Water Injection Links

[WindeX]

Heres some water injection links that I have been dragging around with me for sometime.

http://www.better-mileage.com/water1.html

http://www.karlsnet.com/mopar/waterinjection.shtml

[Valkyrie]

Hi,
Here are some more links.

http://www.aquamist.co.uk/

http://www.waterinjection.info/phpBB2/ Need to register to see parts of it (Good read).

http://www.coolingperformance.com/home.html

Cheers

[Grant]

Thanks guys. After some consideration I have decided to part with the water-air intercooler and custom manifold for my 1GGZE and use water injection instead. The links will be a good help in my research.

[MWP]

Thanks guys. After some consideration I have decided to part with the water-air intercooler and custom manifold for my 1GGZE and use water injection instead. The links will be a good help in my research.

Why part with it?
Why not use both the water-air IC and water-injection?
Both have thier benifits.

[Grant]

The main reason is that I simply don't have time to do the water-air install whereas the water injection is a far simplier proposition. In any event, intercooling will give better results then water injection so wouldn't use both anyway.

[Farkurnell]

So is their equal benefits obtained from either water injection and an intercooler? Is one better than the other?



Cheers, Greg.

[WindeX]

They both cool the intake charge, water/methanol inject has the benifit of being able to reduce the intake chage(at best) to the waters temperature, whereas the intercooler is only going to be able to reduce it to the temp of the air, these two temps will be the same in most cases due to where the water is stored, I remember reading about how methanol can drop the charge temps to below its own temp, I dont understand how it could do this.

The water injection method on turbo cars can help reduce lag(always good), due to shortening the inlet tract, however injection setups are considered hard to maintain and not very reliable but from what I have read most people who suggest that they arent worth the effort have never attempted a water injection setup. I dont see the problem with it, and if I dont sell my celica I will be attempting some sort of water injection setup on it. I mean if fuel injection works to power my car day in day out, why cant water injection have the same sort of reliability? I would be running mine on a load triggered setup, so when under more load the car would inject more water, one of the sites has the water to fuel ratios they tested.

[Norbie]

They both cool the intake charge, water/methanol inject has the benifit of being able to reduce the intake chage(at best) to the waters temperature,

This is not true. When the water/methanol evaporates it absorbs latent heat, and this can bring the inlet temp way below the temperature of the liquid and the ambient air. Evaporative coolers work on the same principle.

[WindeX]

Good stuff Norbie, thought I had read something along those lines, but wasnt sure enough to quote it Methanol can cool to below zero can it not?