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Old 06-14-03, 04:41 PM
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Refrigferant + Intercooler

Was sitting in the waiting room the other day and read a quick snippet on the new Ford Lightning and it's a/c refrigerant cooled "intercoooler." My question is, would it be possible to reroute some refrigerant from the a/c system into/over the stock IC? The article claimed it was good for 20+ degrees of cooling.
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I think the strain of running the compressor would outweigh the benefits of cooler air.
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some guys i know run a water cooled ic on the supercharger....the plumbing was a pain according to them and also one of em has a bottle in his back seat and when he wants additional cooling he puts ice in the water......the lengths these honda guys go to to go fast.
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Here's what I had seen...
http://www.coolflow.com/NEWS-FLASH.html

Different than what I thought. I though it was running the a/c refigerant through veins in the intercooler.
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dvls-7 do you have a hippopatamus in your trunk?

anyhow, i'd think that dumping 30 degree coolant (must not be water...) into a hot intercooler would be really bad for it, like putting icewater into a hot radiator.
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Originally posted by dvls-7
the lengths these honda guys go to to go fast.
lol.. they need to!

vtec = overrated
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