Hi there all. I was pondering last night. Some beer may have been involved. An intercooler is basicaly a rad right, stick with me, colder air into engine makes better atomization of feul, more power, correct? Is there some device that could run the a/c evaporator lines through a rad type device to cool the air. The a/c lines are cold to the touch so would this work to cool the air. It mabey a long shot but again it was a drinking idea.:devillook

The idea of cooling the air is fine... but the power being sucked by the AC will more than offset the advantage.
Spraying Nitrous or Co2 onto the exterior of an intercooler is used in high power turbo applications, but isnt really a streetable option either.

Lol! It will probably just sneeze, You have to force cooled air in there to benefit, Cold alone want do anythng, There are some aftermarket gizmo's that blow additional air into the intakes, Some are even on ebay, You only want to cool the air on load! Sending that cold/ac air into the engine on a Hot Summer day while stuck in traffic is a no no! Becareful!!! Here's some reading on coolers----------> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercooler

Here's some related info from the Ford Lightning

Taken from http://www.maximum-cars.com/Cars/Car.php?carnumber=418

"Ford’s patented SuperCooler technology cleverly provides a special burst of power for the SVT Lightning concept. Traditional intercoolers dissipate heat from the supercharged air by circulating coolant through a front-mounted, air-cooled radiator. With the SuperCooler system, the vehicle’s air conditioning system is used to chill a small storage tank of coolant to about 30 degrees Fahrenheit.

On demand, the SuperCooler system switches the intercooler flow from its normal circulation and dumps the chilled coolant into the engine’s intercooler. In turn, the intercooler dissipates up to 20 percent more heat from the charge air – resulting in a denser air charge.

A green light on the instrument panel indicates the system’s readiness. SuperCooler is activated automatically when the driver depresses the accelerator to a wide-open-throttle position."

A/C systems are power hungry at the benefit from cooling the intake charge doesn't outweigh the cost of running the A/C like someone already stated. But, using it to charge up a system for a burst of energy when you need it is viable. (like at the drag strip ;) ). I guess it saves you putting a bag of ice on the intercooler which is pretty common to do before a run.