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Date:         Fri, 21 Jun 1996 03:41:44 -0400
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From:         Cetin Seren <cseren@fore.com>
Subject:      Re: Cooling Intake Air?

Seems to me the warmer the incoming air, the less dense it is, hence would have less oxygen per unit volume.... I cannot see how this would help. Sounds like it would hurt things more. BTW, as I understand it, this is what the "intercooler" in the intercooled turbo-charging units do -- cool the air being pumped into the cylinders.

About the only place cool air into the cylinders is bad is airplanes -- freezes the carburator too, I heard...

Cooling the incoming air sounds like a good idea, at least in theory. whether one can actually cool it enough to make a difference and not hurt the air flow _around_ the engine is questionable...

Cetin

At 10:54 AM 6/21/96 -0500, you wrote: >I would actually think that this would both not help the heat situation and >make your motor run worse, not better. By the former I mean that >difference it might make will be minimal. By the latter I mean that warmer >air tends to absorb aersolized gasoline (such as that coming out of your >injectors or down in your carb) much more rapidly, efficiently and >completely, thus giving a more combustible air/fuel mix. > >Of course, this is just slightly informed speculation on my part... > >Eric > > > > Cetin Seren Direct: 412-635-3479 Software Development Engineer Main: 412-772-6600 Outbound Technology Group fax: 412-635-3350 FORE Systems, Inc. email: cseren@fore.com Research Park, 5800 Corporate Drive URL: http://www.fore.com Pittsburgh, PA 15237-5829


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