anyone ever try this?

[Anonymous]

or know of anyone thats tried this??

http://oldskoolsuzuki.info/patrick/articles/water/index.htm

[Anonymous]

hey jake this might be your ticket :mrgreen:

[Anonymous]

Tell me again, what was this supposed to accomplish?

Michael

[Hap Call]

Tell me again, what was this supposed to accomplish?

Michael

it suppose to cool down cylinder termperatures and reduce pinging and knocking. It also up the compression a little due to expansion of the water into steam. This has been done before with success but I'm not real sure how well it works.

Hap

[morthrane]

A quick look on google brought up this: http://www.rbracing-rsr.com/waterinjection.html

But off the top of my head, I know that late world war 2 P&W air cooled radials started getting outfitted with water injection-- mostly for additional power on carrier takeoff. Navy Hellcats in specific, dunno about any other P&W running allied aircraft.

[Anonymous]

I know and old dutchman who used to be a school bus mechanic. He told me that back in the 60's he had an old 1940ish oldsmobile and he lived about 2 miles from the garage at the top of the hill. He took off the rad fan (more h.p.) and fitted a homemade water injection system. He could get home super fast this way up this steep hill but if he didn't get their quick he would blow his motor due to overheating. He also said when he broke the frame (??) he just fish plated it and bolted it back together! old guys and old times. just try that stuff now!

[Robert Corrie]

You can also use it a turbo-prop engine. We call it water-meth.

[jimcor]

J.C. Whitney used to sell a water injection kit. Checked the on-line catalog and I didn't see it... Oh well, at least the instant engine rebuild oil additive pellets are still in there! 8O

[mdole]

It used to be a popular mod for cars in the 60's. I never did it but knew a lot of people who had done, it usually on high compression engines, to get rid of acceleration knock.

There were several different versions some using straight water and some running an alcohol/water mix.

Mike

[Billy Ricks]

I worked for a homebuilder about 30 years ago that had a garage full of some sort of water injection system he had invested in. It seemed to be similar to what JC Whitney used to have in the catalog.