On Fri, 27 Oct 2000, Ronald Wong wrote:
[...]
> Basically, what Gary has done is tapped into the existing air conditioning
> lines, as far as compressor goes, then he built another condenser and
> evaporator that goes into the air intake box. The way he figures it is
> this. If it's hot outside and you're gonna turn on the AC anyway, you might
> as well feed some of it to the engine. If it's not hot outside then your
> ambient temp's going to be lower and you won't realize as much gain anyway
> so if the AC isn't on, not as big of a deal.
[...]
I too have thought about doing something like this in the past, just
to mess around with it, but I was planning to do something like just
re-direct the cold air from the ductwork to the throttle body. It was
just one of those no priority items in the back of my brain somewhere
so I never actally thought a lot about it, but one thing I did consider
was having your A/C on will cause condensation to drip out the bottom
of the vehicle. This is a major no-no at the strip, and can get you
booted out of the lanes if the starting personel notice it. Have they
incorporated some sort of catch can to solve this problem?
-Jon-
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