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Cool can

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2021 8:19 pm
by smeg
Can anyone here tell me if a cool can will work with methanol? I know it already cools the incoming air down but would cooling it more make more power?

Re: Cool can

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2021 9:08 pm
by j-c-c
I'll stick my toe in first, before others much more experienced can comment. Although it might add "slightly" to lower mixture temps, I suspect the reduction in atomization will out weight the cooler charge air temp benefits. I always thought the cool can was more of an outdated band aid for other fuel/tuning issues, in mostly carb applications. Related, wasn't it Porsche that raced with fuel heating components for awhile?

Re: Cool can

Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2021 4:29 am
by BOOT
I think it depends as said it can be a good band-aid for other possible issues.

For example I knew a guy with a mud truck who had his fuel cell in the bed baking in the sun

Or maybe someone with a fuel pump/system issue that puts heat into the fuel, over pumping running it long n so on.

On one car I checked with a temp gun and saw the pump n reg were hotter than the fuel bowls & intake.

Re: Cool can

Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2021 7:15 pm
by smeg
Forgot to add this is holley carb application. Has anyone tried this on a dyno?

Re: Cool can

Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2021 11:43 am
by xxdabroxx
smeg wrote: Thu Jan 14, 2021 7:15 pm Forgot to add this is holley carb application. Has anyone tried this on a dyno?
engine master half assed tested fuel temps in one of their episodes. What they were actually doing was testing icing an intake but instead found theat their gains in HP were from cooling the carb/ fuel. They were running gas though. Ever since watching that episode I've been interested in the cool cans. I'm going to run E85 on my new engine build and contemplated the cool can similarly. Not sure if it would help with alcohol based fuel.

Season 4 episode 43

Re: Cool can

Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2021 10:28 am
by gunt
and i would have thought the same until i read a f1 article where they had to bring in a rule of max fuel temp as all the guys were deliberatly seriously heating the fuel and i know its not methanol

Re: Cool can

Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2021 6:27 pm
by smeg
Ok thanks, maybe Larry M has tested this?

Re: Cool can

Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2021 8:14 pm
by dannobee
I don't know if I'd compare what the F1 guys are doing to what most of us do. F1 has to conform to very strict rules regarding fuel mileage, and have been able to get the engine's thermal efficiency to over 50%. And I wouldn't be surprised if they found they could "fudge" the FIA's fuel flow sensor by heating the crap out of the fuel.
For the rest of us, cooling the fuel adds power, but sometimes not enough to be worth the hassle, and sometimes banned by rule.

Re: Cool can

Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2021 1:50 pm
by gunt
this was long before that , very early days

Re: Cool can

Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2021 9:34 pm
by Arthur
smeg wrote: Thu Jan 14, 2021 7:15 pm Forgot to add this is holley carb application. Has anyone tried this on a dyno?
It will show clearer results in the vehicle
No negatives.