The automotive equivlent is water/alcohol injection... yes it works... I had
a unit on my '68 Charger which allowed me to run pump gas (10:1 compression)
without any pinging, and without retarding the timing. They are
particularly helpful in forced induction.. sometimes called and alcohol
intercooler, it's injected after the turbo/blower to cool the intake charge.
I know of at least one person on the DiRT list that runs a Novi blown V10
(no kidding) and uses the alcohol injection... works like a charm.. no
timing retard required up to 6-8 # of boost, if I recall.
The household equivlent is a swamp cooler... uses water run over pads, and
air pulled through the pads to cool the air.. It's how I cool my house
currently... when the humidity is low (30% on average where I live in
Colorado), they work VERY well... but I think the direct injection of
distilled water or a water/alcohol mix is less restrictive, simpler, and
actually works better in an automotive application.
Gary Shook
>Jon and everyone else who is throwing this idea around. I don't know how
>you could make it work but it is a proven fact that running air over
>ammonia or alchohol (like rubbing) will drop the air temperature by
>about 8-10 degrees, possibly more. I have seen a prototype a/c system in
>a popular mechanics magazine a few years ago the had something like
>this. They built a radiator style grid and blew air through it. They
>were able to achieve 60 degree temps from 90 degree incoming air. I'll
>see if I have it around I doubt it but I might get lucky.
>
>Jeff Durling
>'96 Sport
>
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