Water Injection ---Aquamist system

[aaronthehic]

Check out this site<BR> <P> <A HREF="http://www.aquamist.co.uk" TARGET=_blank>web page</A><P>just another Idea I've been toying with.<P>I have tried it with bad results but with this new info and other sites found while searching (diy) sites give step by step on soleniods and jeting <P>they say 10-15% water to fuel supposed to cool cylinders , stop knocks and increase charge densities.

[voltaire]

WTF?!? You actually tried that? Did you buy it or did you build it yourself? Is you're car nitro/turbo/super? Where does the water come from?<P>According to the site, it's used for cars with forced induction. I've never heard of such a thing, but I'm not surprised it had negative effects on a naturally-aspirated engine.<P>No offense, but I don't know whether to admire you for your daring or mock you for your foolishness. You got a lot of time on your hands? <P>I'm sorry, but that's some crazy sheyat!

[lazzyie]

dont you generally try to remove water from gas?

[curtklze]

water in the gas tank is bad because when it is pumped to the injectors only the water is sprayed and not the fuel.<P>with the mist system you have a seprate tank for the water and it sprays in to the intake manifold kind of like how a nitrous system works.<P>it works best on forced induction systems, but if you have a race engine with alot of compression and a lot of timing advance it would also help.

[pelado]

It's an old approach to lowering combustion temps, I'm not sure how old but I know Oldsmobile used it in 62/63. They turbocharged their all aluminum 3.5 liter V-8 (grandfather of the Rover engine), left the CR at 10.5:1, and used a 50/50 mix of alcohol and water to keep the pistons from melting.<P>Aquamist has a new generation system out that's pretty neat for those going the FI route.

[aaronthehic]

I see it working on F.I. alot better because they are always running a ragged line between<BR>pre-ignition and power. You just have to try different setups and see what works.<P>the more time I spend screwing around with this stuff the less money I spend on new expensive parts