alright guys... as usual, i've been spending the entire night looking through long lists of things i could add to my saleen. i came across a C02 intercooling system. sorta. the basic idea is that it puts a small teardrop shaped chamber in your intake tube, runs C02 through it (which gets very cold), effectively cooling down your intake air. since it doesnt recirculate the c02, it dumps it to the atmosphere. they also sell a loop that goes in front of your intercooler and dumps it on top of that, adding even more cooling benefit.

part of my job is hvac, and i've wondered a bunch of times about converting the stock a/c unit on a car to help an intercooler. haha. this seems to be a good idea, at least in theory. decent price at around $350 plus whatever accessories you might want to add. c02 refills aren't very expensive.

http://estore.websitepros.com/802805/Detail.bok?no=787

anybody have any experience? heard any rumors? have any input on how well you think it'd work?

p.s. - for those who don't want to read through it all, here's a quote about the amount of power it produces. who knows what it'd do on a supercharged v8...

Q: What kind of Horsepower does it make?
A: That is a tricky question for because of the many variables involved in the physics of the system - base horsepower, altitude, ambient air temp, humidity, intake system, MASS airflow sensor and intercooler efficiency can all affect the performance of the system. We tested a naturally aspirated Honda Civic with 110base HP on an 85°F day with 72% humidity using just one Air Intake Chamber and found a 9% increase in horsepower. In this example we saw an intake temperature of 38°F and that is just with an Air Intake Chamber. Other tests have produced horsepower increases in excess of 40+ from heat soaked conditions utilizing our cryogenic components. What racer couldn't use an extra 40 horsepower. Think about how your car performs on a nice cool fall morning&it feels more responsive and powerful. As the engine heats up it loses horsepower and becomes a little sluggish & What we have created is a way to give you that cool fall morning on demand and eliminate power robbing heat soak!!

 

ive heard good things about them, but id find out info from the locall track first, they don't like liquid sprayed all over

also for the a/c thing, you will use more power running the compressor than you will gain with intercooling