jp430

Have any of you FI guys looked into water injection to cool the intake temps? Has anyone on this site tried it? What was was the result?


Thanks

John

LXOGOOD

John, I do know that the Dodge Neon turbo has a water injection feature on their intercooler. There's a hose on each side of the intercooler that sprays water with a push of a button.

I would imagine that a NOS intercooler setup would be more productive in cooling intake air temp. They have kits available that mount to the intercooler.

Years ago I had a buddy who had a turbo Integra that had his windshield washer hose routed to his intercooler. Worked pretty well too...

Dx3

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LOL - don't know why but that makes me laugh~

Jonny

trbopooh

http://www.derekdevises.com/#_Methanol_Injection_System

http://www.megasquirt.info/

mikal

you're talking about actual injection and now an intercooler cooler right?

Here's aquamist.
http://www.aquamist.co.uk/cp/cp.html

jp430

..........You are correct. I have seen these these sites you guys are posting. I am curious if anyone has tried it. It seams like a all around benifit to us FI guys. Depending on the boost, you can set it to come on when you hit a certain # of lbs. . They say the gains are 50-80 HP, chemicaly cools the intake temps, and helps prevent detonation. Why dont we all have it??? LOL

LXOGOOD

John, unless you are tracking your car or going to the drag strip, most of us really don't need it for daily driving. It's proven to work but not necessary.

DBaristo

I had water injection on my supra that was pushing 474 bhp out of stock turbos. All I can tell you on this issue is the closer to the det line you run the more benefit you will get from WI. The water injection itself won't really get you any significant power increase. What it can do is allow you to run your boost higher than without it on the same grade of fuel. Using higher grades of fuel will have the same effect as using water injection but is very expensive long term if you have permanent tuning options.

So in short up your boost to the point that you need higher octane fuel at max chat then water injection will help. Otherwise it will just assist in keeping down engine temps.

Kaiser

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I had it on my 1JZ SC. It is not a power enhancer as stated above. You can turn the boost up, the only draw back is that it is mechanical, and it can fail. I have seen a couple of instances where either the pump fails, or something shorts and the engine goes kaboom. Not the best upgrade IMO.