[DeTomaso] fuel cell as oil cooler ???

[michael at michaelshortt.com]

WTF?

No, no, no

cold dense air is why cars run better on cooler days, more air in the
cylinders, thus more power.

Same as why Nitro engines make 8,000 HP, more air, the compression ratio in
a Top Fuel/Funny car is only 3 or 4 to 1.

Back in the glory days of NHRA my Day raced a 389 GTO tri-power and my job
was to go to the concession stand and get ice to put into a "cold can" which
looked like a quart sized paint can filled with a copper line coiled around
the inside ( looking like an inside out still ) where the ice was dumped and
the fuel would then be routed through the copper, getting colder, before
going into the carbs.

Hot gas makes vapor lock in a card fiited car.

Michael in Savannah




On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 3:56 PM, <msm at portata.com> wrote:

> My understanding (could be way off) is that you want dense air (cooled
> and/or compresses) but that you want the fuel to evaporate quickly since
> liquid fuel will not burn, hence warm fuel is better.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: [DeTomaso] fuel cell as oil cooler ???
>
>
> In adding another car to the Registry, I (easily) noticed that the stock
> fuel tank had been removed, and a "standard shaped" tank or cell
> installed
> over the ZF.
>
> OK so this adds weight in the worst location, but...
>
> In the photo I also noticed was might be an oil line going into and out
> of
> the tank.  (In addition to the expected fuel connections.)
>
> Hmmm.  The cooler fuel might cool the oil in the typical heat transfer
> like
> oil-to-water coolers.  But...
>
> Fuel works best when the air/fuel charge is cool (denser air).
>
> Long ago in my 510 days, when I experimented with EVERYthing about a
> car, I
> had a fuel cooler can (filled with frozen blue ice).
>
> Theoretically this fuel cooler worked, but the benefit was out-weighed
> by
> the effort.  So I must be missing something.
>
> I would think there are too many issues with an oil-to-fuel cooler...
>
> But interesting none-the-less!
>
> Chuck
>
>
>
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