Does anyone know any tricks I can pull to beat an 03 vette with my 04 gto?
05-02-2005, 05:29 PM
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Originally Posted by redvpsenator
In the hot tropics in north Australia some dry ice in the air box works, don't know agout the temperature there, good luck. 
In the air box would introduce C02 into the intake of the car. Its displacing something and if its oxygen well thats not good. Doesn't make too much sense, even if you strapped it to the air box, the air exists in that small area for such a small amount of time before it continues its trip into the engine that it couldn't help.
05-03-2005, 02:32 PM
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Originally Posted by LiqTenExp
In or on the air box?
In the air box would introduce C02 into the intake of the car. Its displacing something and if its oxygen well thats not good. Doesn't make too much sense, even if you strapped it to the air box, the air exists in that small area for such a small amount of time before it continues its trip into the engine that it couldn't help.
In the air box would introduce C02 into the intake of the car. Its displacing something and if its oxygen well thats not good. Doesn't make too much sense, even if you strapped it to the air box, the air exists in that small area for such a small amount of time before it continues its trip into the engine that it couldn't help.
I minored in Chemistry in college - not that it's some almighty achievement or anything - but I'll speak from my too-long ago education: Although dry ice may give off CO2, the rate at which it 'subliminates' (goes from a solid to a gas w/o passing theough a liquid-phase) is going to be pretty low compared to the amount of air flowing through the LS1 airbox. I don't know exactly how much air an LS1 sucks up, but my old 302-mustag (back in the day) had a Holley 650 cfm carb... ..meaning that it can suck 650 cubic feet of air per minute. That's a lot of air, and I'm sure the LS1 has = or better airflow... ...so I'd bet that the amount/concerntation of CO2 being let off in that kind of airflow/volume from a chunk of dry-ice would be very small.
Now, if you left a block of dry ice in the airbox overnight with the engine off & tried to start it in the morning you'd probably have problems.
Just my 2 cents.
05-13-2005, 02:52 PM
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Originally Posted by skelly
You're right - I should just throw money at the problem & leave the creativity & innovation to someone else.
