Dick:
according to my calculations, it might have helped for about 9 seconds (assuming
350cid, 7000rpm-- I don't know what a PRO car is). Then, you might want to
think
about rolling down the windows.
Russ Mack
Dick J wrote:
> --- Rick Hammond <r.hammond@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> > Dan Warner wrote:
> > >
> > Back on the AC option; I know it would eat hp,
> > but I would think it could be
> > basically a constant hp loss, but that loss
> > would be proportionally less at full
> > honk, with gains of ??
> >
> > Does anybody have figures on hp gains/degree
> > drop etc.?
> > How much temp. drop do you get from a good
> > air/air intercooler? (of course that
> > depends on ambient ranges)
>
> One hot summer day several years ago when I was
> running a PRO car at Maxton and was trying
> everything possible to gain a couple of MPH, I
> thought about routing the intake tube back into
> the passenger compartment, running the AC while I
> waited in staging, then turning it off for the
> run. The intake air would then come from the
> cooled compartment, but there would be no extra
> AC drag. I never got around to trying it. Ran
> out of time that weekend.
>
> Dick J
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