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Nitro in your tires! #395203 Feb 8, 9:06pm Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 173 Saskatoon, Sask GTaintsobad Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT GTaintsobad Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 173 Saskatoon, Sask They're going to start putting nitrogen in car tires instead of air. It doesn't leak out because the molecules are bigger, and it itsn't effected by tempreature - so no more checking air pressure!

Re: Nitro in your tires! GTaintsobad #395204 Feb 8, 9:09pm Joined: May 2002 Posts: 5,979 Likes: 9 Los Angeles, CA isaac ECelica Admin 2001 Toyota Celica GT isaac ECelica Admin 2001 Toyota Celica GT Joined: May 2002 Posts: 5,979 Likes: 9 Los Angeles, CA who is "they" ??? got a link to this story... It's not just your imagination... Your day really does go by twice as fast while on EverythingCelica.com

Re: Nitro in your tires! isaac #395205 Feb 8, 9:11pm Joined: May 2002 Posts: 5,979 Likes: 9 Los Angeles, CA isaac ECelica Admin 2001 Toyota Celica GT isaac ECelica Admin 2001 Toyota Celica GT Joined: May 2002 Posts: 5,979 Likes: 9 Los Angeles, CA Nevermind... i searched google http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=na...rogen+tires+air [google.com] It's not just your imagination... Your day really does go by twice as fast while on EverythingCelica.com

Re: Nitro in your tires! isaac #395206 Feb 8, 9:12pm Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 173 Saskatoon, Sask GTaintsobad Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT GTaintsobad Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 173 Saskatoon, Sask car manufaturers - I saw it on motorweek I think - it was on speed channel

Re: Nitro in your tires! GTaintsobad #395207 Feb 8, 9:17pm Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 722 Pocasset, MA TRDOTC Senior Member 2003 Toyota Celica GT TRDOTC Senior Member 2003 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 722 Pocasset, MA all tires?? that would be cool if the benefits are good

Re: Nitro in your tires! GTaintsobad #395208 Feb 8, 9:19pm Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 981 Bellflower, CA Kim GOD 2002 Toyota Celica GT Kim GOD 2002 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 981 Bellflower, CA i'm going to do it too, should i go with NOS or NX?

Re: Nitro in your tires! Kim #395209 Feb 8, 9:28pm Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,744 Gainesville, FL hombredelassrtas CF Connoisseur 2004 Toyota Celica hombredelassrtas CF Connoisseur 2004 Toyota Celica Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,744 Gainesville, FL u can use anything Used propaine in our lawnmower tires once when we didn't have air. My dad works for propaine company so he knows what he is doing... i think

Re: Nitro in your tires! GTaintsobad #395210 Feb 8, 9:38pm Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 419 Los Angeles, California vcel523 Senior Member 2003 Toyota Celica GT vcel523 Senior Member 2003 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 419 Los Angeles, California Isn't Nitrogen is different than Nitrous oxide? I'm not sure you can use NOS.

Re: Nitro in your tires! vcel523 #395211 Feb 8, 9:46pm Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 74 FL BrokenDreams23 Member 2001 Toyota Celica GT BrokenDreams23 Member 2001 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 74 FL Thats straight. but what if you get a flat.

Re: Nitro in your tires! vcel523 #395212 Feb 8, 10:19pm Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 419 Los Angeles, California vcel523 Senior Member 2003 Toyota Celica GT vcel523 Senior Member 2003 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 419 Los Angeles, California ya, I think you need special "dry" nitrogen for your tires, not sure if NOS or NX is "dry"

Re: Nitro in your tires! vcel523 #395213 Feb 8, 10:23pm Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 173 Saskatoon, Sask GTaintsobad Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT GTaintsobad Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 173 Saskatoon, Sask its just pure nitrogen - its harmless. No2 is something completly differnt.. it only costs $5 a tire to get nitrogen put in, and you could mix air with it if you got a leak or something - its just a substitue for air that isn't effeced by temp, and doesn't naturally leak like air will, do to the fact that nitrogen molecules are bigger then oxygen molecules.

Re: Nitro in your tires! GTaintsobad #395214 Feb 8, 10:39pm Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 1,869 Likes: 1 San Francisco, CA Chelica815 Specialist 2000 Toyota Celica Chelica815 Specialist 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 1,869 Likes: 1 San Francisco, CA That's pretty cool. I am up for a change. Aggressively Driven 2000 Celica GT-S 6 Speed

Re: Nitro in your tires! Chelica815 #395215 Feb 8, 11:41pm Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 2,029 Likes: 1 Orange County, Ca RevMonster Masta OC 2003 Toyota Celica RevMonster Masta OC 2003 Toyota Celica Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 2,029 Likes: 1 Orange County, Ca What do you think about using H20 in your tires? Even larger molecules I'm just a crosshair I'm just a shot away from you

Re: Nitro in your tires! RevMonster #395216 Feb 9, 12:04am Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 186 Southern California CaddyShack Member 1991 Cadillac Seville CaddyShack Member 1991 Cadillac Seville Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 186 Southern California ^^ nice and smooth ride... like liquid another honda kill story is always welcome

Re: Nitro in your tires! CaddyShack #395217 Feb 9, 6:40am Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 133 Calgary, Alberta goose42 Member 2002 Toyota Celica goose42 Member 2002 Toyota Celica Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 133 Calgary, Alberta Air is mostly nitrogen anyway (78% by mass). It won't help much as most leaks are broken seals between tire and rim which will let even the biggest molecules out.

Re: Nitro in your tires! goose42 #395218 Feb 9, 7:48am Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 89 Madison WI L3M1315 Member 2000 Toyota Celica L3M1315 Member 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 89 Madison WI Originally Posted by goose42 Air is mostly nitrogen anyway (78% by mass). It won't help much as most leaks are broken seals between tire and rim which will let even the biggest molecules out. Exactly. I don't see it being anything more than a hassle. Besides, everything is affected by temperature, especially gases. I'd rather have cement tires and rubber roads (no flat tires and no road buckles)...it's just as ridiculous, but certainly more advantageous.

Re: Nitro in your tires! L3M1315 #395219 Feb 9, 7:51am Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 10,110 Milford, NJ VSGTS14 05 WRB 2005 Subaru WRX STi VSGTS14 05 WRB 2005 Subaru WRX STi Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 10,110 Milford, NJ weird SUBARU TECNICA INTERNATIONAL

Re: Nitro in your tires! VSGTS14 #395220 Feb 9, 8:07am Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 479 CT jonnyess Senior Member 2002 Toyota Celica jonnyess Senior Member 2002 Toyota Celica Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 479 CT great...just one more thing to worry about next time I'm in a flaming wreck!!! Life is the sexually transmitted interruption of an otherwise peaceful existence...

Re: Nitro in your tires! jonnyess #395221 Feb 9, 8:53am Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 89 Madison WI L3M1315 Member 2000 Toyota Celica L3M1315 Member 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 89 Madison WI ^^ Nitrogen isn't a volitile gas. Nitrous Oxide is, and so is pure Oxygen, but a flaming wreck and Nitrogen gas isn't an explosive combination.

Re: Nitro in your tires! L3M1315 #395222 Feb 9, 1:01pm Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 3,977 San Diego, CA Zero Furi Kuri 2002 Toyota Celica GT Zero Furi Kuri 2002 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 3,977 San Diego, CA now driving with liquid nitrogen, thats another story I've mastered the art of the After Image Technique.

Re: Nitro in your tires! Zero #395223 Feb 9, 1:11pm Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 774 Tempe, AZ ExNihilo Cold Warrior 2004 Toyota Celica GTS ExNihilo Cold Warrior 2004 Toyota Celica GTS Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 774 Tempe, AZ Sounds like just another way to make money. Imagine that, having to pay $5.00 to get Nitrogen put in each tire. What's the current price for getting just air? 50 cents for four tires if you go to a gas station, free if you pump your own.

Re: Nitro in your tires! ExNihilo #395224 Feb 9, 1:15pm Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 54 uk Crazy_Carlos Member 1992 Toyota Celica GTI 16 Crazy_Carlos Member 1992 Toyota Celica GTI 16 Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 54 uk but if it dont leak out it should be betta

Re: Nitro in your tires! Crazy_Carlos #395225 Feb 9, 4:48pm Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 157 BC, Canada HJC_Celica Member 2000 Toyota Celica HJC_Celica Member 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 157 BC, Canada race teams have used it for quite some time because of slightly less expansion when heated.. allowing for more stable traction... but for an everyday driver the benifit would be so minimal its not worth it.

Re: Nitro in your tires! Crazy_Carlos #395226 Feb 9, 4:49pm Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 981 Bellflower, CA Kim GOD 2002 Toyota Celica GT Kim GOD 2002 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 981 Bellflower, CA I was joking about the NOS. I think the most important factor is that it doesn't change with temp.

Re: Nitro in your tires! Crazy_Carlos #395227 Feb 9, 5:01pm Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 774 Tempe, AZ ExNihilo Cold Warrior 2004 Toyota Celica GTS ExNihilo Cold Warrior 2004 Toyota Celica GTS Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 774 Tempe, AZ Originally Posted by Crazy_Carlos but if it dont leak out it should be betta Believe me, it will leak. Air is already 78% nitrogen anyway, and THAT leaks.

Re: Nitro in your tires! ExNihilo #395228 Feb 9, 5:05pm Joined: May 2004 Posts: 283 Elk Grove, California shoulin Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT shoulin Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: May 2004 Posts: 283 Elk Grove, California Originally Posted by ExNihilo Originally Posted by Crazy_Carlos but if it dont leak out it should be betta Believe me, it will leak. Air is already 78% nitrogen anyway, and THAT leaks. ^^ exactly this is nothing like no2 or nx whatever... it is simply in a sence purified air.. they just take out the oxygen, and other gasses that way the nitrogen is pure, the main benefit is the tires wont get as hot with friction, resulting in longer tread life... ... all Costco Tire centers are now filling all tires with nitrogen

Re: Nitro in your tires! shoulin #395229 Feb 9, 6:10pm Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 42 SleepyGT Member 2000 Toyota Celica GTS SleepyGT Member 2000 Toyota Celica GTS Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 42 This give me a stupid idea... what if we put helium in our tires? would that help in terms of weight reduction? I mean our tires take up a lot of air... it's like having the super-lightweight wheels 2000 Manual GT-S TRD Springs AEM Intake Apexi N1 exhaust

Re: Nitro in your tires! shoulin #395230 Feb 9, 9:25pm Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 173 Saskatoon, Sask GTaintsobad Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT GTaintsobad Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 173 Saskatoon, Sask Originally Posted by shoulin Originally Posted by ExNihilo Originally Posted by Crazy_Carlos but if it dont leak out it should be betta Believe me, it will leak. Air is already 78% nitrogen anyway, and THAT leaks. ^^ exactly this is nothing like no2 or nx whatever... it is simply in a sence purified air.. they just take out the oxygen, and other gasses that way the nitrogen is pure, the main benefit is the tires wont get as hot with friction, resulting in longer tread life... ... all Costco Tire centers are now filling all tires with nitrogen They use it in planes, and other commercial vehicles - its obviously worth it, although I can't say I care that much really...

Re: Nitro in your tires! GTaintsobad #395231 Feb 10, 7:35am Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 774 Tempe, AZ ExNihilo Cold Warrior 2004 Toyota Celica GTS ExNihilo Cold Warrior 2004 Toyota Celica GTS Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 774 Tempe, AZ Originally Posted by GTaintsobad Originally Posted by shoulin Originally Posted by ExNihilo Originally Posted by Crazy_Carlos but if it dont leak out it should be betta Believe me, it will leak. Air is already 78% nitrogen anyway, and THAT leaks. ^^ exactly this is nothing like no2 or nx whatever... it is simply in a sence purified air.. they just take out the oxygen, and other gasses that way the nitrogen is pure, the main benefit is the tires wont get as hot with friction, resulting in longer tread life... ... all Costco Tire centers are now filling all tires with nitrogen They use it in planes, and other commercial vehicles - its obviously worth it, although I can't say I care that much really... Hmmm, maybe there is some benefit then. IMHO, I still don't think its worth $5.00 per tire every time it gets re-inflated though. To keep your pressure up, you'd have to have a tank sitting around at home (more $$$$), or go to a place that has it available, just to get topped off.

Re: Nitro in your tires! ExNihilo #395232 Feb 10, 8:06am Joined: May 2003 Posts: 5,342 Redondo Beach, CA spaztikid dikitzaps 1974 Toyota Celica spaztikid dikitzaps 1974 Toyota Celica Joined: May 2003 Posts: 5,342 Redondo Beach, CA i've been doing this for about a year... we have nitrogen tanks at work

Re: Nitro in your tires! spaztikid #395233 Feb 10, 8:56am Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 133 Calgary, Alberta goose42 Member 2002 Toyota Celica goose42 Member 2002 Toyota Celica Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 133 Calgary, Alberta If you don't want your tires to leak then use these... http://www.michelinman.com/difference/releases/pressrelease01102005a.html

Re: Nitro in your tires! goose42 #395234 Feb 10, 9:26am Joined: May 2004 Posts: 2,971 Turlock, CA RookieGTS Boobie Vision 2000 Toyota Celica RookieGTS Boobie Vision 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: May 2004 Posts: 2,971 Turlock, CA Originally Posted by goose42 If you don't want your tires to leak then use these... http://www.michelinman.com/difference/releases/pressrelease01102005a.html Those are fuckin ugly... wheres the Tire shine in that? BTW I saw a video about this and they work cool but there ugly, looks tacky to me.

Re: Nitro in your tires! ExNihilo #395235 Feb 10, 9:27am Joined: May 2004 Posts: 2,971 Turlock, CA RookieGTS Boobie Vision 2000 Toyota Celica RookieGTS Boobie Vision 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: May 2004 Posts: 2,971 Turlock, CA Originally Posted by ExNihilo Sounds like just another way to make money. Imagine that, having to pay $5.00 to get Nitrogen put in each tire. What's the current price for getting just air? 50 cents for four tires if you go to a gas station, free if you pump your own. Yeah I concour.

Re: Nitro in your tires! RookieGTS #395236 Feb 10, 3:42pm Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 23 Dallas KennyD Member 2000 Toyota Celica KennyD Member 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 23 Dallas I heard from Discount Tire that filling with Nitrogen is actually cheaper and 73% Nitrogen is not 100% Nitrogen... does not necessarily mean they'll leak 28% less but I'm sure their will be a noticeable difference.

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