Water Injection Installed

[Albie]

Originally Posted by NoMoGMPG

I think if you mix in some Red Bull with that water it will give you the boost in power you are looking for. .

OMG... I am on my ass with that one..LOL

[splne1]

Well I had a water/methanol kit on my dodge ram and it worked alright. Its a pain to fill the damn tank up all the time though. Looked back at the site and to my surprise they offer a kit for the H2. Planning on getting it.

http://www.snowperformance.net/products.php?p_cat=224

[johndjmix1]

No pics, u guys would proboly laugh so hard you would fall off your chair.

One thing is for sure though, running the water injection makes 87 octane fuel work real well with the supercharger....

--John

[Yetti]

the part I find interesting is how the idea of water injection has once again come round to become a objective cure.
I remember back in the `70s when people were force feeding this crap and blowing up engines left and right. the only thing I can say the water does effectively is remove carbon deposits on the combustion chambers and pistons.
its negative effects are little more of a concern.
cast pistons can't deal with the incresed flex of the domes for long before they fail from fatigue. the other fine atribute of water in fuel is noted as "putting out the fire". the catylist will actually suffer on the long term because it can't make heat effectively. it will plug up and cost you more then any amount you saved. so fair warning on the "benifits of water injection".

[splne1]

did you guys look at the performance gains on the dyno charts on the link?? Like I said I ran one on the old dodge and it ran fine the only problem is filling up the damn reservoir and apparently they have a bigger tank now???

http://www.snowperformance.net/products.php?p_cat=224

[HUMMERcustoms.com/TAZ]

There are others that know allot more than me on this subject but, water has been injected into jet engines to cool and make more power for a long time. It was used in WWII in many planes but, the 2 most popular I can recall were the P-38 and P-51. Both running superchargers although the P-38 in my book was a turbo as it used exhaust to turn compressor. Even the Zero ran a water injected supercharger that turned on belts off the crank.

If you have the water or water/methanol inj. set for WOT only and do not have a 40lb. lead foot even a small tank should not be to inconvenient. Some use a progressive inject system but, are harder to tune and calibrate to prevent washing the cylinder walls clean before ignition. Well that is getting in deeper than regular street rig needs.

I'm a fan of inj. many things through fuel for diff. appl. Later my goal would be direct cyl. injection which would be most powerful and most eff.

Good Luck to ALL no matter for whatever purpose and experiment. It is the only way the rest of forum get to learn something new is because one member took the chance and time as it does take time and money.

TAZ

[DRTYFN]

Originally Posted by johndjmix1

*crickets*

From Popular Mechanics

WATER INJECTION
This technology was developed during World War II to provide emergency sprint power for turbosupercharged fighter planes. At altitude, there is less air for cooling engines. The turbos, however, cram air into the inlet at manifold pressures nearly the same as those at sea level. The compressed intake air, heated as it goes through the turbos, makes the engine even hotter. Spraying water, or a water-alcohol mixture, directly into the intake lowers the combustion-chamber temperatures. This permits substantially more power for brief periods. Several manufacturers have attempted to apply this technology to automotive use. We ordered an AquaTune from a classified ad in the back pages of PM. "AquaTune is like no other water injection system in that it is, in actuality, a fuel cell hydrogen processor. It produces hydrogen-rich bubbles before being introduced into the engine draft." An "ultra-sonic barometric pressure chamber giving off ultra-sonic frequencies" apparently splits water molecules to create hydrogen bubbles. Anyone who can explain that, please call me--I'd like to make some hydrogen ultrasonically from water and solve the energy crisis while simultaneously eliminating global warming.

It was relatively easy to install the AquaTune, although we did need a few feet of our own vacuum line. (What do you want for $399?) Unlike the pump-fed water-injection systems on P-38 fighters, the AquaTune relies on intake manifold vacuum to pull distilled water from a plastic bottle and into the manifold. So, at periods of wide-open throttle, virtually no water should enter the engine.

THE DYNO SAYS: With the AquaTune adjusted according to the instructions, the test truck gave us 20 fewer horsepower and about a 20 percent poorer fuel economy.

THE MORAL OF THE STORY
We've tested nowhere near all of the fuel-saver gadgets on the market, and I'm sure purveyors of others will be waiting in our lobby soon. But not one of the items we tested worked. At all. There's no ignoring the laws of physics, people. Your vehicle already burns over 99 percent of the fuel you pay for. Less than 1 percent is squandered as partially burned hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide before the exhaust hits the catalytic converter for the last laundering. Even if one of these miracle gadgets could make the combustion process 100 percent complete, the improvement in mileage resulting would be 1 percent. Any device that claims quantum-level increases needs to be examined with considerable skepticism.

We say caveat emptor (let the buyer beware). But there are plenty of people out there who say: "There's one born every minute." Prediction: Within a few weeks after the appearance of this article, there will be gas-saving gadgets on the market that tout themselves as "Featured in Popular Mechanics." Someone will buy them. Probably not you.

[BlueTJCO]

[quote=johndjmix1]No pics, u guys would proboly laugh so hard you would fall off your chair.

One thing is for sure though, running the water injection makes 87 octane fuel work real well with the supercharger....