A/C ont he intake..

just an idea i was to lazy to search the forms for and it was brought up by a friend of mines.. use the ac to cool incoming air-could it be done? would it be worth it?

No!

now.. give me a reason why, or i dont give a shit what you say.. if you can cool the air to 32 ferinight under the hood would there not be some effect? even little is better then nothing..

basically taking AC that is normally blown into the car isnt going to coll you intake charge to anything amazing adding more than 10-20hp. the money spent to do all of the tubing and vualving etc isnt worth it. ideas like this have come up before. such as to use compressed air to cool the intake charge.

alright douche bag. . .

as a rule of thumb, every 10 degrees F drop in temp expect about a 1 HP gain. So lets say you can drop the temp from 90F to 60F, thats a whole 3 HP gain!! OMG! But wait, in order to run the AC you need to take power from the engine, this is usually about 10-15HP. So you still lose 7-12HP. Cold air only makes up a tiny difference in performance with a NA car. . .

Next time try the search button. . .

ok, sounds good to me.. just thought id ask.

alright douche bag. . .
That was utterly outta line. WTF right do you have to insult people like this? He asked a question and all it needed was a simple response of..

"No, cause the A/C pulls more power than you would gain. Overall, it would be a loss."

People are getting really cocky on these boards lately, IMO. I think mods should tighten down even more.

yeah seriously, shit is getting way to confrontational around here, and im a guy who likes a good fight.

edit - but i do remember about two months ago we went over this in detail for about 3 pages and im sure its been done many times before that so the search would have been very helpful.

but i do remember about two months ago we went over this in detail for about 3 pages and im sure its been done many times before that so the search would have been very helpful.

True, but I'm sure you would agree, that's still no reason to be an ass about it. That's not what these forums are about.

ok-my bad.. sorry i was in a rush and didnt think to use the search option.

now.. give me a reason why, or i dont give a shit what you say..

thats why, hes got a bad attitude. No reason to swear at me. If he stops trying to act like a hardass, ill treat the little douche bag with respect.

lol jayson.. to me, you are an ass. i have a bad attitude? well then yourse has just become worse then mine.. orms aint to fight in, there to learn, and to talk about vechiles and such releated topics.. but this is jus to aggrivate you now. least ou could have done was answer the question in something simple other then one word.
respect i only give to those who respect me.:gives:

Locky locky?

:iagree:

basically taking AC that is normally blown into the car isnt going to coll you intake charge to anything amazing adding more than 10-20hp. the money spent to do all of the tubing and vualving etc isnt worth it. ideas like this have come up before. such as to use compressed air to cool the intake charge.


a drop of 30 degrees in air temp will gain you 6% in power ... so the hp gain depends on the hp you make ...... but you are right that you will eat up the hp by running the compressor ...... when we have been "working" to hard in the shop we joke about cooling the air in the car in the staging lanes and then turing off the ac and let the motor draw from the cooled comparment but remember we where "working" at the time .......

Wasn't it like the concept for the new Ford Lightnings that used the AC to supposedly add 50 hp to the engine?? Maybe I'm wrong but I'm sure that's what it was...Not that I believe any of this...especially from a cough*ford*cough :biggrin:

We'd run a cool can on our fuel line and in the pits pack our engine with dry ice. Did it help, ellifino, but it kept us busy between staging.

Indeed, on the new Lightning, they have a condenser in between the blower and the engine. You flip a little switch, and then at WOT (only, unfortunately), it cools the intake air.