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Flea
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ok so a buddy and i have this strange idea on supercooling the intake tube, because as we al know, colder air = denser charge = more fuel = more combustion = more power.
here's the idea. take a 3 inch stainless pipe, probly 12 inches long.
then take 4 inch stainless pipe, probly 8 inches long, and find a way to weld it over the other pipe, like a sleeve, right in the center of it, we're going to be taking 2 huge washers, and sliding them over the 3 inch pipe, welding them in place, and sliding the 4 inch over top of them, welding that in place to the washers. now, tap a hole in the top for to inject said cooling agent, and another hole in the bottom so that excess cooling agent can drain out.

this cooling the inner 3 inch tube, should in theory cool the intake air, allowing us to gain a little extra something something for a short period of time.
our cooling agent of choice? a fire extinguisher (sp?) find a way to mount the thing in the cabin, run a hose to the intake tube, and spray it into the sleeve.
it may work, it may not work, if it works, hell yea. if not? no biggy!
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You're not really going to make any gains at all, not to mention the cost of filling up your fire extinguisher. It'd be like setting up an intercooler for your cold air intake. Even though the air is denser, nothing you're not going to push more in, your engine only sucks in so much air at a time.

Not to mention the fact that you need some sort of way for the extinguisher excess gas to discharge. Interesting idea, it just won't really give you any worthwhile gains.
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and the air is only in the intake for a really short time so i dont think it would have the time to cool.
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u dont have to make all that stuff people like nos cryo2 and nx make kits that cool the intake air,fuel line,intercooler and some other things by running co2 or nitrous through it i dont have a web site but im shure you can find it
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If it worked, somebody would have done it already. Just get some n20. :)
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