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Old 06-23-2008, 11:54 PM   #19 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by kevlar View Post
Someone at work was telling me that there is a system (fuel/water) in design somewhere that would introduce an amount of water into the cylinders at full compression, changing the water to steam, forcing down the pistons from the rapid expansion rate... any truth to this? sounds plausible....
At part Throttle Water injection appears to work similar to higher EGR flow; basically takes up space making your engine "smaller". It does work for some FE gain (well it did in my Supra . . .).

At WOT the engine benefits from cooler charge temps.
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