Refrigerants

[Danny Barrett]

An intercooler might be a great idea, but this isn't one. Sorry guys...
You'll have to guess again...

Danny Barrett.
 
>> If it has to do with Intercooling then i'm intrested. I;t would be really
cool to 
>> have the air going into my intake at freezing tempatures. 
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>I have already seen a device that refrigerates the incoming air 
>somwhere in a magazine
>it does make a difference
>if you can keep the air at about -20 you cna tune up to 10% more power 
>out of an engine over running air at underhood temps ~150
>plus you cna run more comp and timing as well to bump it up a little more
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>> > Sounds like a refrigerated intercooler to me. What do you call an
>> > intercooler if there is no blower attached? A pre-cooler?
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>> > If you can find a refrigerant that will work down to about -100C or
whatever
>> > the temp of 'dry ice' is, then you can make a practical refrigerated
>> > intercooler suitable for drag races, or longer races if you have a
large dry
>> > ice bin.
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>ammonia may work across these temp extremes
>but it is not very efficient
>from what I can remeber
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>Clive 
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