Comments on: What Time is It? GAME TIME! http://www.thenascarinsiders.com/2008/06/23/what-time-is-it-game-time/ A blog by insiders for outsiders Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:30:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: admin http://www.thenascarinsiders.com/2008/06/23/what-time-is-it-game-time/comment-page-1/#comment-358 admin Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:34:17 +0000 http://www.thenascarinsiders.com/?p=96#comment-358 Todd: To be honest with you, I'm not really sure how many tires we can change on one bottle of nitrogen. Full tanks come with about 2500psi of nitrogen in them, and most changers run their guns at about 100psi. The reason I don't know, is because we change out the bottles after every race. Sorry! In terms of impact sockets, there isn't a whole lot that is special about them. They are pretty standard, except for the fact that they have a spring in them to eject lugnuts. I believe race guns spin up at about 20,000RPMs, so you can imagine when the socket hits a lugnut at that speed, nothing is really "smooth." Its more like brute force. And because of this, sockets don't last long. A few races depending on the number of stops you are doing. Todd: To be honest with you, I’m not really sure how many tires we can change on one bottle of nitrogen. Full tanks come with about 2500psi of nitrogen in them, and most changers run their guns at about 100psi. The reason I don’t know, is because we change out the bottles after every race. Sorry!

In terms of impact sockets, there isn’t a whole lot that is special about them. They are pretty standard, except for the fact that they have a spring in them to eject lugnuts. I believe race guns spin up at about 20,000RPMs, so you can imagine when the socket hits a lugnut at that speed, nothing is really “smooth.” Its more like brute force. And because of this, sockets don’t last long. A few races depending on the number of stops you are doing.

]]> By: Tim Zaegel http://www.thenascarinsiders.com/2008/06/23/what-time-is-it-game-time/comment-page-1/#comment-332 Tim Zaegel Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:33:58 +0000 http://www.thenascarinsiders.com/?p=96#comment-332 Me and my brother tried doing the Jimmie Johnson pit crew experience deal a couple years back at Richmond where we had to change the right sides ... yeah, we didn't do so well. Me and my brother tried doing the Jimmie Johnson pit crew experience deal a couple years back at Richmond where we had to change the right sides … yeah, we didn’t do so well.

]]> By: Todd Eigenschink http://www.thenascarinsiders.com/2008/06/23/what-time-is-it-game-time/comment-page-1/#comment-329 Todd Eigenschink Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:50:45 +0000 http://www.thenascarinsiders.com/?p=96#comment-329 How many tires can you (the team) change before you run out of nitrogen in the pit box tank(s)? I imagine those guns move a <i>lot</i> of it, albeit for a very short time. Also, what helps the socket get onto the lug nut so smoothly? Are there ramps on the inside of the socket to rotate it whatever little bit it may be off? How many tires can you (the team) change before you run out of nitrogen in the pit box tank(s)? I imagine those guns move a lot of it, albeit for a very short time.

Also, what helps the socket get onto the lug nut so smoothly? Are there ramps on the inside of the socket to rotate it whatever little bit it may be off?

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