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We have had customers who have used systems on only a handful of cars and only saw a slight difference in air charge temps with it.
Additionally, cryo 2 type systems are not going to provide any added octane enhancement as water methanol injection will. Furthermore, it does nothing to reduce combustion chamber temperatures, egt's, etc. Without getting into to much detail...there's no comparison between the two. Water methanol injection offers far more benefits then a Cryo 2 system will ever.
cry02 systems require you to disassemble the tank. take it in, have it refilled, install it again, use it for certain amount of runs then repeat.
get the meth kit and you can have your own water/meth mix at home, fill it when you want, don't have to disassamble anything, lasts a long time, can tune for it, etc... plus its hundreds of dollars cheaper even if you do get a stage 2 meth kit.
I don't know who we are falling under. I just wanna do my time and get the hell out of there
get the meth kit and you can have your own water/meth mix at home, fill it when you want, don't have to disassamble anything, lasts a long time, can tune for it, etc... plus its hundreds of dollars cheaper even if you do get a stage 2 meth kit.
I don't know who we are falling under. I just wanna do my time and get the hell out of there
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Your low level float switch?? I am looking at the Stage 1 trunk kit. Pretty basic as far as drilling a hole into the tank for switch and wiring the power. What would one use though for a warning light or something?
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Let me know if you have any other questions or how I can help.
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We generally recommend installing the nozzle in the cold air pipe just before the throttle body rather then actually drilling and tapping the snout of the supercharger. There's nothing wrong with doing it this way. However, when you do you should relocated the check valve from the rear behind the nozzle.
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Hey! With any luck I'll be taking delivery of my 09 SS Sedan tomorrow. Friday the 10th.
I've been reading a lot about E85 fuel. The ability to run it in practically any new engine, specifically the Saab 2.0 Turbo, and it's value in adding horsepower in and of itself. I understand about it not actually MAKING horsepower just by putting it into the tank but by controlling pre-ignition (knock)allowing other engine mods that would knock the engine to death. What I'm understanding about water/methanol injection is it does about the same thing but using different technology. Can you comment on the GM engine warranty ramifications of using water/met. injection? I'm hungry for knowledge. Educate me.
Thanks, Bill
And by BTW your trunk mount system is the most interesting water/meth. system I have seen on line. It's on my A list.
I've been reading a lot about E85 fuel. The ability to run it in practically any new engine, specifically the Saab 2.0 Turbo, and it's value in adding horsepower in and of itself. I understand about it not actually MAKING horsepower just by putting it into the tank but by controlling pre-ignition (knock)allowing other engine mods that would knock the engine to death. What I'm understanding about water/methanol injection is it does about the same thing but using different technology. Can you comment on the GM engine warranty ramifications of using water/met. injection? I'm hungry for knowledge. Educate me.
Thanks, Bill
And by BTW your trunk mount system is the most interesting water/meth. system I have seen on line. It's on my A list.
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Hey! With any luck I'll be taking delivery of my 09 SS Sedan tomorrow. Friday the 10th.
I've been reading a lot about E85 fuel. The ability to run it in practically any new engine, specifically the Saab 2.0 Turbo, and it's value in adding horsepower in and of itself. I understand about it not actually MAKING horsepower just by putting it into the tank but by controlling pre-ignition (knock)allowing other engine mods that would knock the engine to death. What I'm understanding about water/methanol injection is it does about the same thing but using different technology. Can you comment on the GM engine warranty ramifications of using water/met. injection? I'm hungry for knowledge. Educate me.
Thanks, Bill
And by BTW your trunk mount system is the most interesting water/meth. system I have seen on line. It's on my A list.
I've been reading a lot about E85 fuel. The ability to run it in practically any new engine, specifically the Saab 2.0 Turbo, and it's value in adding horsepower in and of itself. I understand about it not actually MAKING horsepower just by putting it into the tank but by controlling pre-ignition (knock)allowing other engine mods that would knock the engine to death. What I'm understanding about water/methanol injection is it does about the same thing but using different technology. Can you comment on the GM engine warranty ramifications of using water/met. injection? I'm hungry for knowledge. Educate me.
Thanks, Bill
And by BTW your trunk mount system is the most interesting water/meth. system I have seen on line. It's on my A list.
Hi Bill,
Adding the water methanol injection by it's self should not effect your warranty. It would be others mods such as increasing boost over factory settings or changing the tune which would more then likely effect your warranty if something were to happen to the motor.
You'll need to check with your dealer for questions concerning your warranty.
Rodney
I didn't see this asked so if it's a repeat I apologize. I realize spraying before the supercharger is ok, but what about the intercooler? Is there a chance of puddling at the lower areas of the intake or not dispersing the water/meth evenly?
I have a cavalier with a water/meth setup and the cobalt/ion supercharger parts on my car. I've made a best pass of 12.77@112mph and I've been contemplating running a distribution block and drilling the manifold after the intercooler cores with one nozzle in each cylinder.
My concerns are that the nozzles would be very close to the combustion chamber and might not allow for proper atomization. Also a change in injector would be difficult to change, more expensive and change are limited as you'd increase in multiples of 4.
For anyone else running water/meth. Does it actually cool your supercharger? Since I installed mine, even when I ran 14 second passes or 12 second passes the charger has always been hot to the touch. I've only ever ran a 3gph nozzle so maybe I should go bigger? I've heard others with the m45 s/c setup on a cavalier that their charges stay cool with the water/meth.
Longer post than I intended, any help is appreciated.
I have a cavalier with a water/meth setup and the cobalt/ion supercharger parts on my car. I've made a best pass of 12.77@112mph and I've been contemplating running a distribution block and drilling the manifold after the intercooler cores with one nozzle in each cylinder.
My concerns are that the nozzles would be very close to the combustion chamber and might not allow for proper atomization. Also a change in injector would be difficult to change, more expensive and change are limited as you'd increase in multiples of 4.
For anyone else running water/meth. Does it actually cool your supercharger? Since I installed mine, even when I ran 14 second passes or 12 second passes the charger has always been hot to the touch. I've only ever ran a 3gph nozzle so maybe I should go bigger? I've heard others with the m45 s/c setup on a cavalier that their charges stay cool with the water/meth.
Longer post than I intended, any help is appreciated.
ok so ive been thinking about adding meth lately.....but you are saying that i dont need a tune...but its best for me to tune....
well in my case i was having some trouble tuning for WOT....it would lean out to about 12.8 by about 5.8krpm...now if i add meth into this equation and i dont tune for it, it should richen my mix up by about .7-1 point. Which would put me at about 12.0 or so...which is still a bit lean...i havent retuned yet but im working on it...but if i tune for it...i would see something better where i can actually take advantage of my 7.5krpm redline...is this correct?
btw im an LS with Turbo, built head, cams, forged pistons/rods....and im planning on making at least 300whp
now my other question is
where would i hook the nozzle up, is it the same as the s/c guys that hook it up before the TB?
well in my case i was having some trouble tuning for WOT....it would lean out to about 12.8 by about 5.8krpm...now if i add meth into this equation and i dont tune for it, it should richen my mix up by about .7-1 point. Which would put me at about 12.0 or so...which is still a bit lean...i havent retuned yet but im working on it...but if i tune for it...i would see something better where i can actually take advantage of my 7.5krpm redline...is this correct?
btw im an LS with Turbo, built head, cams, forged pistons/rods....and im planning on making at least 300whp
now my other question is
where would i hook the nozzle up, is it the same as the s/c guys that hook it up before the TB?


