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Old 06-06-2006, 10:19 PM
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what if i take a alum. catch can(for radiators)..run a line to my elbow of my bbk cai.
and put dry ice in the can?..i think the ol'schoolers have done this back in the day...

dry ice doesn't melt to a liquid...it evaporates to pure O2 right?...


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Old 06-06-2006, 10:21 PM
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no, dry ice is solid carbon dioxide.
you will suffocate your motor.
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Old 06-06-2006, 10:23 PM
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nitrous is the same idea.
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Old 06-06-2006, 10:24 PM
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ok wrong gas then.....well iv'e heard people using coffee cans and ice back in the 50's....dammit woulda been awsome if it was pure o2.
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but if you are using an intercooler for a boosted application there are some kits that have spray bars on the front of the intercooler that cools it with carbon dioxide.
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Old 06-06-2006, 10:25 PM
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yeah i knew that...no2...is lighter or heavier than o2?
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nitrous is the same idea.
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Old 06-06-2006, 10:29 PM
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not sure, but if you put pure o2 in there it would be a big bomb.
the nitrous molecule breaks into the 1 ntrogen atom and the 2 oxygen atoms when a certain temperature occours.
so it uses the combustion process to add the extra oxygen.
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Old 06-06-2006, 10:33 PM
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hmmm....wonder what would happen if i put dry ice into somebodies gas tank???

oh'well it was just a thought....not good with gas properties...just the ones that come out my butt
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Old 06-06-2006, 10:36 PM
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yeah i knew that...no2...is lighter or heavier than o2?
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nitrous is the same idea.
NO2 is heavier

due to the extra N

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what if i take a alum. catch can(for radiators)..run a line to my elbow of my bbk cai.
and put dry ice in the can?..i think the ol'schoolers have done this back in the day...

dry ice doesn't melt to a liquid...it evaporates to pure O2 right?...
it evaportates, correct... it's not O2.... it's CO2...
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