Do your Coolant temps and AIT's a favor

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Originally Posted by RETed

I am not going to mess with stuff that is basically very small tiny bits of glass.

I've messed with aerogel, but only with speakers...I'll leave that stuff with transducers.

Peltier devices are notoriously inefficient devices.
By the time you create enough cold to counteract the heat, you've produced enough (or not enough?) current on the order of significant horsepower.
So all that did was load the engine down or blow your alternator?


-Ted

Hence why I didn't think it efficient at all but a nifty science experiment (thermoelectric). How's the Aerogel? I've never had a chance to work with it, does it compress and expand agreeably with metals?

As for the silica, I don't think it would cause any problems unless the metal deteriorated enough to cause them direct access to the combustion chamber or leak into the oil reserves (which I don't think they would at all unless there was a catastrophic failure). Combining the silica with a metal based epoxy or resin would eliminate any fear that a rouge silica particulate would find its way into a place it shouldn't be.

The only other option would be to fill the chamber with insulation material (fiber glass) and some aluminum.