Cold Fuel

Purpdust · 05-30-2006, 4:40 PM

Know I know what to do with that Compressor from my minifridge.

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It was also introduced for the 2005 year, that under rule 2.10.5: 'No fuel on the motorcycle may be more than fifteen degrees C (15â-C) below ambient temperature. The use of any device on the motorcycle to artificially decrease the temperature of the fuel below ambient temperature is forbidden.no motorcyle may include a device.' This stops an artificial "boost" gained by increasing fuel density by cooling it.

dattaway · 05-30-2006, 5:02 PM

Is there a story behind that rule? Someone been cooling their tank with dry ice?

tigerblade · 05-30-2006, 5:12 PM

Interesting. I wonder how much those tinfoil covers the factory teams use actually keep the tank below ambient temp?

luvtolean · 05-30-2006, 5:16 PM

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Originally Posted by dattaway

Is there a story behind that rule? Someone been cooling their tank with dry ice?

It says it right in the rule...cooler fuel is denser and makes more power. There are several ways outside of a compressor to do it. I've never read of anyone getting caught, but I have thought up several ways to do it...

TB, they pour the fuel in well chilled (you'll note the rule covers add ons), and try to keep it as cool as possible with those covers.

Part of this stems from the additives they run in the high zoot fuels. The "light ends" are the components of the fuel, like oxygenates, that you're paying all the extra money for. Many of these boil off at low temps, like 90-100º range...so they do everything they can to take care of the fuel.

Custom900 · 05-30-2006, 5:18 PM

oxygen rich Race fuel.

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm good.

luvtolean · 05-30-2006, 5:23 PM

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Originally Posted by dattaway

Is there a story behind that rule? Someone been cooling their tank with dry ice?

You can do much better than that.

I used to have something like this on a drag race car.

http://www.moroso.com/catalog/catego...?catcode=32030