Useing waste exhaust heat to heat the intake air that needs to be cool?

 

The waste heat turns the impeller that turns a DIFFERENT impeller that compresses the air that goes through the intercooler - giving dense oxygen that is then cooled 70-90% (denpending on your intercooler). The waste heat goes out your tailpipe, NOT through the intercooler. It's the compression of the air that makes it hot. For some reason I feel you believe the exhaust gas is what's traveling through the intercooler? If I'm wrong, I appologize. It's like a dam where water spins a turbine that drives a generator, but the water does not go through the generator - it takes its own path. Same principal here.

 

I posted something simular to this about a month ago although its for my gasser intake. Ive got the AEM Intake which is made out of aluminum and to me it seems this intake absorbs more engine heat than reflect it. Im still temped to checkout some reflective heat tape sold by summit racing.

 

Finally someone who has some understanding of what I'm talking about. Any heat that is put into the motor is not helping. Outside air that is heated just geting to the air filter and heated further getting to the turbo by engine heat. Then the intake turbo is attached to the hot exhaust turbo so it gets hotter as well as compressing the air makeing it hotter yet. So if what you say is true the intercooler can cool 70% and the temp going in to the intercooler is ?

 

...about 500 degrees F.

 

Hey man, I know what you are talking about. geesh

 

Good thing 'cause I was about to ask him how much horsepower his headlights have.

 

I thought you did Dan just repeating it so maybe others would. It was Lark that seemed to be out there. Check out this web sight. www.rbracing-rsc.com/intercoolers.htm Ok so it's 500deg going in and what about ? deg coming out of the intercooler at 90% efficiency.

 

Hmm...

Since I'm "out there", I'd say about 50 degrees.

 

TreeDR, now it's your turn to answer my question about how much horsepower your headlights have?

Seriously...

 

Sorry to cause you grief. Just looking for real information. So far not very many have responded about trying to cool their intake air beyond just the air filter.

 

What is it... something like how many horses does it take to lift 1 lb off the ground 1 foot high???? or somethingnlike that
I dont know how bout candle power...how many candles does it take to light up the room to let the horse see...
how bout will power... let me have the will not to post and hijack someones thread...

 

How much horsepower my headlight have? Guess it depends on how many horses are in my headlights.

 

Actually, a HP is equal to about 746 Watts. Ol' James was alway think'n! This means each 55 Watt bulb has about 0.07 HP. Kinda funny, uh?

Anyway, I like the idea of reducing the heat around the airbox, too. The sad realisation is I don't think you will notice any "seat-of-the-pants" difference for all of your hard work giving the fact the air is going into a compressor. If this were an application where the air went straight from the filter box into the motor, then that may be a different story.

And I appologize for the hijack. However, I'm not completely convinced it's a hijack if the dialogue is between me and the guy that started the thread? But I'm not in the mood to "squeal like a pig" so I'll step away quietly before I upset my neighbor to the east.

 

Aw, man I hate the internet. My post came across way wrong. I was joking around and was making fun of myself. I was meaning that I needed the will power not to hijack the thread. Sorry for the misunderstanding. I was just trying to have some fun.