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Any benefit to cooling fuel
Thursday, October 20, 2005 10:06 AM
I see that DEI makes a piece for thier cry02 kit that cools the fuel line down by 80 deg is this something that is worth while?



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Re: Any benefit to cooling fuel
Thursday, October 20, 2005 10:41 AM
As long as you are cooling the intake air, it will help, but you probably won't notice any great gains as with cooling the incoming air.





Re: Any benefit to cooling fuel
Thursday, October 20, 2005 10:46 AM
When your car is dead on empty and you fill it up does it "feel" better? I bet it does. Thats cause the gas just came up from 10 feet under ground where it what like 50degrees. So the new fuel you just put into your tank is cold and your car runs stronger so the anwser is yes it will make a difference.




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Re: Any benefit to cooling fuel
Thursday, October 20, 2005 11:12 AM
It'll make a diference, but will the benefit outweigh the cost?

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Re: Any benefit to cooling fuel
Thursday, October 20, 2005 11:23 AM
honestly i dont see much use for cooling the fuel that drasticly


since you really want the air coming in cooler


only reason you want the fuel cool is to prevent vapor lock , ie... boiling the fuel in the line







Re: Any benefit to cooling fuel
Thursday, October 20, 2005 11:37 AM
I can say that keeping your fuel cool is definitely a good thing when it comes to a race car or something of that nature. If your fuel gets too hot, fo instance if the fuel line is too close to your exhaust, the fuel will start to perculate, which can cause starvation to occur because there's not a constant feed of fuel in the line. That sort of thing seems to be more common in carb'd engines, but I suppose it can happen in EFI systems as well. Under normal circumstances, though, it's not really an issue.


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Re: Any benefit to cooling fuel
Thursday, October 20, 2005 11:42 AM
I was under the impression that when gasoline heats up it produces more gas'
(air type) and starts to expand. so if that is true it sounds like it makes the gas more dense. Kina like with air.



Re: Any benefit to cooling fuel
Thursday, October 20, 2005 12:27 PM
im always looking foward to new things and this is pretty far out on the horizon but im always gathering ideas for future projects



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