An Idea Of Sorts...
#1
I know that keeping the ac belt on drains a little hp from the enging (parasitic loss i think it's called), but lowering the intake temp increases it, so my thoughts were this, reroute the ducting for the ac to the cold air box and use the AC to cool intake temps, etc...now the bigger question is would it work and if it did, would the gain be more than the parasitic loss!?
yeah i am trying to sound all intelligent like :P
Sean
yeah i am trying to sound all intelligent like :P
Sean
#6
heck, just give it a shot! All it would take for a simple experimental setup would be a air box around the filter, sealed really well, and some cheap tube running from one of your a/c vents ("why do you have a bunch of duct tape on your dash?" "oh, no reason...")
#7
I've heard of some newer car that does that...or maybe I'm crazy. The newer A/C systems don't drag down the engine nearly as much, if at all, so I'd think there'd be some gains to be had on a newer car, but it wouldn't hurt to try on your FC.
#8
Originally Posted by UniqueTII' date='Jul 18 2003, 10:35 AM
I've heard of some newer car that does that...or maybe I'm crazy. The newer A/C systems don't drag down the engine nearly as much, if at all, so I'd think there'd be some gains to be had on a newer car, but it wouldn't hurt to try on your FC.
#10
mabye try piping it around the pipe...like a cooling duct around the pipe...
it may restrict flow and cause wierd flow charistics(sp?) at idle ect when the AC is forcing cold air into the engine...just a thought
it may restrict flow and cause wierd flow charistics(sp?) at idle ect when the AC is forcing cold air into the engine...just a thought