Re: Silly way to save money

["Bruce Bell" <bbell@bbell.com>]

The cold cans he was referring to were often used on
carberated drag motors. I think the general idea was to
keep the gas from boiling away in the float chamber. I'm
sure it was plenty warm again by the time it hit the
venturi.
 
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> From: ptimmerm@mashtun.JPL.NASA.GOV
> To: quattro@coimbra.ans.net
> Subject: RE:  Silly way to save money
> Date: Monday, November 10, 1997 2:02 PM
> 
>  BRUCE <BRUCE@mannlawfirm.com> says:
> 
> > For HP you want cold fuel, not hot.
> 
> That is incorrect.  It has to do with atomization.
> True you want cold air, but you would like warm fuel.
> You ideal mixture is perfectly vaporized, which is
> thermodynamically imposible with cold fuel. Nobody does
it,
> for obvious reasons, but I know you can see significant 
> improvements.  I still wouldn't touch it.
> 
> paul t-