At 10:18 AM 11/27/01, you wrote:
>so drag out all those old fire
>extinguishers and cool those intercoolers. Liquid nitrogen (LN2) is a
>liquid, easy to get, and it's really cold-- 77 degrees Kelvin. Spray that on
>an intercooler and the charge temperature would plummet and its density
>would go up. Liquid oxygen (LOX) would do much the same thing and when it
>evaporates, some could be ducted into the intake....and the whole thing
>would either go like stink or be a big hand grenade
>*************************************************
>Better be careful of getting the intercooler too cold. You can actually turn
>the intake charge back to a liquid. The old addage " ...can't be cold
>enough..." is not always the truth as applied to salt physics. This is free
>advice from Gale Banks.
Also be careful of getting it cold enough to freeze any moisture in the air
in the intercooler passages, tends to make it very limited on air flows
when the engine side of the intercooler is plugged with ice. ....
John Robinson, Mechanician
Mechanical Engineering University of Wisconsin
1513 University Ave.
Madison, Wi. 53706
608-262-3606
FAX 608-265-2316
Current World Land Speed Record Holder
Bonneville Salt Flats
H/GCC 92 cu.in. 1980 Dodge Colt
131.333 MPH set 1995
136.666 MPH set 1996
140.292 MPH set 2000
144.396 MPH set 2000
MPS-PG 441 c.c. 1967 BSA Victor Motorcycle
95.193 MPH set 2001
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