Jon,
Keep on trying to find an edge. It's not going to work. Maybe we should
offer to help Terry with this project. We could become the TT and J guys
(like B and F) of cold air boxs. Just a thought.
Todd from Winston-Salem, N.C.
www.netunlimited.net/~mustang/
-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Smith <jdsmith4@yahoo.com>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Wednesday, July 14, 1999 12:00 AM
Subject: Re: DML: Re:cool air rig
>
>OK, Terry you are hereby authorized to build such a
>unit. Can you have one built before the 23rd?? :-)
>
>
>
>--- Terry Herrin <therrin@isaac.net> wrote:
>> Doug Sasse <CRXBOY1@webtv.net> wrote:
>> >Why not use a flammable gas?Why not compressed
>> Oxygen or Hydrogen.when
>> >they are released they are cold and burn great.(use
>> oxygen to oxidize
>> >and hydrogen is a fuel)
>>
>> The Hindenburg Explosive Air Intake System.
>> Guaranteed to get you
>> into the 8's, though the number of pieces actually
>> crossing the finish
>> line will vary according to application. <grin>
>>
>> The idea about the dry ice is cool though, pardon
>> the pun. :-D
>> Dry ice is fairly easy to get, and could be stored
>> in a styrofoam
>> container until you arrived at the track. With
>> something like the
>> QuickD intake, an insulated box could be built
>> around the steel tube,
>> with a lid on top that opens. Before you race,
>> simply open the box,
>> dump in some dry ice, then close and latch the box
>> lid. The dry ice
>> causes the intake tube to become extremely cold,
>> cooling the air as it
>> goes into the engine.
>>
>> Advantages:
>> 1. No dripping water, as dry ice sublimates directly
>> into a gas.
>> 2. The CO gas would not be going into the intake, so
>> no loss of
>> combustion.
>> 3. Air would be cold going into the engine,
>> especially with a steel
>> tube like on the QuickD.
>> 4. Dry ice in an insulated box would last a pretty
>> long time, so the
>> ice could be loaded a while in advance of the actual
>> run.
>> 5. Cost would be reasonable, both for building and
>> using.
>> 6. Super easy to implement.
>> 7. No danger of explosion, as CO2 doesn't burn.
>> 6. Easily removed for warranty work.
>>
>> Terry Herrin
>> 99 FR CC R/T
>> Wilmington, NC
>>
>
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