[Fwd: [M] [M} IC Thermodynamics]- Part 3
Greg Hermann
bearbvd at sni.net
Wed Nov 4 08:11:08 GMT 1998
>>Obviuosly, an Air to Air unit MUST be placed where it can get good air
>>flow.
>>
>>Obviously, the liquid to air rejection unit must be placed where it can
>>get
>>EVEN MORE air flow.
>>
>>More to come later.
>
>
> It sounds like you have this whole thing thought out very well, so I
>hestitate to make my meager suggestion. A friend of mine who owns an Isuzu
>Impulse (which has a top-mounted intercooler) has rigged up a device to
>spray ice water onto the IC. There is a switch mounted on the shifter used
>to energize the pump when he is deep into the boost; he says there is a
>noticeable difference in power when using it (probably due to less pinging),
>especially going uphill.
Nahhh--not less pinging, although that likely happens, due to higher
density of cooler air in the intake manifold.
Regards, Greg
> Obviously this solution doesn't work too well for long-distance driving,
>but at the dragstrip or at a hillclimb it seems to be an economical solution
>to the low airflow problem.
>
>Soren
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