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« Reply #30 on: October 15, 2009, 04:42:25 PM » |
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911 Turbos use a fuel cooler that is run off the air conditioning. The fuel is used to cool the air charge going into the cylinder.
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« Reply #31 on: October 15, 2009, 04:57:30 PM » |
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911 Turbos use a fuel cooler that is run off the air conditioning. The fuel is used to cool the air charge going into the cylinder.
Certain '60s Fords had 1" thick 4-bbl carb spacers that had a couple of coolant bungs on them that were hooked to heater hoses to warm the carb faster in cold weather. Back in the drag racing days we took one along with a homemade cool can full of ice and a small 12V pump and circulated freezing water through the cool can and carb spacer. Seemed to have a very positive effect along with cooling the fuel line also. It would have been interesting to do actual dyno testing versus a plain phenolic carb spacer. |
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« Reply #32 on: October 15, 2009, 05:13:16 PM » |
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Certain '60s Fords had 1" thick 4-bbl carb spacers that had a couple of coolant bungs on them that were hooked to heater hoses to warm the carb faster in cold weather. Back in the drag racing days we took one along with a homemade cool can full of ice and a small 12V pump and circulated freezing water through the cool can and carb spacer. Seemed to have a very positive effect along with cooling the fuel line also. It would have been interesting to do actual dyno testing versus a plain phenolic carb spacer.
And the phenolic space would also help to prevent the fuel from boiling in the carb, no? Wow, cooler fuel may actually better. Contrary to some people's beliefs.  |
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« Reply #33 on: October 15, 2009, 07:04:36 PM » |
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In other news, fill up before your tank gets below half full, or else you'll suck the sludge in the bottom.  |
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« Reply #34 on: October 16, 2009, 02:25:05 AM » |
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And the phenolic space would also help to prevent the fuel from boiling in the carb, no?
Yep, but wouldn't necessarily be less than ambient (or underhood) temp. The phenolic spacer's basically just an insulator, while the chilled spacer was cooooold. |
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« Reply #35 on: October 16, 2009, 02:34:52 AM » |
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In other news, fill up before your tank gets below half full, or else you'll suck the sludge in the bottom. ^ That's some good advice right there. |
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« Reply #36 on: October 16, 2009, 02:43:08 AM » |
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I was an unwitting participant in this bogus lawsuit. I had to "Opt out" but to do so I had to find a receipt and some other stuff. Discount club retailer Costco has agreed to settle a lawsuit regarding the temperature of gasoline in its fuel pumps. The class action lawsuit, brought by non-profit group Consumer Watchdog, alleged Costco was selling consumers less fuel than they paid for when gasoline temperature inside its fuel pumps rose above 60 degrees Fahrenheit. http://www.retailerdaily.com/entry/13402/costco-cools-off-hot-fuel-lawsuit/ |
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« Reply #37 on: October 16, 2009, 04:07:24 AM » |
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911 Turbos use a fuel cooler that is run off the air conditioning. The fuel is used to cool the air charge going into the cylinder.
which gives it more HP |
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« Reply #38 on: October 16, 2009, 04:08:12 AM » |
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you can if you want to.
not sure what else there is to argue about |
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« Reply #39 on: October 16, 2009, 07:04:00 AM » |
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I can change the mileage in G's truck by more than 3 mpg just by driving a little differently (while still moving with the faster traffic). That's waaaay more than anyone would ever see due to temps in the gas station tanks. To me this is one of those issues that can so easily be changed much more by other factors that it becomes irrelevant.
My truck started getting better mileage after I installed set of chrome Trucknutz below the hitch, because it makes my fuel mixture 17% more awesome. Now I fill up whenever I damn well please. Thank you, Trucknutz! |
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« Reply #40 on: October 16, 2009, 07:31:20 AM » |
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Truck nuts are teh ghey
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« Reply #41 on: October 16, 2009, 12:26:29 PM » |
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Truck nuts are teh ghey
didn't AZ want to put those on his bike at some point? |
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« Reply #42 on: October 16, 2009, 02:25:53 PM » |
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My truck started getting better mileage after I installed set of chrome Trucknutz below the hitch, because it makes my fuel mixture 17% more awesome. Now I fill up whenever I damn well please.
Thank you, Trucknutz!
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« Reply #43 on: October 16, 2009, 02:28:17 PM » |
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didn't AZ want to put those on his bike at some point?
<obvious joke> yeah, but they blocked the chin vent and his visor kept fogging <obvious joke> |
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« Reply #44 on: October 18, 2009, 06:07:21 AM » |
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Certain '60s Fords had 1" thick 4-bbl carb spacers that had a couple of coolant bungs on them that were hooked to heater hoses to warm the carb faster in cold weather. Back in the drag racing days we took one along with a homemade cool can full of ice and a small 12V pump and circulated freezing water through the cool can and carb spacer. Seemed to have a very positive effect along with cooling the fuel line also. It would have been interesting to do actual dyno testing versus a plain phenolic carb spacer.
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