METHANOL vs WATER INJECTION...

[Dave Balfour]

The term is the "latent heat of evaporation" I believe. The meth
should be injected at the throttle body for maximum charge. The
cooling effect is a way of packing more molecules of O2 in the
cylinders. BTW that was an excellent report Fredrick
dave balfour
-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Plecan <nacelp at bright.net>
To: diy_efi at EFI332.eng.ohio-state.edu
<diy_efi at EFI332.eng.ohio-state.edu>
Date: Friday, May 01, 1998 10:13 AM
Subject: Re: METHANOL vs WATER INJECTION...


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|-----Original Message-----
|From: Matthew Harding <mharding at qonline.com.au>
|Date: Friday, May 01, 1998 9:29 AM
|Subject: METHANOL vs WATER INJECTION...
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|>might be a good time to ask whether methanol injection injection may
have
|increased benefits over water injection.  Methanol would seem to have
|similar intake charge cooling properties, and yet it is combustible
too...
|>wouldn't this acheive a better result?
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|I tried that in the steady state humidifier rig, no real change.
|Also was barely noticeable, in the upon demand normally
|aspirated.
|  In the turbo stuff, using water was good as gold.  Then
|quickly got to where EGT, told us when to stop.
|Cheers
|Bruce
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