could you get more hp if....
06-27-2006, 11:51 PM
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could you get more hp if....
you were to find a place that sold those huge *** blocks of ice that were used for "ice boxes" back in the day before refrigerated air, and an old ice box......then, you built a box before your intake that held a chunk of that ice, so as the air blew over the ice, you get an evaporative cooling effect on the air, making it cooler....then you installed a helical water seperator on the intake tubing with an automatic drain to get rid of the added moisture, so you would end up with really cold air, giving you real CAI.....
anyone think this would work???
oh yea, and is the tech. enough for you guys?
anyone think this would work???
oh yea, and is the tech. enough for you guys?
06-28-2006, 02:25 AM
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RE: could you get more hp if....
Intercooler is for Forced Induction. That is not what KnotBand is talking about.
I "think" that is a rediculous Idea. When would you use it? How would you make the extra room for it? Not worth the time, money or effort IMO. (Sorry if I came across like a jerk. )
I "think" that is a rediculous Idea. When would you use it? How would you make the extra room for it? Not worth the time, money or effort IMO. (Sorry if I came across like a jerk. )
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most people buy an intercooler.
most people buy an intercooler.
06-28-2006, 02:36 AM
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RE: Florida Help with 4.0
theres a REALLY fast track car that was on Speed that they had to fill up with ice, it sounds a great idea BUT the floors of the plan is... making a ice block for everytime u wanna go out, and it would obviously melt fast from engine compartment heat.
Be awesome to see it dun tho. and yes denser cold air would produce more hp.
What about compressed air from a divers co2 tank???? it would be like n20 the way it injects and u could have it set to give what ever psi u want!
Paul
Be awesome to see it dun tho. and yes denser cold air would produce more hp.
What about compressed air from a divers co2 tank???? it would be like n20 the way it injects and u could have it set to give what ever psi u want!
Paul
06-28-2006, 02:41 AM
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RE: Florida Help with 4.0
i know people that put bags of ice on top of their manifolds or superchargers before a race if that's what you mean?
by principal it should work, but only for a short time, and I dont think you would get much help out of it.
I know a few people that are injecting a mix of ethanol and water into their supercharged 03 cobras and getting back some goood results.
i dont see why this wouldn't work on other cars, cools down the intake tract and boosts with alcohol at sime time, great idea
by principal it should work, but only for a short time, and I dont think you would get much help out of it.
I know a few people that are injecting a mix of ethanol and water into their supercharged 03 cobras and getting back some goood results.
i dont see why this wouldn't work on other cars, cools down the intake tract and boosts with alcohol at sime time, great idea
06-28-2006, 02:47 AM
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RE: Florida Help with 4.0
Way back in the day, I remember folks taking fuel line, and coiling it in a coffee can, and putting ice in there, it would make the gas REALLY cold before it went to the carb. They called it a cool can. <shrug> Dont know if it would make a difference tho.
06-28-2006, 02:49 AM
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RE: could you get more hp if....
I know there is one place that sells a tear shaped bulb you can afix to ure intake pipe, then run CO2 or nos through it to cool it. If you have fabrication knowlage you can probly make a better one from a coil of s.s. brake line a couple feet of flex line and a 12gram Co2 tire inflater.