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Old 04-19-2012, 12:31 PM   #36 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Air-Hybrid View Post
So why not just use up the water as an external, evaporative cooling agent prior to the charge entering the cylinder? Would the effects be the same or better (providing the charge is not so cool as to deter atomisation)?
Several companies make water injection kits that do exactly this. The idea is to push operating conditions away from where engine-destroying pre-ignition and detonation occur.
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