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Old 28 October 2003, 12:57 PM
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but .....

is there any mileage in a air con fed intercooler???

obviously the air con unit uses a certain amount of power to run, thus the potential benefit might be outweighed thus.

am i being ridiculous?

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Old 28 October 2003, 01:02 PM
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Fords 5l supercharged V8 (as fitted to some wierdo truck) comes with a pot of water chilled by A/C. When flung into the charge cooler i beleve they claimed 50bhp rise for about 30seconds, then another couple of mins to recharge it.

So it would seem technically possible but for the sort of wee bursts, co2 spray would probably be cheeper and better.
Old 28 October 2003, 03:21 PM
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intersting - but probably pointless then!

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Old 28 October 2003, 04:16 PM
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It would probably work OK for normal road driving.

Probably not the spirited driving that Mista Weava has been known to indulge in though
Old 28 October 2003, 11:35 PM
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i concurr!



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Old 29 October 2003, 06:26 PM
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Surely wouldn't hurt to feed one of the vent pipes of cold air into the airbox, have to put a valve on though because it'll play havoc when the heaters on lol
Old 29 October 2003, 06:32 PM
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would it work?

sound cool!

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