E85 or water/meth injection?
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Originally Posted by rmerchant3' timestamp='1461143086' post='23943442
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Water/meth injection is more effective in combustion cooling. E85 shares in some of the attributes but its primary function is being a lower volatile fuel to control detonation. Injecting water actually cools. Ive run it when supercharged, and its very effective if you execute it properly. Your also not ever bound to a radius of E85 gas stations which is lame.
I took pleasure in filling up my water/meth tank in the trunk. It can last a wile depending on your tank and nozzle size and how often your engaging it. The triggering is relative to boost amount you have set not throttle opening, and boost amount at a given throttle % is based on the pulley size your running. If your running a larger pulley/lower boost then you have to open the throttle more to see boost and less throttle with a small pulley. I saw positive pressure threshold at 30% opening with a 3.2" pulley. But you can call the injection to come in at any desired boost amount.
There is a learning curve in the water/meth injection arena, several types of systems that employ the injection differently and so its important to understand this a bit to know whats going to be most effective for your application. I educated myself when I saw its application benefits on my car. Id suggest doing a little online research to get a grasp, or your at the mercy of a rather limited knowledge base of a tuner. Its really a pretty cool thing (no pun intended
) which has been around/used since WW2 in turbo aircraft engines and later adapted to formula 1 cars in the 70-80's and many other applications in between.
Water/meth injection is more effective in combustion cooling. E85 shares in some of the attributes but its primary function is being a lower volatile fuel to control detonation. Injecting water actually cools. Ive run it when supercharged, and its very effective if you execute it properly. Your also not ever bound to a radius of E85 gas stations which is lame.
I took pleasure in filling up my water/meth tank in the trunk. It can last a wile depending on your tank and nozzle size and how often your engaging it. The triggering is relative to boost amount you have set not throttle opening, and boost amount at a given throttle % is based on the pulley size your running. If your running a larger pulley/lower boost then you have to open the throttle more to see boost and less throttle with a small pulley. I saw positive pressure threshold at 30% opening with a 3.2" pulley. But you can call the injection to come in at any desired boost amount.
There is a learning curve in the water/meth injection arena, several types of systems that employ the injection differently and so its important to understand this a bit to know whats going to be most effective for your application. I educated myself when I saw its application benefits on my car. Id suggest doing a little online research to get a grasp, or your at the mercy of a rather limited knowledge base of a tuner. Its really a pretty cool thing (no pun intended
) which has been around/used since WW2 in turbo aircraft engines and later adapted to formula 1 cars in the 70-80's and many other applications in between.II had heard that AEM had a good pump, but was unsure about their Hobbs switch. Good info.
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Ok thats weird then. I have an Amuse R1 style vented hood. Going to be making a shroud from where rad fan sits to the vent. If I idle in traffic my iats get up to 140-150 deg. While sitting in my car parked after a 20min highway drive. I watched my temps get up to about 175ish...
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Ok thats weird then. I have an Amuse R1 style vented hood. Going to be making a shroud from where rad fan sits to the vent. If I idle in traffic my iats get up to 140-150 deg. While sitting in my car parked after a 20min highway drive. I watched my temps get up to about 175ish...
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Originally Posted by cheddaboy' timestamp='1461194577' post='23944087
Ok thats weird then. I have an Amuse R1 style vented hood. Going to be making a shroud from where rad fan sits to the vent. If I idle in traffic my iats get up to 140-150 deg. While sitting in my car parked after a 20min highway drive. I watched my temps get up to about 175ish...
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Agreed, also I'd say the location of your intake filter is suspect at best. If you think about it, all you are getting is hot air from the radiator, I know the inter cooler is counteracting this to some degree but it can't be helping. It definitely wasn't helping on m after cooled setup
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