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Originally Posted by Eddies66
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While they look cool, I am not sure how effective they would be. The only heat transfer that would take place is where the can touched the outer edge of the coil. Plus, I have never seen a soda can survive a freeze/thaw cycle very well.
As with old school cool cans, the more contact the coil has with the cooling medium, the more effective it will be. I think that is why you would see alot of the old school racers add ice and alcohol to the can. Ice and alcohol would allow heat transfer to occur to almost 100 percent of the cooling coil.
With that said, trying to cool warm fuel as it passes through a line will never be as effective as just starting with cool fuel in the tank. Which leaves you with two options: icing your fuel jug overnight and pouring it into the cell at the last minute or icing your fuel right in the cell of your car.