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I was surprised to learn about the 2018 Dodge Demon's SRT power chiller. It uses the car's refrigerant to cool down the supercharger. On race day you actuall
by ortusdux 9y ago
I was surprised to learn about the 2018 Dodge Demon's SRT power chiller. It uses the car's refrigerant to cool down the supercharger. On race day you actually have to turn off your AC. The whole car is insane, especially considering that it is street legal and may of its owners will be using it as a daily driver.
- rootusrootus 9y agoThat's an idea that dates back quite a ways. Ford had a prototype F150 Lightning that used A/C to temporarily cool down the intercooler and gain something like 30-50 horsepower for around 30 seconds at a time. Unfortunately Ford elected instead to just kill the Lightning altogether at that point.
- TheSpiceIsLife 9y agoGreat idea, surprised I haven't seen this as a street legal mod. You would only need to sandwich the intercooler between the hot and cold heat exchangers with a (fairly powerful) automotive refrigerant pump connect to them. The cold heat exchanger would go in front of the intercooler. I'm going to start talking about this to some enthusiasts I know and see if I can convince one of them to do it.
- icelancer 9y ago>> Great idea, surprised I haven't seen this as a street legal mod. It was a homebrew hack by people in the Honda Civic / del Sol community decades ago, I recall it fondly.
- dharmab 9y agoHow many owners are going to be swapping between the drag radials/skinny front wheels and daily driver tires? Or willing to deal with the mileage?
- LeonM 9y agoThat's nothing new, my Jaguar XJ12 from '84 uses it's AC to cool down the fuel in the return line.