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post Jun 25 2004, 10:02 PM
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What would you all think is a reasonable amount to pay for having your tires filled with Nitrogen? And how much would you pay to have a air tank filled with nitrogen so you can adjust your pressures?

The reason I'm asking is because I'm thinking about starting a business (gotta find a way to make money somehow) that could fill tires and air tanks on site at events. The capital investment may prove to be too expensive, I'm not sure how much IR's new Nitrogen generator is going to cost yet. Plus would probably need to buy a truck & car trailer.... I'd put the generator, ar compressor and nitrogen system in the bed of the pickup.

So i'd like to know what is reasonable to charge for such a luxury to determine my breakeven point. If I could break even within 5 years or so it'd probably be a good investment.
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post Jun 26 2004, 01:34 AM
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You may have noticed some racing wheels with 2 valves/wheel. That is for purging the air by adding nitrogen. Similar to what Mitch did, but much quicker. You still won’t get out ALL of the air.

I would suggest that you simply mount your tires in a nitrogen filled room. Quickly.

To address your question, 35th Anniversary AS Camaro SS, you may need to pay certain tracks a vendor or concessionaires fee to sell on their property. I think that if most racers would use water-free air like some use water-free nitrogen, there would be less need for nitrogen. I had used nitrogen years ago, but after I started to focus on minimizing the moisture content of the air I put in my tires, I found air satisfactory.
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35th_Anniversary_AS_Camaro_SS   Nitrogen for Tires...   Jun 25 2004, 10:02 PM
mitchntx   I don't know ... you know how fickle racers ar...   Jun 25 2004, 10:34 PM
felton316   Question about Nitrogen?? Do you just deflat the ...   Jun 26 2004, 12:06 AM
mitchntx   I deflated and reinflated 3 times. It purged the v...   Jun 26 2004, 01:00 AM
lateapex   You may have noticed some racing wheels with 2 val...   Jun 26 2004, 01:34 AM
Nestromo   OK.... stupid question.... could you just run inne...   Jun 26 2004, 01:56 AM
MORA   QUOTE (Nestromo @ Jun 25 2004, 07:56 PM)OK......   Jun 26 2004, 02:22 AM
Nestromo   QUOTE (MORA @ Jun 25 2004, 08:22 PM)thats bec...   Jun 26 2004, 03:13 AM
mitchntx   QUOTE (lateapex @ Jun 25 2004, 07:34 PM)I wou...   Jun 26 2004, 03:34 AM
trackbird   QUOTE (Nestromo @ Jun 25 2004, 08:56 PM)OK......   Jun 26 2004, 04:03 AM

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