Met up with someone today, actually he just saw my car and we started talking (i believe it was blade7, if u see this message please email me, this is the guy from hops)

anyways he told me a trick, to put ice in the innercooler duct right before you race. anyone done this, any good results ? sounds kind funny but might help in cooling, specially with this heatwave.

 

I dont think it would do anything but block air flow which would probably hurt more than the ice will help(if it helps at all)

Later,

 

it would probably cool the temps a few degrees. You'll get maybe .5 hp gains from doing that. You're better off getting a Type R sticker which will give you 10 to the wheels. :p

Also, the main reason you wanna avoid doing that is because theres a chance you will suck up water, and as the ice melts, the condensate might find a way to travel into the engine

 

I tried that once at the track...but then it all fell out the front end...

Last time I was at the track there were these crazy mong (mung?) kids spraying everyone's intercoolers with a big azz bottle of NaaaaaS ;( so I had them cool me down a bit before I ran... and before track officials nearly killed them

I don't think it helped THAT much, but I always considered doing a similar setup on my car *just in case*. However, my concern is: What if it somehow sprays on belts or other things that don't like to be that cold...?

Oh well, peace.........

-Matt