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Old 03-12-2010, 03:08 AM   #13 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by MARTINSR View Post
Ok, here with another dumb question. In my racing days one of the things you did was to run your fuel line thru a "cool can" packed with dry ice to COOL the fuel. Cooler fuel was denser thus more fuel entered the combustion chamber to produce more power.

Since more "power" often means more efficiant isn't there going to be a trade off with the heated fuel? If you have to accelerate more to get the same given power to move the car forward?

Brian
More power doesn't necessarily mean more efficiency. What people overlook in that statement is that more power made w/ the same amount of fuel means more efficiency.

Hopefully, the rest of the questions answer themselves with that sentiment.
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