Chilled Fuel?

[paulo780]

this might sound like a silly question but do any of you that race nitro buggies chill your fuel in the fridge? the reason i ask is my uncle that races go-karts said that if you refridgerate your fuel it is more potent and delivers more power when its colder, trackside he used to wrap a cold wet rag around his fuel tank to keep the fuel cold and the sun off it, he said that these days people are even insulating there fuel tanks, i could easilly wack my fuel in my esky track side but is it worth it and will condensation be an issue witin the fuel tank etc?

 

[beason]

i could see that helping.. not sure how much on a nitro.. try it and see.. i think you will get better performance, but it may be to marginal to tote an extra cooler just for fuel.

 

[rcnutcase]

The reasoning behind chilling feul is a cold intake and cold feul produce more power. At the drag strips you will see guys with bags of ice on there intake manifolds. We used to make gas line coolers out of big coffee cans. we would coil our gas line inside of the can and fill the can with ice. It's marginal, but may be all you need in a drag race. I'm not sure how well it would work in the nitro scene though. cold air intakes and such are great for 1.1 cars and trucks but for rc I don't think it would help that much enless you are running on an extremely hot day like +95 degrees.

Bill

 

[2mcgrath]

yeah i dont think it would be worth the effort to do it

 

[jetmechG550]

I think there was a thread recently about using containers from developing fluid for photos to keep the sun off fuel and keep it cooler. It may have been Diver that mentioned it.

 

[CorradoPsi]

just keep your fuel out of direct sunlight. all the examples you have been given so far are for gasoline based fuels which do perform better when cool. however we run a methanol based fuel, which is naturally cool, if it heats up, it evaporates anyway. in 1.1 cars you rarely see a turbo car that runs methanol with an intercooler because the fuel runs cold enough to cool the intake charge without one. on a gasoline powered car though, run without an intercooler and you face impending engine death. no cooling properties to gasoline what so ever.

 

[RushRC]

Hey CorradoPsi clear your mailbox your all full and I can't send you nuttin

 

[savage18SS]

I always wondered about that too.