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by **focus_zetec** on Wed Jan 22, 2003 7:27 pm

had me 18's filled with nitrous today, anyone else had it done and noticed the difference

by **FezzR** on Wed Jan 22, 2003 7:28 pm

confused

by **AdrianFRST** on Wed Jan 22, 2003 7:32 pm

That's the most pointless thing I've ever heard!

You do realise N20 has a higher molecular mass (is denser) than air?

by **FezzR** on Wed Jan 22, 2003 7:39 pm

bring it round my place and ill replace it with air!

laughing gad here we come

by **focus_zetec** on Wed Jan 22, 2003 7:44 pm

do abit of research on it b4 you knock it

by **dorno** on Wed Jan 22, 2003 7:45 pm

focus_zetec :do abit of research on it b4 you knock it

...or u could just tell us, cos I really can't b arsed 2 go looking. Would the extra density help the handling cos the wheels are slightly heavier meaning more grip? or am I talkin out my arse? :-?

by **FezzR** on Wed Jan 22, 2003 7:48 pm

capriFRSTmania :
focus_zetec :do abit of research on it b4 you knock it

...or u could just tell us, cos I really can't b arsed 2 go looking. Would the extra density help the handling cos the wheels are slightly heavier meaning more grip? or am I talkin out my arse?

seriously neglegable i would have though!

no knocking it just not seeing point, and id like some laughing gas
:rolleyes:

by **AdrianFRST** on Wed Jan 22, 2003 7:51 pm

focus_zetec :do abit of research on it b4 you knock it

I did.

I just asked a fully qualified Chemist with around 40 years experience as to any advantages that this would offer.

"None" was the answer.

by **SimonT** on Wed Jan 22, 2003 7:56 pm

sounds like this is one for the classic forum!!! :lol:

by **JamieFRST** on Wed Jan 22, 2003 7:57 pm

focus_zetec whats your theory on this then? Where did you find out about it?

Ade where did you find a experienced chemist that quick :lol:

by **FezzR** on Wed Jan 22, 2003 7:59 pm

in the living room!

prob his old dear or summink :lol:

by **SimonT** on Wed Jan 22, 2003 8:02 pm

I know NASCAR's do or did phil there tyre with Nitrogen if i remember rightly.

When tyres get warm there shape changes.

Nitrogen helps to keep the tyre a lot more stable and cooler.

As for Nitros Oxide......fook knows! Waste of laughing gas!!!!!!! :lol:

by **JamieFRST** on Wed Jan 22, 2003 8:02 pm

FezzR GIRL :in the living room!

prob his old dear or summink

Maybe he has one tied up in the cupboard for situations just like this :lol:

by **FezzR** on Wed Jan 22, 2003 8:08 pm

mixon :
FezzR GIRL :in the living room!

prob his old dear or summink

Maybe he has one tied up in the cupboard for situations just like this

as long as he doesnt use them for other situations :aaah:

and i think si might have the reason!
sounds like a sheat reason if it is though!

by **ba_rave** on Wed Jan 22, 2003 8:21 pm

Come on then focus_zetec, give us your reasoning.

by **focus_zetec** on Wed Jan 22, 2003 8:35 pm

race cars etc use it, for one its not heavier, its alot tuffer than air so it dont squash tyre if you get me as easy still does but not as bad, and yeah it does mean you feel the bumps a touch more, but the main reason for using it is for handling, when you drive ur car hard or you drive long journeys etc you tyre generates heat, the nitrous is cold therefore it defeats the heat and keep your tyres cool, like thingy said nascars use it cos they do like a zillion laps it helps cool the tyres and maintain traction/handling, you can mix it with air too so you dont have to pay to keep your tyre preasure right, unless you do it urself and top it up with nitrous.

by **FezzyMK3.5** on Wed Jan 22, 2003 8:42 pm

id imagine its quite expensive well more expensive than air neway and aren't all those benefits wasted on a normal road car, not really gonna make the differnce is it like it mite in a NASCAR !

by **Swanick** on Wed Jan 22, 2003 8:44 pm

i always thought wamer tyres gave more grip

by **SimonT** on Wed Jan 22, 2003 9:02 pm

focus_zetec :race cars etc use it, for one its not heavier, its alot tuffer than air so it dont squash tyre if you get me as easy still does but not as bad, and yeah it does mean you feel the bumps a touch more, but the main reason for using it is for handling, when you drive ur car hard or you drive long journeys etc you tyre generates heat, the nitrous is cold therefore it defeats the heat and keep your tyres cool, like thingy said nascars use it cos they do like a zillion laps it helps cool the tyres and maintain traction/handling, you can mix it with air too so you dont have to pay to keep your tyre preasure right, unless you do it urself and top it up with nitrous.

If by thingy you ment me mate i said they use Nitrogen not Nitrous Oxide.

Its a waste of laugh gas. Mate, fill some ballons up with gas and send them to me!

by **focus_zetec** on Wed Jan 22, 2003 9:08 pm

nitrogen then, lol what ever it is, lol im not blummin scientist, i didnt even go to school, guess its showing abit lol, paid for something when i dont even know what it is, i knew it began with n thou, he just talked to me about it and i said cool do it, it was only 25 quid

by **SimonT** on Wed Jan 22, 2003 9:09 pm

Mate you probably got sold good old fashioned air!

by **SimonT** on Wed Jan 22, 2003 9:12 pm

and also mate NASCARs run 500 odd miles at over 200mph!!

think about it.....

by **AdrianFRST** on Wed Jan 22, 2003 9:12 pm

Can you say "gullible"

At 200mph round Indianapolis it may give you an advantage, but on the substantially less banked roads of Blackpool I somehow think it's not quite as effective.

Plus as Si says, you've no way of knowing if it really is Nitrogen!

I think someon's laughing all the way to the bank...

by **AdrianFRST** on Wed Jan 22, 2003 9:14 pm

p.s. want some magic beans? Grows into a beanstalk with a pot of gold at the top.

Yours for £25. Email me - imsuchasucker@youvebeenhad.com :lol:

by **James_16v** on Wed Jan 22, 2003 9:15 pm

pimsle ade

by **Swanick** on Wed Jan 22, 2003 9:19 pm

by **heeman10** on Wed Jan 22, 2003 9:35 pm

Harsh git! I must say though, surely nitrogen is cold when stored in its liquid form, but as soon as you release it into the atmosphere it's going to match the atmospherical temperature? You say nitrogen's "tougher"?! huh?! Pressure is pressure, so whatever pressure you put in with nitrogen is the same as air pressure. It's a bit like "Which is heavier, a tonne of feathers or a tonne of zetec engines?", it's all the same in the end. I don't wanna step in the queue to say it...but :lol:

by **andymac** on Wed Jan 22, 2003 9:40 pm

mixon :
FezzR GIRL :in the living room!

prob his old dear or summink

Maybe he has one tied up in the cupboard for situations just like this

He does and his name's Keith Anderson (and I bet some of you were wondering whatever happened to him). :wink:

by **andymac** on Wed Jan 22, 2003 9:43 pm

AdrianFRST :Yours for £25. Email me - imsuchasucker@youvebeenhad.com

Doesn't that email address actually belong to a certain Phil Candy ???? :lol:

by **heeman10** on Wed Jan 22, 2003 9:53 pm

Apparently, nitrogen is totally pure and isn't contaminated by water. As a result, you get a perfectly even, and predictable tyre pressure, and can predict how it will change with heat, in F1 cars perhaps, NOT in a Focus that tops out at around 125mph! So as for "feeling the bumps more", erm....again, I'd have to say :lol: