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Cybermonkey

 posted on 15th Aug 04 at 09:43

lol i was going to add something along those lines joff until i read yours :lol: The fact that the air-con is sapping engine power in the first place means that you cannot regain or increase power by tracking through the mainfold. Would have to be 100% efficient, and there is no such thing in the real world :lol: the most efficient objects are step-down transformers used on national power grids. these are like 95% efficient. the %% is lost through radiation, sound, heat etc etc


ed

 posted on 15th Aug 04 at 00:19

"In this house we will obay the laws of physics" :mad:


Fraser Young

 posted on 15th Aug 04 at 00:13

quote:
Originally posted by Joff
Just get a can of perpetual motion and spray it all into your air intake. That'll be good for a few bhp - Revs did a test on it a couple of months ago!!


pmsl... my fav. quote of the last month...:lol:


Joff

 posted on 15th Aug 04 at 00:06

Just get a can of perpetual motion and spray it all into your air intake. That'll be good for a few bhp - Revs did a test on it a couple of months ago!!


ed

 posted on 14th Aug 04 at 23:16

It's a similar idea to the electric supercharger that runs off of the alternator... Just won't work, unless you can do the physically impossible and make everything runn 100% effecient :lol:


sfxer

 posted on 14th Aug 04 at 18:22

you do sometimes Ian, but not when it comes to engine power! :lol:


Ian

 posted on 14th Aug 04 at 18:17

You don't get anything for nothing!


5door_jon

 posted on 14th Aug 04 at 18:14

buy one of them mini 12v fridges and rig that in


sfxer

 posted on 14th Aug 04 at 17:50

aircon saps power from the engine, but theoretically if it was set up right you could regain the lost power! :lol: waste of time tho really.

maybe a seperate aircon system running off a battery?


corsafreak

 posted on 14th Aug 04 at 17:44

any benifit gained due to colder denser air would be cancelled out by the drag of the aircon compressor i'm afraid.
notice how your mpg drops when using aircon, or the engine labours more at tickover with the aircon running.


miles

 posted on 14th Aug 04 at 17:29

Interesting idea. Would give more of a benefit on a turbo'd car.

I assume it wouldn't be able to flow nearly enough air, else that sort of system would be used on turbo's.

Interesting thought though.


MoNkEy MaGiC

 Icon depicting mood of post posted on 14th Aug 04 at 16:59

was in my mates golf the other day.. jus cruising with the Air-con on.. and my mate thought of a idea :o

what if he could put a pipe of one of the Air-con outlets goin into the engine bay, either directly into the airbox or as a cold air feed??:lol::lol:

i told him to shut up and dont be so stupid! but would happen if he did do this? would their be any gains of any kind?