If you could route the air from your factory a/c ino the intake, blower on high at max cool. Would it provide a cool intake charge and give you more hp? I know this sounds lame but I was drunk and thinking about weird stuff. Just wondered if it would actually work.

 

It might help caus the cold air is dense but you need to remember that when you run the a/c the engine looses hp so answer to you ? NO

 

no wouldnt work... AC drags 10-15 hp..

 

Diden't think of that. lol :P

 

This has already been thought of. Go to the supercharger section and search for supercooler

 

It was 112 degrees here yesterday. As I was driving around and having to do some extended idling, I noticed my IAT got as high as 172 degrees.

Gotta wonder if when it's that hot, having a way to plumb in some cold air might help. I can sure tell by the seat of the pants dyno that the power is way down when it's that hot.

But then again, I was pretty hot and brain fried myself.

Oh Well.

 

mine avg's about 150F. the "cold air intake" itsnt cold air if its sux hot air from under the hood. im gettin a volant or an outlaw as soon as i get the mula. but since were on the topic of dyno. a 43F increase in shop temperature made 10HP and 13tq less on the dyno... so yes lower intake temps do make a notiable difference

 

Ford SVT did something along those lines with the latest Lightning concept. They used the AC to store up a cold air charge that would cool the intake air during a wide open throttle event. The charge is good for almost two minutes, which is plenty of time for a drag race. The AC didn't cut down horsepower since the compressor cuts off during a wide open throttle event (just like in every other car on the road). It supposedly picked up the 500 hp engine to 550 hp! Quite a significant increase!!

 

On both of my trucks, the temp drops pretty quick once I am moving. My work truck is stock, and my POV has an Airaid jr. I have a scanguage on my work truck, and the EDGE on my POV. I don't see any real difference between the stock intake and the Airaid in IAT. Especially after driving awhile and the heat sink effect gets everything under the hood hot. It only takes a couple of miles of steady driving and the temp drops. I have also noticed the the temp drops quicker with the Airaid over stock. Maybe because the Airaid is sucking so much more air and is getting air from the grill area.

 

Well, i have looked intothis idea and was severely warned about not doing it.

reason: Refrigerant that gets into the intake tract(leak) and is burned creates what i was told to be phosgene gas, deadly. I know Ford also worked on a charge cooler where the a/c air cooled an intercooler, lowering the charge temps, and there was no risk of contamination from refrigerant.