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Corvette
Corvette Tech Questions & DIY
Can you just Simply Replace Nitrogen with Compressed Air
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<blockquote data-quote="Pep" data-source="post: 125997" data-attributes="member: 3248"><p>Unless you are worried about tires inflating and grip level just put air in as needed. You don't need to swap out the Nitrogen for air as stated above. Nitrogen holds less moisture in it than air. The moisture is what expands as it heats up in the tire not the nitrogen or oxygen or anything else in the air to much of an extent. That is why racing teams use nitrogen to control the inflation during high heat situations. My vette tires with nitrogen still in them gain pressure by about 20% of what my Camaro tires (same tire brand/type) did at the same starting pressures on regular driving and I used Nitrogen when racing back in the day. It was no big deal for me to go to a welding supply store and buy a small bottle of nitrogen to use to top up tires when needed. </p><p></p><p>Is it required for regular street/highway driving? Nope, not at all. Is it helpful if you want to push your car really hard all the time or track it? It helps a lot in that case.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pep, post: 125997, member: 3248"] Unless you are worried about tires inflating and grip level just put air in as needed. You don't need to swap out the Nitrogen for air as stated above. Nitrogen holds less moisture in it than air. The moisture is what expands as it heats up in the tire not the nitrogen or oxygen or anything else in the air to much of an extent. That is why racing teams use nitrogen to control the inflation during high heat situations. My vette tires with nitrogen still in them gain pressure by about 20% of what my Camaro tires (same tire brand/type) did at the same starting pressures on regular driving and I used Nitrogen when racing back in the day. It was no big deal for me to go to a welding supply store and buy a small bottle of nitrogen to use to top up tires when needed. Is it required for regular street/highway driving? Nope, not at all. Is it helpful if you want to push your car really hard all the time or track it? It helps a lot in that case. [/QUOTE]
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