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Old 11-06-2009, 01:18 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by drew1d View Post
I can't speak for diesel engines. They're compression based combustion. (the pistons compress the air and fuel in a cylinder so much that it ignites, vs a compression AND spark of a gasoline engine.)

But water in an engine that has spark plugs is just bad news.
You got some sources/references to back that up?

I'm sure there are lots of turbo guys and FI guys in general that would love to disagree with you, and set up complete injection systems on their engines for the express purpose of injecting water/methanol into their engines, making more power and efficiency as a result of doing so.
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