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Old 11-10-2010, 11:39 AM   #32 (permalink)
EdKiefer
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Originally Posted by nimblemotors View Post
My thoughts are to use water injection along with raising the compression ratio to a much higher value. This would normally cause detonation, but the water injection would prevent it. And also as you said, using a custom EFI system, you could run a very lean mixture at cruise speed and use the water injection to prevent overheating of the cylinders.

I think the downside (besides the added complexity for probably a small gain), is having to add the weight of the water and/or refill it often.
2 things to watch out for is running empty of water . though if you use a tank with a level sensor you could have a light lite up to show low water level,,needs filling.
The other is keeping the water jet clean and stop any build up , I never went into depth trying to find solution here , I just ended up checking it every 6months or so but maybe there some additive that would help there .
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