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Installing Mr. Freeze's Boost Tank - Chillin' Like A Villain
It's not batman's nemesis-this mr. Freeze will give your blown mustang super powers
By Steve Turner
Photography by Courtesy of Anderson Ford Motorsport
Horse Sense:
Don't just use any windshield washer fluid with Mr. Freeze. Make sure you buy fluid rated for -20 or lower, as it contains the desirable methanol. Mark doesn't want to tell... Mark doesn't want to tell us what's under the hood of his car, but it does have an AFM B-451 camshaft, Edelbrock Victor Jr. cylinder heads, an Edelbrock Victor 5.0 intake, a 90mm Accufab throttle-body, a Pro-M 83mm mass air meter, MAC long-tube headers, a MAC H-pipe, UltraFlo mufflers and an MSD 6A ignition. A Vortech S-Trim fitted with a 3.15-inch pulley and an AFM Power Pipe which produces 17 pounds of boost, while a Weldon 2015 pump feeds the 55 lb/hr injectors with a steady diet of 93 octane. An AFM PMS maintains the tune. To test the merits of Mr.... To test the merits of Mr. Freeze, AFM's Rick Anderson corralled Mark Nowack's (of Plainfield, Illinois) '88 Mustang and strapped it to the in-house chassis dyno. This supercharged street/strip car sees regular quarter-mile action. Mr. Freeze is a simple-looking... Mr. Freeze is a simple-looking device, but don't start thinking you can just run a hose to your windshield washer reservoir and be all set. No, Mr. Freeze actually has check valves built in so it only sprays under boost. Of course, since there is no mechanical pumping device in this kit, that means it only works on boosted applications-turbo or centrifugally supercharged-naturally aspirated, nitrous and roots/screw combos are thus far incompatible with Mr. Freeze. Another way to cool a boosted air charge is to inject something into the air stream. Nitrous works well, as it adds power while cooling the charge, but these systems can be tricky to tune, and if you don't get them dialed in safely, things can get expensive in a hurry. Systems with similar efficacy, but less risk, have enjoyed resurgence. Before the days of mechanical intercooling, water injection and methanol injection were often used to quell the heat of boosted engines, particularly in harsh road racing environments.  As on any Mustang, the trick...  As on any Mustang, the trick to adding any new equipment is finding a free piece of underhood real estate. In the case of Mr. Freeze, it helps if the unit is mounted lower than the 'charger. In the case of Mark's car, Rick and company chose the driver-side frame rail next to where the battery would sit on a stock car. Mark's had a trunk-mount battery, so this area was more accessible. |  The unit mounted nicely on...  The unit mounted nicely on the frame rail, and could even be overlooked by the casual observer, who might think it was simply an overflow tank. Sneaky, eh? |  Since Mark's car was already...  Since Mark's car was already equipped with one of AFM's famed Power Pipes, the installation of the Mr. Freeze jet was quite easy. Simply mark the rubber elbow in a spot that would shoot directly into the blower inlet. Then, use an awl to puncture the elbow until you have a 3/16-inch hole. If you have an as-delivered blower inlet, you may need to drill through the plastic or metal inlet and install a rubber grommet to seal the Mr. Freeze jet. This system can only be used on the inlet side of the blower, as it uses the natural suction there to inhale the washer fluid. |
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