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Old Aug 23, 2003 | 02:15 PM
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FMIC Cooling Spray DIY idea!

Well, I've been thinking. After reading the other FMIC thread about HP gains about a intercooler water spray.

I know some people which spray there intercoolers at the track with nitrous.

Well my car came with headlight sprayers/washers. I was thinking about routing them to spray onto my FMIC at the track to prevent heat soak.

Say dump a bunch of ice cubes and water into the tank for the washers.

Or is there something else you could use in place of water?

What do you think?

Or route them to spray in front of the car and pretend your purging your nos!
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Old Aug 23, 2003 | 02:28 PM
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i have seen this topic many times. you want to use rubbing alcahol. it evaporates faster than water, so it cools faster than water.
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Old Aug 23, 2003 | 02:28 PM
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What about rubbing alcohol?

**edit**

Hey stevensimon, it was my idea. My computer is just running slow
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Old Aug 23, 2003 | 04:18 PM
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why would you want to put water all over the race track? the lost of traction could cost someone to get hurt including yourself. think smart not stupid
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Old Aug 23, 2003 | 05:20 PM
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water sprayers are not allowed at most tracks
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Old Aug 23, 2003 | 05:24 PM
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i remember on my friends wrx, for fun we put a thing of dry ice on his stock tmic, man it ran soooooo cool.
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Old Aug 23, 2003 | 05:25 PM
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Re: FMIC Cooling Spray DIY idea!

Originally posted by JasonL
Well my car came with headlight sprayers/washers. I was thinking about routing them to spray onto my FMIC at the track to prevent heat soak.
Windscreen and headlight spayer nozzles are useless for an intercooler spray, as they spray a solid jet of water. For an intercooler spray to work the water must be sprayed in a very fine mist. Your nozzles would not have any effect on IC temps.
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Old Aug 23, 2003 | 06:04 PM
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Originally posted by 88ROTARY
why would you want to put water all over the race track? the lost of traction could cost someone to get hurt including yourself. think smart not stupid
You could do it at the burnout pit. Plus by using rubbing alcohol it would evaporate. Also you could find a different jet.
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Old Aug 23, 2003 | 06:24 PM
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and flammable
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Old Aug 23, 2003 | 06:26 PM
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Redneck performance trick:
Buy a sno cone at the snack bar & toss it in there before a run.
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Old Aug 23, 2003 | 06:28 PM
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why do I believe this has happened before.
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Old Aug 23, 2003 | 06:32 PM
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I thought you might like that..
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Old Aug 23, 2003 | 07:01 PM
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Originally posted by ERAUMAZDA
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Yea yea, bad idea I guess guys.

But please don't call me stupid :P
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Old Aug 23, 2003 | 07:04 PM
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I believe there are very minor gains to be had if you got a different nozzle than the windshield washer ones and mounted them up front or where ever your IC is. Maybe you try ice in the tank with water.
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Old Aug 23, 2003 | 07:22 PM
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Buy an aquamist nozzle and plug on your own pump.
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Old Aug 23, 2003 | 09:15 PM
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I have a pump for sale or trade in the for sale section on this forum. It not some cheap fix tho, its the real deal.. check it out.
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