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Old 01-10-2013, 11:34 PM   #866
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Originally Posted by Mitch View Post
It's a legitimate question, though. Still could be worth doing the math to see if there's a break-even point on a cooling system that takes advantage of heat of vaporization draw for a compressible gas refridge loop. Could just be that the added power draw is never made up for by the power added by the increased air density, but I'd like to see the numbers. I'm going to be doing a lot of heat calcs soon, so I might do the numbers once I get warmed up again.
IMO the extra power draw would be worth it for the engine. Heat is the main killer of engine so if I could lose 1-2 hp just to keep the intake temps down a good chunk id probably do it.

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