Ok Modders...

Now that I have your attention I want to pose the question:
Do you feel that the CF has an exceptionally cold AC system?

Would it be possible to re-route some of that cooling power to cool the intake air for a colder charge?

Or is this a really stupid idea and I should probably try cutting down on the corn liquor?

Also I find that the AirBox approach to CIA systems is a good idea in general but right above the engine? I mean hot air does rise no? It seems that the stock configuration absorbs all the radiated heat coming off he valve cover.

Ok if you're not part of the solution...

Harkening back to the days of moving white lightning over state lines (and the beginning of NASCAR) wouldn't a ring type filter that sat above the hood be the perfect solution to this dilemma?

The coldest possible air coming into the engine would be directly from outside the engine compartment filtered from a cylinder type filter, residing above the hood, and directly into the TB?

Ok where does the AC fit into the equation? Well you could add a "heat pipe" type heatsink to the ac line and divert some of the cooling power to a cooling coil that resided inside the copius space of the ring filter! Just an idea.

Hell I might even put a tornado in there.

Any input?

 

The colder intake issue has been discussed elsewhere in this forum at length and in detail. As I recall, the general consensus was that there were better and more effective ways to attack the problem.

And for those of us in Arizona at this time of year, there is just no such thing as "too much A/C." It has been 112 degrees in the Phoenix metro area for the past two days, and today is much the same. "Too much A/C" is impossible here.

 

I am going to quickly confirm that here in AZ...we appreciate just about all of the air conditioning that we can get!

By the way maxxm, where abouts in AZ are you?

jmlg
Peoria, AZ

 

NE Scottsdale. But I've been involved with a few projects in Peoria, Glendale and Avondale, so I know how nice the west side can be too. And we can always smile when we read the posts about winter tires, garaging the car for five months, and sliding in the snow. Not a problem here...

 

Hell yea, I'm from Tempe and I love my cold a/c. And in all honesty, the hp you waste running your a/c will not be gained back by cooling the intake air with it, its just an impractical solution. The a/c in this car sucks quite a bit of juice out of it. At least too much for my taste. But maybe that's cuz I always gotta go faster...