In a message dated 7/27/04 11:09:15 AM, JK@PROJECTDESIGN.COM writes:
> Vanagonians, > > I want to experiment (just for fun) with doing water injection, such as a > mister into the intake manifold. Can any harm be done in trying this? I > can't think of any. > > Jim > '87 GL > Jim, My son (using the moniker "marty") published an extensive set of notes on the chemical, physical and mechanical issues regarding fabricating and using water injection for both turbo and supercharged VW engines on VWVortex. Search their archives. He also gave the detailed results of a number of experiments we did including the droplet size of the injector system, pulsed or semi-continuous flow, mixture ratios with methanol or ethanol, etc. I'm using a similar system on my turbo Audi (that I may finish one of these years). Frank Grunthaner |
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