<VV> Weight of Air

[Rick Norris]

I use light weight racing air....
TLH

> So if you fill the tires up with Helium, does it make the car lighter ??? 
> Or should you put Helium in just the rear tires to help the weight 
> balance, and if you do that, do you have to adjust the front tire 
> pressures to compensate ?
>
> This is making my head hurt....
>
>                                    Ed Lindsay
>                                     West Florida Corvair Club
>                                       <GGG>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ron <ronh at owt.com>
> To: corvairduval at cox.net, virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Sent: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 13:52:03 -0600 (CST)
> Subject: Re: <VV> Weight of Air
>
> I didn't really care.
> RonH
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <corvairduval at cox.net>
> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 11:35 AM
> Subject: <VV> Weight of Air
>
>
>> Information you don't need but related to a recent VV discussion on
>> inflating tires:
>>
>> Weight of a cubic foot of air at 60°F and 30 psi is 0.232 pounds.
>>
>> So a typical Corvair sized tire increases its weight about 1/3 of a pound
>> from flat to full inflation.
>>
>> Frank DuVal
>>
>> ps, the hotter the air, the less it weighs at the same pressure.
>
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