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Using dry ice to improve performance and fuel economy

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Old Mar 31, 2005 | 03:41 AM
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i think Digi tech (spell?) used ice on top of their 911 turbo when they lapped the 'ring (now blown away by a Radical SR3 Turbo). and F1 teams use it to keep the rad temps down when starting a GP! if i where you i would save it for the strip. just cam as much as you can into the intercooler should freeze the cooler. also have a look at making a "bag" sort of thing to cover the upper intecooler pipe. dont think iot will make a huge diffrence, but every little helps!

the best way though would be to use a small shot of N2O. some guys are seeing big gains from the cooling effect of it alown!

thanks Chris.
Old Mar 31, 2005 | 03:55 AM
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Originally Posted by ambystom01
Be careful using dry ice, if it contacts water, especially warm water, it can produce enough gas to cause a sort of explosion. One of the latest Darwin's awards was a kid who put dry ice in a pop bottle and added boiling water, the bottle was between his legs.
Dry ice + warm water will not explode... you get that neat fogging effect. Dry ice in a plastic bottle with warm water will not explode unless the cap has been sealed. Even with the cap sealed it takes at least 5 minutes for it to explode. Any twelve year old with the Jolly Roger Cookbook can tell you that.
Old Mar 31, 2005 | 03:29 PM
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Uh...no...dry ice and hot water, as you could find in an engine bay will cause a huge amount of gas to be produced in a short amount of time. Now if that gas is contained in a weak container, you get an explosion, not an expolosion with fire, but more of the kind you get when you put baking soda and vinegar together in a small film canister. I guess explosion was the wrong word, its more of a blast or pop.
Old Mar 31, 2005 | 03:35 PM
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Originally Posted by escoson
www.01designsystem.com

they have a intake made for loading dry ice into it. its pretty neet looking.
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