Sinner

First off. I drive a street car and I race sometimes at the local track. The track is where I want my performance.

I have a water over air intercooler and starion front mount. I'm looking at the pros and cons of this idea.


What happens if you spray CO2 directly in water? I assume it would chill it. My idea is that the system will not be pressurized, the extra pressure will vent out into away from the intake.

Worst case, I put on the front mount intercooler. Thats just a lot of extra piping compared to a straight shot from a water intercooler.

Nick

Turbo E

you get chunks of ice clogging the IC insides.

drop Ice packs in or something that wont melt into tiny bits and possibly clog lines

Sinner

I never said anything about Ice, I asked what happens when you spray CO2 directly in water.

Nick

99AccordTurbo

i think he was saying that if you spray CO2 in to water you are going to make ICE!
Which makes sense!

Turbo E

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ya, shoulda been more clear, anyways, CO2 is an expensve(er?) way to chill your water. keep a jug of ice water in a cooler of ICE at the track.

Sinner

co2 around here is pretty cheap, some places like paintball shops will give free refills.

Nick

Sinner

wonder if liquid oxygen would be a good way to chill the water..

Nick

TorganFM.

Bad idea with the liquid oxygen there! Use CO2, trust me on this one.

Sinner

I talked with an Envo Engineer and he said it could possible turn the water into a slight acid. Nothing dangous

DaX

iTrader: (1)

Wouldn't it make carbonated water?

pdiggitydogg

it would make an acid, yes
If you mix liquid co2 it would chill the water...gas I dont think it'd do anything

TorganFM.

Any decompressing gas (especially if it's compressed to the point that it's a liquid) will cool the water.

Turbo E

anyways you can only cool the surface of the water by spaying it with CO2 and it wont be "penetrating" into the bottom of the tank.

ya CO2 is cheap , but ice is cheaper

Sinner

are you talking about dry ice?

I think i'm going to take a madza front mount intercooler and turn it into a radiator.

Nick

Boosted96EK

how about u ditch the gas and looking to water/alcohol injection?

BROOD

CO2 chillers work off of gas laws, the drop in pressure and phase change from liquid CO2 to vapor CO2 causes a drop in temperature....as we all know.
Instead of injecting CO2 directly into a water reservior and making a mess to deal with......
Run a coil of aluminum tubing though the reservoir volume, similar to a fuel cooler tank. Run the CO2 though the tubing and try to vent the CO2 to the atmosphere a close to the tank as possible. The heat from the water will transfer to the coils.
Even if you do not have a CO2 supply you can still add ice to the water reservior.

I've used something like this before with interesting results....just a suggestion

Turbo E

no, icepacks.

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