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I just remembered something for a long time ago. Was there much research done on mixing normal gas with diesel? I remember the concept being the gas would help the diesel burn more completely. I guess a pretty similar concept to LPG. Back when I was reading about it, the mix was done in the fuel tank. I'm recalling up to 20% mix, but not 100% sure if any solid testing was done on it or even where the source to the idea was located.
I think the same concept worked for gas engines too (maybe that's where the idea was from?), basically the gas would ignite the diesel and the diesel contains more energy to it's a bit of a power increase and I think it was ment to help bottom end torque. Clearly gas engines are quite short stroke, so I'd guess the benefit wouldn't be a whole lot except maybe in a vehicle with a manual trans.
I've been reading a bit more about water injection in diesels. Has anyone on here done this and have any kind of figures to follow in their foot steps with? I see that methanol/alcohol are options too with similar effect, or mixed with water. It might be a solid option to source windshield washer fluid and test with that since it shouldn't freeze with the temps we see here.
I'm probably jumping the gun a bit early, I still have to get the title transferred on the truck and a plate lol. The front tank seems to be around 15 gal, so I might end up driving it a bit at first to get a reasonable base line for just my driving style (as I learn the truck). Grill block will be early since it's cold here already, knew about that mod long before ecomodder, but it wasn't for areo, it was to reduce the cooling effect on the radiator to keep the engine warmer and get quicker warm ups.
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