fuel cooler? people come forth and speak!!!!

[s13mikesr20]

was wondering about running a inline cooler for my fuel lines because it gets really hot here in vegas and colder fuel meens a happier motor

[racepar1]

The only non-drag race car that I've heard of people putting fuel coolers on is RX7's. That is primarily because rotaries are angry little bastards and produce ridiculous amounts of heat. On an SR I doubt that would be an issue...

[s13mikesr20]

yea rotarys r hot running dorito motors on a stick but

it can only do nothing but help the motor yea?

[racepar1]

yea rotarys r hot running dorito motors on a stick but

it can only do nothing but help the motor yea?

I doubt you would see any tangible gains. In theory, yes, cooler fuel SHOULD be better. It's only really worth it if you've got a fuel temperature issue though.

[Kingtal0n]

Of course we all want our fuel to be ice cold. Of Course!!!

However, touching the fuel system, and adding unnecessary lines and hardware, could be an enormous mistake. Your are taking a somewhat reliable fuel delivery system and opening it up to potential serious hazards.

If you want to cool the mixture off that bad, go for some methanol injection kit. Check out aquamist systems. If you do it wrong, and make a mistake, then maybe you will not have a fire.

[brndck]

iirc team orange and krl run a dry ice fuel cooler, like this one.
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[s13mikesr20]

25 dollar inline cooler or 500$ cooler that you have to fill with dry ice or methanol id take the 1st option and make sure its in a safe spot

[R33E8]

I think the idea of cooling your fuel in a street car is quite pointless... What do you expect to get out of it? If the cooler is only $25, I doubt it will have enough cooling power to actually make a difference.. How hot do you think the fuel even gets?

[Kingtal0n]

25 dollar inline cooler or 500$ cooler that you have to fill with dry ice or methanol id take the 1st option and make sure its in a safe spot

thats exactly what I am talking about. Your going to trust a $25 piece with your gasoline? $25 for possibly risking your life?

Not even for guaranteed positive effects.

[Croustibat]

LOL

seriously dude, think about AFR ratio, and how much it affects your engine. Then think again about modding your fuel lines and adding possible leaks for a 0.000001% improvement.

[brndck]

25 dollar inline cooler or 500$ cooler that you have to fill with dry ice or methanol id take the 1st option and make sure its in a safe spot

Lol. Asks about a performance part; complains about how much it is.

Peasant.

[Croustibat]

But you dont understand ! He can have one for 25$ on ebay ! guaranteed +20WHP !

[Matej]

it can only do nothing but help the motor yea?
Unless you freeze the fuel.

[s13mikesr20]

Jesus flame on hahhahahahaha got my answer repeated about three times

answer one basically have to spend 500-800 to see a difference

Answer two not worth it....

reason I brought this up saw a episode of roadkill were they had problems with the fuel pump heating the fuel to much and creating vacumlock and the fuel was boiling it was shoot here in vegas but that was with a carbed car.....just a thought

[Kingtal0n]

I have another great idea. Lets turbocharge the factory 240sx engine in the hopes of making 350 horsepower reliably for 80,000 miles. And my engine already has 80,000 miles.

[FRpilot]

Why not just get nitrous oxide. It provides a cooling effect to the air coming in/combustion chamber.

[Kingtal0n]

Why not just get nitrous oxide. It provides a cooling effect to the air coming in/combustion chamber.

haha. thats actually the best idea in this entire thread. if you are going to add any kind of complexity, at least make sure it also adds at least 50 horsepower amirite

[240sxfan6882]

Methanol Injection would be much more effective I'd say