fuel cooling intake air

[Greg Hermann]

If you add anything even resembling a stoich mixture before the IC, some of
it will condense out in the IC, and puddle! Not a good thing for consistent
drivability! Or--for engine life!

Greg

>Grumpy,
>
>Won't the evaporation of the fuel cool the charge
>where ever the fuel is added?  That is, if the fuel is
>added before the intercooler then the fuel will
>evaporate more quickly, and there will still be the
>same amount of cooling.
>However, if you add fuel before the intercooler then
>the mix is more dense while traveling through the
>intercooler.  What will that do to the the cooling
>efficiency of the intercooler?  My knee jerk reaction
>is that since the charge is more dense the volume will
>be decreased and the charge will travel more slowly.
>The slower charge will have more time in contact with
>the walls and the efficiency will increase.  Note that
>the change in exchange efficiency is a non-linear
>curve that is almost flat at high velocity.
>dh
>
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