[urq] intake air temperatures

[Daryn Baker]

Has anybody on this list been daring enough to try liquid CO2 cooling
for the intercooler? I know the systems are available, but not sure
where one would mount the cylinder......not practical for an everyday
driver, but maybe for you racing folks?
 
Daryn

>>> "Brandon Rogers" <brogers at terrix.com> 3/22/04 9:43:49 AM >>>

Bill and all-
Don't you have Aqua Mist or something?  Shouldn't that lower intake
temps?

I'm not monitoring my intale temps...but I'm sure they're too high.
Ignorance is bliss......

But, that said, I still often think about ducting fresh air into the
airbox,
and applying some heat reflective tape to intake parts, such as the
pressure
pipe on my 3B, that it could benefit.

Also, my front valence is damaged, but totally useable so I will soon
be
cutting a third hole in front of the IC to increase airflow on the IC. 
I
can't believe that won't help. It seems all the latest hot rod turbo
cars
(Evo, etc) have big IC's that are really exposed to fresh air.  IMO,
with
the WX IC, ducting becomes crucial, something Audi improved on the
later
cars with a little shield above the IC and a little rubber thingy
(tech
term) on the outside in between the IC and valence, kepping air from
going
around.  These things just have to lower intake temps. I believe the
urq was
the first turbo Audi to use an IC, so now we know much more that they
did
back then - to keep the original setup is leaving performance on the
table,
so to speak....

Because you have a temp sensor, maybe you could do some of these
improvements and documemt intake temp changes.

Do it for the team!

Brandon


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Bennett" <ur.quattro at verizon.net>
To: <urq at audifans.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 10:54 PM
Subject: [urq] intake air temperatures


any one checking them besides me? the temperatures my bitch gets,
horrible
would be a good word after one acceleration event to 90 mph,(160 inlet
temp)
or prolonged idling I am gonna slide a heat shield between the turbo
and the
intake air box tommorrow to see if a simple heat sheild will help as
my
"suction hood" gets hotter than hell when driving. Bill
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