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Originally Posted by Old Tele man
...water (but more typically water-alcohol) injection is used to control DETONATION, not produce more HP.
...true, you "boost" the HP by using super- or turbo-charging, but the water injection is there ONLY to keep the engine from "detonating" instead of "combusting."
...anybody remember the turbo'd Olds engines of the 1960's that had a separate little bottle of GM Turbo-water (H2O+ethanol)?
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Back before intercoolers, knock sensors, and computers...
These days most people go to a mechanic to fill there windshield washer fluid, filling up turbo water is too much to ask of your customer.