Thread: Fuel Cooling?
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Old 06-23-2011, 02:32 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by Trots*88TII-AE* View Post
I'm just wondering what kind of real-world benefit there is to cooling the fuel personally. I know on the Honda F1 turbocharged racecars, they actually pre-heated the fuel to a certain temperature using engine coolant to help atomization, now whether that was to help fuel economy, power, or a bit of both I don't recall. I'm just not sure it's going to help you...

I also thought of running one using an outboard boat water-cooled oil cooler, and plumbing it in-line with my air-water intercooler. But when I looked into it I couldn't find much more benefit than just me thinking it would help.
the honda engine is neat, it does really highlight that the fuel they used was weird though.

i wonder how much cooling youd really need with gasoline? it might be that a loop of aluminum line, like a PS loop would be plenty

either that or maybe it would be simpler to hook up the fuel pump speed relay
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