jpindy3
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| posted on 18/7/09 at 06:56 PM |
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anyone used water injection with there carbs
i was serching water injection for my cossie lump and i found a page that tells you how to d i y water injection for 20quid but it was for use with
carbs and not a turbo.
it would just mean you could run more advance as it makes the air moist it helps prevent det.
just intrested to see if anyones tryed this ?
[Edited on 18/7/09 by jpindy3]
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MikeCapon
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| posted on 18/7/09 at 07:37 PM |
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Hi, About 20 years ago a mate and I did play around with this on a Mitsubishi Galant turbo we ran in Thundersaloons and another series.
It probably cost less than 20 quid to make although we spent a a bit more than that on replacement pistons. As they were only cast a bit of det saw
off the land betwen the first two rings very very quickly.
Our system used the headlamp washer reservoir and we plumbed a line carrying boost pressure to the reservoir. The feed line took water to the intake
of the turbo and we used motorcycle main jets to regulate the water flow.
It was succesful in that it allowed us to run more boost but it took a bit of setting up. We were just a pair of skint kids and our dyno was a road in
the New Forest with a stopwatch operated by the passenger. Good fun though.
Sorry I can't remember more about it. If anything else comes back I'll add it in.
Cheers,
Mike
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jpindy3
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| posted on 18/7/09 at 08:28 PM |
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ha yer its been around for years they used it on f1 cars in the 70s or 80s,but this page i found they only did it on n/a engines by riging up a bottle
and using a neadle and some small hose,to perce the vac hose that go s into the carb and it sucked water in,or some thing like that.
it just looked like a bit of fun,but there is always the added danger of blowing a piston or to.
i need to learn how to do links
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britishtrident
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| posted on 19/7/09 at 07:41 AM |
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Much safer to use steam injection than water injection.
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