More Water Injection

[Jim Steck]

>> OK, here's a really dumb (but interesting to me) question: If water 
>> injection is so great, why is water in the gas considered so bad? Why 
>> bother with products like "dry gas" if water in the cylinders is a good 
>> thing? Why do most engines run so bad (I think) when there's water mixed 
>> in with the gas in the tank? 
>
>Gasoline is lighter than water, and hence "floats" on top of it.  You 
>fuel tank pick-up is located in the bottom of the tank.  You add water to 
>the tank and all you'll be injecting into the engine is water.  

If you read Ricardo experiments with water injection he also states that 
water dissolved in the fuel . . . with some mutual solvent like acetone . . . 
is even more effective than water injection.

Jim Steck
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