Dyno Numbers with Water/Meth Injection.
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While were on the topic, what kind of gains do you think I'd see going from Stg2 and gmpp exaust, to adding water/meth, a 2.9, airbox mod, tuning for the meth and leaning out the afr to around 11.8 to 12.0? I'm allready 90% sure thats the route I'm gonna go this fall (summer was hid/projectors, tint, dvd deck, tires and swaybar; lol), I'm just wondering how big of a difference and how much whp I should pick up on that. If I'm happy with that, winter/spring is gonna be lowering springs, drag radials, and ingalls or t-bars.
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Cars running on alcohol make more power because it is a superior fuel for making horsepower. You can run more compression and boost.
Adding water to your engine will make it lose power.
Somewhere in the middle if you have a mix you will go from HP loss to gain or vice versa. Windshield washer fluid can never add power to your car unless your build is wrong and then it can remove some of the losses you have. Guys to claim to gain 10 HP from using it are generally down 20 already from an improper setup.
Adding water to your engine will make it lose power.
Somewhere in the middle if you have a mix you will go from HP loss to gain or vice versa. Windshield washer fluid can never add power to your car unless your build is wrong and then it can remove some of the losses you have. Guys to claim to gain 10 HP from using it are generally down 20 already from an improper setup.
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I have seen IAT2's on some peoples cars of 220+F Talk about rediculous.
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Ebay coolingmist. They have a fender kit for 200 shipped. I just emailed coolingmist and had them price match their 220 kit + shipping (240 shipped) to 200 shipped (180+20 shipping). I was doing them a favor so ebay doesn't take a cut. I should have asked for lower and if he didn't like that bought it on ebay.
David is the guy from coolingmist, very nice guy. I got my setup tapped into the washer fluid tank. Takes some time to set up but not that difficult at all. Hardest was tapping my intake pipe.
David is the guy from coolingmist, very nice guy. I got my setup tapped into the washer fluid tank. Takes some time to set up but not that difficult at all. Hardest was tapping my intake pipe.
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Cars running on alcohol make more power because it is a superior fuel for making horsepower. You can run more compression and boost.
Adding water to your engine will make it lose power.
Somewhere in the middle if you have a mix you will go from HP loss to gain or vice versa. Windshield washer fluid can never add power to your car unless your build is wrong and then it can remove some of the losses you have. Guys to claim to gain 10 HP from using it are generally down 20 already from an improper setup.
Adding water to your engine will make it lose power.
Somewhere in the middle if you have a mix you will go from HP loss to gain or vice versa. Windshield washer fluid can never add power to your car unless your build is wrong and then it can remove some of the losses you have. Guys to claim to gain 10 HP from using it are generally down 20 already from an improper setup.
We aren't adding water to our engine... The water evaps before it even gets to the intake manifold. It cools the air down. Adding methanol to the mix create an octane boost, as if we are running almost a race gas... Windshield washer fluid can add power, it can have up to 40% methanol in it. Wierd that a vendor would say something like this that is completely wrong.
For instance my uncle has a GMC typhoon... 100% completely stock the only thing he added was water/meth injection with windsheild washer fluid he went from 13.92 to 13.74 consistently at the track.
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We aren't adding water to our engine... The water evaps before it even gets to the intake manifold. It cools the air down. Adding methanol to the mix create an octane boost, as if we are running almost a race gas... Windshield washer fluid can add power, it can have up to 40% methanol in it. Wierd that a vendor would say something like this that is completely wrong.
For instance my uncle has a GMC typhoon... 100% completely stock the only thing he added was water/meth injection with windsheild washer fluid he went from 13.92 to 13.74 consistently at the track.
For instance my uncle has a GMC typhoon... 100% completely stock the only thing he added was water/meth injection with windsheild washer fluid he went from 13.92 to 13.74 consistently at the track.
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It enters a dimension called the evaporation dimension
So much miss info about meth/water mixes and uses and outcomes it's crazy.
I know what I know to make it work and thats all thats needed
So much miss info about meth/water mixes and uses and outcomes it's crazy.
I know what I know to make it work and thats all thats needed
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Well I hope to find out next weekend at tri-state in Earlville IA. I'm hoping my kit comes in today, install it over the weekend and try to work out the tune.
So running 12.0 AFR with 50/50 meth is safe enough for the occasional everyday accleration on the hiway?
Probably best to see how much cooler it gets with the set up before adjusting the AFR's.
So running 12.0 AFR with 50/50 meth is safe enough for the occasional everyday accleration on the hiway?
Probably best to see how much cooler it gets with the set up before adjusting the AFR's.
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Case in point. Steve Morris's pump gas (93 octane pump gas) 1740 horsepower non-intercooled, 20+ psi ProCharged big block Chevy engine. This engine would have never been able to pull that much boost and produced that much power on pump gas alone without the water injection.
Water is a very effective anti-detonate, slowing down the burn rate of the fuel thereby effectively increasing the fuels octane rating. Spray to much of it and yes you will loose power as it will put the fire out completely. Water injection also cools the intake air charge which in turn also helps suppress detonation while at the same time providing a denser air charge.
Here's a link to the article in Hot Rod magazine below and a link to some of our various articles which will further explain the effects and benefits of water methanol injection.
http://www.stevemorrisracingengines....ticle-SMRE.pdf
http://www.alcoholinjectionsystems.c.../articles.html
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I can understand your point and reasoning as common sense would tell you that this is a bad idea. However, water and water alone can be very beneficial when delivered in the proper quanities and when atomized properly.
Case in point. Steve Morris's pump gas (93 octane pump gas) 1740 horsepower non-intercooled, 20+ psi ProCharged big block Chevy engine. This engine would have never been able to pull that much boost and produced that much power on pump gas alone without the water injection.
Water is a very effective anti-detonate, slowing down the burn rate of the fuel thereby effectively increasing the fuels octane rating. Spray to much of it and yes you will loose power as it will put the fire out completely. Water injection also cools the intake air charge which in turn also helps suppress detonation while at the same time providing a denser air charge.
Case in point. Steve Morris's pump gas (93 octane pump gas) 1740 horsepower non-intercooled, 20+ psi ProCharged big block Chevy engine. This engine would have never been able to pull that much boost and produced that much power on pump gas alone without the water injection.
Water is a very effective anti-detonate, slowing down the burn rate of the fuel thereby effectively increasing the fuels octane rating. Spray to much of it and yes you will loose power as it will put the fire out completely. Water injection also cools the intake air charge which in turn also helps suppress detonation while at the same time providing a denser air charge.
He's just using the water as an intercooler. What would need to be intercooled on a 2.4L LE5 Cobalt?
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For those that don't know. Steve Morris was one of the top NHRA Pro Stock engine builders back in the late 90's before leaving to go off on his own. I used this motor of his as an example and also to quote him.
Read page 3, 4th paragraph.
"water injection system spraying straight into blower not only helps seal up clearances in the supercharger and makes it tighter and more efficient - it also cools the air temperature down. And water acts as a detonation suppressant. So we effectively raise the octane of the fuel by spraying water." Steve Morris
I'll have to tell him he doesn't know what he's talking about the next time I talk to him and that he's got it all wrong.
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lets back up a second here. octane being defined as a measure of anti detonation in fuel/gasoline.
simple misundertsanding, or being twisted in a sense on peoples ends. using it as a detonation supressor. hence being able to run more timing.
simple misundertsanding, or being twisted in a sense on peoples ends. using it as a detonation supressor. hence being able to run more timing.
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Take a look at your ET's during the cooler 50 degree morning runs vs 100 degree summer afternoon runs.
Not only that. On any of our centrifugals or turbo's. By locating the nozzle directly before the inlet of the compressor (unlike how many will do it after) we would pick up anywhere from 2-5 psi increase on 12-25+ psi applications.
By sealing up the impeller and cooling down the air that is being compressed inside the compressor we are able to condense it further and ultimately increase compressor efficiency by packing more air through the unit and boost goes up. With it we get more power. It's that simple. The water injection gave us more power.
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in my head trying to compress water is a bad thing.
A. using the water as an intercooler
B. being able to---- C. run more boost, D. run more timing
im not trying to argue, so don't take it as such
A. using the water as an intercooler
B. being able to---- C. run more boost, D. run more timing
im not trying to argue, so don't take it as such
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If compressing water is bad? Then why do you do it?
I know you run a mix of water and methanol with your water meth injection system from your previous post's.
Yes. Filling a cylinder with water is bad. But were not filling cylinders here with water and bending rods. Nor are we spraying anywhere near enough to wash down cylinder walls or ruin oil.
As I always tell everyone. Atomization is paramount when working with pure water or large quantities of water in the mix. We need to break it up as fine as possible (maintaining a misting effect) so that the water droplets stay suspended in the air stream and can quickly be absorbed into the air charge and make their phase change cooling off the air charge.
If we don't atomize it - we get nothing but water moving along the bottom of the intake floors causing problems. Thats why I don't like using anything over a 6 GPH nozzle and suggest using multiple nozzles to maintain the misting effect when injecting after the compressor on high horsepower applications. When injecting before it you don't have to worry about atomization since the impeller is going to break it up for you.
A. Water atomized properly and sprayed in the right quantities
B. Will cool intake air charge of supercharged and turbocharged motors 100-150 degrees (non-intercooled applications running 12-25+ psi)
C. Additionally, with injection located before the inlet of the centrifugal, turbo and even twins screws and roots style superchargers, will help seal up the clearances of the impeller or rooters/screws against the housing, increasing compressor efficiency
D. Increased compressor efficiency will lead to increased boost pressure
E. Increased boost pressure and lower air charge temps and increased air density will lead to increase power.
Not trying to argue. Just stating the facts and what my experiences are and others like Steve Morris who are using it.
Hope this explains and helps others understand water injection better.
Rodney
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Does anyone have numbers to prove water/meth injection is actually giving MORE power. I know it cools the intake charge a bunch and is better on the engine, but I wanted to know it anyone actually had numbers. Also I guess 1/4 mile comparisons with and without water/meth would to do actually see if you increased your trap and times.
I am thinking about getting an AIS fenderkit, and just tapping it into my windshield fluid tank and running that. I want my car to appear stock under the hood, so I would like to keep everything hidden. I will NOT be getting tuned for this. I know to get full potential you need a tune, but I and not looking for that now.
Anyone know how much the stock SS/SC windshield fuild tank holds?
Thanks!
I am thinking about getting an AIS fenderkit, and just tapping it into my windshield fluid tank and running that. I want my car to appear stock under the hood, so I would like to keep everything hidden. I will NOT be getting tuned for this. I know to get full potential you need a tune, but I and not looking for that now.
Anyone know how much the stock SS/SC windshield fuild tank holds?
Thanks!
But as I said before...meth makes your afr richer so if you're on the stage 2 tune you'll run too rich. You could try something like the maf translator (leaner) if you don't want to tune for it...wouldn't be perfect but would run better.
I'm sorry, you may know better ais, but I would never feel comfortable running straight water in my car especially when you can buy peak -20 for like 1.06 about the price of a gallon of water at walmart.
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this stuff is pretty simple really. once you have some grasp of 5th grade science. The water absorbs heat turning it into steam thus creating a slight increase in psi and AFR. The biggest point here is how much heat it absorbs for the FI'd engines; allowing the charger to run more efficiently and allowing for overdriving w/smaller pullies.
....just felt like thinking out loud.
....just felt like thinking out loud.