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Old 09-18-2005, 10:33 AM
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If you're going to mix water with this stuff anyways, couldnt you pout ice in the meth trank? I read about that guy putting it on his actual tank, and that got me thinking. If you think ice would make it too diluted, what about a freezer pack or something? just thinking...
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cool idea, but maybe the ice would make the mix getting sprayed not always the same percentage methanol?

freezer pack would be 'cool' maybe if it could fit into the windsheild reservoir
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Originally Posted by MIGHTYMOUSE
cool idea, but maybe the ice would make the mix getting sprayed not always the same percentage methanol?

freezer pack would be 'cool' maybe if it could fit into the windsheild reservoir
time for a custom tank
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just a thought, and now that I think about it I agree on the plain ice part, but a nice freezer pack would probable work. And I guess ya would need a custom tank or atleast an opening fabricated into your current one.
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I really dont see how this would help out all that much. When meth is vaproized it is VERY cold. I dont see how the ice would make it any colder. I supose anything is possible lol. GL


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Originally Posted by 99SS-T
I really dont see how this would help out all that much. When meth is vaproized it is VERY cold. I dont see how the ice would make it any colder. I supose anything is possible lol. GL


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Fully agree: the cooling effect comes from the evaporation of the liquid (no matter wich one: water, meth...).
The temperature of the liquid won't influence the temparature of the air charge so much. If you check some thermodynamic tables you'll see that the evaporation heat is 10 - 20 times the specific heat.
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but it seemed to work for a few guys, results speak for themselves.
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Who has it worked for? I know people put ice in their AWIC....
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Originally Posted by Amorget
Who has it worked for? I know people put ice in their AWIC....
https://ls1tech.com/forums/forced-induction/381801-10-s-finally.html
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Quote from that post:

"Yea, the Iced/Meth is a Mike "the Mad Scientist" Brown thing...not sure how much it really helps, but when you running low 11's you start trying anything you can think of. We also dropped his tire pressure 1 lb which trimmed a half of a tenth on the 60 so that likely was was the determining factor from his low eleven runs."

Not saying it doesn't work, just I wouldn't say that is proof it does work
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Originally Posted by Amorget
Quote from that post:

"Yea, the Iced/Meth is a Mike "the Mad Scientist" Brown thing...not sure how much it really helps, but when you running low 11's you start trying anything you can think of. We also dropped his tire pressure 1 lb which trimmed a half of a tenth on the 60 so that likely was was the determining factor from his low eleven runs."

Not saying it doesn't work, just I wouldn't say that is proof it does work
Until a controlled test is performed, you cannot rule it out just yet.
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As was pointed out earlier, heat of vaporization is much higher than specific heat on these or any other liquids. While cooler is undeniably better, would you risk clogging your injector nozzle or pump with an ice chunk to get an almost immeasurable hp increase? Then again, I guess a screen could keep out ice chunks. IMO, still not worth the trouble.
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your kidding me right an ice chunk is not going to clog those meth kits, if you ever seen one you would know, and they do have filters
with fluid flow it will melt the ice to unfreazing, only way it would "clog" is if the line itself froze.



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