Water Injection for Nitrous
05-18-2023, 09:03 PM
#1
Water Injection for Nitrous
Anybody ever seen this or tried it?
I love Turbo's but this setup im going to be testing nitrous on and have been reading up on Water injection and water/meth injection for a more aggressive nitrous tune up.
Ive got the holley perimeter dry nitrous kit that bolts between the upper and lower on the holley hi ram. Just im intrigued on this water injection for nitrous.
I love Turbo's but this setup im going to be testing nitrous on and have been reading up on Water injection and water/meth injection for a more aggressive nitrous tune up.
Ive got the holley perimeter dry nitrous kit that bolts between the upper and lower on the holley hi ram. Just im intrigued on this water injection for nitrous.
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strutaeng (05-31-2023)
06-02-2023, 11:51 AM
#3
I have no actual application experience with this but just a few thoughts for discussion...
Nitrous is already cooling the intake charge so I see no benefit to water or meth in that sense. The water could prove beneficial in cooling combustion chamber temps after the bang allowing a larger/leaner nitrous charge and not melt pistons. Methanol could be used as supplemental fuel on a dry setup but at that point, why not just convert to a wet setup and use methanol, or better yet ethanol, as the fuel source?
Nitrous is already cooling the intake charge so I see no benefit to water or meth in that sense. The water could prove beneficial in cooling combustion chamber temps after the bang allowing a larger/leaner nitrous charge and not melt pistons. Methanol could be used as supplemental fuel on a dry setup but at that point, why not just convert to a wet setup and use methanol, or better yet ethanol, as the fuel source?
06-02-2023, 02:52 PM
#4
I thought bout that too.
But from what I understand the water injection quenches detonation without having to use higher octane fuel. So you can get more aggressive on the tune up..
I've been reading a lot on it from the guys on yellow bullet and some the local guys that used it on nitrous big blocks.
Something else is to not inject water instantly. Some found that delaying water injection helped the hit and 60'. Too much water and it was killing the spark. Not enough water it would show a very slight speckle on the plugs meaning detonation.
But from what I understand the water injection quenches detonation without having to use higher octane fuel. So you can get more aggressive on the tune up..
I've been reading a lot on it from the guys on yellow bullet and some the local guys that used it on nitrous big blocks.
Something else is to not inject water instantly. Some found that delaying water injection helped the hit and 60'. Too much water and it was killing the spark. Not enough water it would show a very slight speckle on the plugs meaning detonation.
06-03-2023, 04:24 AM
#5
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We used to run water injection on Cummins, helped keep them cool but once we would take them apart the head would be rusty as hell.
06-05-2023, 11:31 AM
#7
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Chamber and valves. They looked like they had been soaked in salt water.
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06-05-2023, 02:20 PM
#8
Nice!
did it not run long after using the water?
years ago when i used -30* WWF in my old turbo truck i took it apart and the pistons and intake runners looked brand new with 300,000 miles on it.
did it not run long after using the water?
years ago when i used -30* WWF in my old turbo truck i took it apart and the pistons and intake runners looked brand new with 300,000 miles on it.
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