They are using water as a heat sink. The intercooler dumps a bunch in
for 5-10 sec. and the AC pulls it out over several minutes. Great for
street use. I can't see an application at Bonneville.
Bryan
drmayf wrote:
> I was thumbing my way through the latest issue of Muscle Mustang and
> Fast Fords and ran across an advert for Killerchiller.com. This is a
> system that uses the cars air conditioner to provide refrigeration type
> cooling to water that circulates through a water / air intercooler.
>
> My questions is: has anyone just used the refrigeration from the air
> conditioner as a cooling system directly on the air going to the motor?
> Sorta like in your hose with the AC running. Could a car AC be enough to
> cool charge air temps after the super or turbo charger? Anybody ever
> thought about doing it? Could you run the AC from an electric motor? Or
> battery with a large enough alternaor?
>
> Comments? I am going to do a littl ebit of thermo regards the refrig
> cycle but up front info would help.
>
> mayf
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