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Old 07-29-2009, 02:29 PM   #1 (permalink)
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HAI with a radiator?

Has anyone considered using a computer radiator to help warm the air on a HAI setup? I was thinking of diverting some of the hot coolant into the computer radiator which would be placed at the opening of the HAI so the air would get pulled through the radiator fins. This may have been done before by someone on here, so some advice or just a link to the thread would be appreciated.

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You could just pull the air through the normal radiator...unless you were thinking of something hotted than that?
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Well, I wasnt sure if there was any correlation with higher temperatures leading to better fuel gains. Has anyone done any studies on the optimal temp of the intake air?

Im assuming that hotter would be better, but this could easily be a case of quickly diminishing returns.
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I have used the search function and skimmed through most of the HAI threads, but I cant find anything showing anyone who has actually done this mod. But thanks for the help Frank


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