritz_t_coyote fritz_t_coyote is offline
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quote:Originally posted by satellite66

Chemistry failure here but doesn't it make the tire colder and harder? Less traction?
not liquid nitrogen, just ambient temperature nitrogen gas.

the differences in thermal properties of nitrogen gas and regular compressed air (which is 78% nitrogen) is trivial in this case.

interesting reference:
http://www.sptimes.com/2005/09/28/Ta...our_tire.shtml

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