Ok, thinking about air and fuel a little bit lately. On the mower board I'm involved with they're talking about using a cool can for a car to cool the fuel (gasoline) down to make it denser and therefore cram more fuel into the mower. Now my problem with the whole idea of cooling fuel (in cars as well, where cool cans are marketed) is that you'll get droplets instead of mist forming. Thinking about how fog is formed.. cold air is moving across warm air or moist ground. Even at low relative temps the water evaporates and moves into the air. Reverse this.. have cold water and warm air and what do you get? Nothing. Well, actually you'll get water being pulled out of the air, like a cold glass in hot summer air forming condensation on the outside. So heat the intake as well (automakers already do this). It just seems to me that you would actually want to warm the fuel rather than cooling it so you get a better evaporation and mixing with the air and also using a heated intake would help. Yet cool cans have been used for year and these mower guys are talking about them like they do something positive. They're also talking about chilling the intake manis too. What's going on here?
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