I'm trying to figure out if I do a setup similar to the "blackbird" skyline (bent 1/2" pipe into a oval) if I take my rear windshield line and run it to it... will there be enough pressure to use copper mister nozzles that I would drill and tap into that pipe? Or should I use C02 sprayers...?

 

There is a kit for sale somewhere that uses CO2 to cool the intercooler.

 

It'd take a decade for a windshield washer pump to bring 1/2" tubing into pressure, you'll need a bigger pump to run that kind of setup, a high volume aquarium pump might work...otherwise you could use much smaller tubing and nozzles possibly.

 

I had some paintball gurus lecture me on not storing CO2 in an automobile.
anyone else know about this.

 

Actually, my friend plays airsoft (kind of like paintpall except with plastics bb's, hurts a lot more) and he left a can of pressured air in his car overnight and the next day it blew up and tore up his roof, it made a good size dent and the tip of the bottle actually made a hole through the sheet metal. It's a good thing the drives a Toyota Tercel 'cuse that would suck if it happened in a FD.

 

You actually think you will yield some power out of this?

 

There won't be enough pressure for misting nozzles, but why would you need to spray a FMIC? They don't heatsoak hardly at all. I thing it would be pointless.

 

I live in Texas where going outside on a summer day will make you feel as if your standing on a skillet. It only gets down to 80 something on summer nights... this is why I was thinking about this. More to releave the heatsoak that sometimes just won't go away.

 

it does here in Louisiana-intake temps 60C or more. Noticeable loss of power.

 

But does the IC feel hot to the touch, or is it just high temps? It could be the UIN heatsoaking.

 

I have been paintballing for about 5 years (switched to compressed air 2 years ago, but have had plenty of experience with CO2).

Just take the bottle inside with you.
Just make sure you have an on/off valve and a quick disconnect.

 

If you cool the IC with CO2, I don't think the computer is fast enough to correct for the temp drop, and you might pop you motor.

 

hmm... good point. but when the thing sees the intake temps low it give the motor more fuel... so you are saying that due to the sudden intake temp drop and the creation of more hp... that the ECU make take a few to many seconds to compensate for the increase in hp... and boom? You should have seen how my car acted when my intake temp sensor was acting screwy... it bounce from 80c to 12c to 50c to 80c back to 12c again... talk about screwing some plugs up!

 

Yes thats exactly what he's saying. Personally I dont think the gain is worth all the trouble

If you really want to fix the problem get a good air/liquid IC with a heat exchanged in the nose of the car and a small insulated water box that you can put ice in on super hot days. That will give you VERY constant and cold air intake temps.....and really if you sell your IC, then figure in how much you would have spend on a spray set up, it might not cost you much more to diy

STEPHEN

 

do you have to have an intake sensor?

 

They come stock on the car and yes you have to have it its under the UIM.