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Old 01-28-2009, 02:19 AM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by basslover911 View Post
^ Thing is, turbine engines actually use steam (from water being burnt into steam in the exhaust area, just like what I wanted to do), and it works perfectly fine.
Not just like you want to do. They boil the water in a pressurized container and the high pressure steam turns the turbine as it escapes. You are talking about injecting steam into the intake manifold, which is open to the atmosphere, and so will be at regular manifold pressure when it enters the combustion chamber.

If you put steam in the combustion chamber, it will just be taking up space. Again, by injecting water, rather than steam, you have a gas that is EXPANDING INSIDE THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER, which is a good thing.
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