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Old 07-19-2007, 11:25 PM
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If another gas worked better than nitrogen you better believe they would use it-regardless of cost.
You're trying to tell me that racers use logic for all of their decisions?

If they thought a dead chicken under the hood made them run a tenth of a second faster per lap, there would be chicken buckets under all of their hoods.
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Old 07-19-2007, 11:41 PM
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You're trying to tell me that racers use logic for all of their decisions?

If they thought a dead chicken under the hood made them run a tenth of a second faster per lap, there would be chicken buckets under all of their hoods.
I made a living building, preparing and sometimes driving race cars for over 10 years. Logic always prevailed over dead chickens.
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Old 07-20-2007, 12:24 AM
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I made a living building, preparing and sometimes driving race cars for over 10 years. Logic always prevailed over dead chickens.
Argon in the tires would almost certainly be better than nitrogen. The same gas laws apply, but the larger molecule will leak even less.

But racers don't use argon. That's an expensive gas. Nitrogen is dirt-cheap.
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Old 07-20-2007, 12:38 AM
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But racers don't use argon. That's an expensive gas. Nitrogen is dirt-cheap.[/quote]


Not in Mississippi it ain't!! And my wife has 4 tires to prove it!!LOL
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Old 07-20-2007, 12:45 AM
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Argon in the tires would almost certainly be better than nitrogen. The same gas laws apply, but the larger molecule will leak even less.

But racers don't use argon. That's an expensive gas. Nitrogen is dirt-cheap.
Leakage of this sort is not an issue in racing. If it was, argon would be used.
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Night air is even better than nitrogen or argon. Makes you go faster.
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What happens when the tire loses pressure and you're not near a nitrogen source, say on a trip? Can compressed air be mixed to inflate to pressure?
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Ya, for free too! Our atmosphere is somewhere around 78% N2.
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Old 07-20-2007, 11:13 AM
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You're trying to tell me that racers use logic for all of their decisions?

If they thought a dead chicken under the hood made them run a tenth of a second faster per lap, there would be chicken buckets under all of their hoods.
If they used helium would that make the car lighter?
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