From: Paul H. Anderson (pha@pdq.com)
Date: Mon Dec 02 2002 - 04:26:14 PST
Cooling the intake charge of air/fuel mixture can allow more aggresive
engine timing, which gives you a smidge more power. Turbo intercoolers
have a similar effect, though they cool the air. Basically, anything that
limits or delays preignition (detonation) can help.
Paul
On Sun, 1 Dec 2002, Patrick Jankowiak wrote:
> My brother in law does this 'fuel cooling' with his drag racing car, using ice in alcohol. He claims it shaves a few milliseconds off the time by making the fuel denser and thereby getting more of it
> into the engine, but I don't know how such a thing would be proven except on a test system.
>
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