water injection But preturbo

[BUTLER, Tom]

Don't know if they still do but B-52's used to inject water into their
exhaust on take-off for a much needed boost when fully laden.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Pat Ford [SMTP:pford at qnx.com]
> Sent:	Friday, January 22, 1999 4:12 PM
> To:	diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu
> Subject:	water injection But preturbo
> 
> Hi There
>  Sorry to dig up the same old thread but has anyone tried water injection 
> in the exhaust?? correct me if I'm wrong but if you injected water ( not 
> much) it turns into steam ( around 700X volume increase { foggy where i 
> got that number}) and the turbo should spool up pretty fast. I don't see 
> this as a full time thing but as a way to fight turbo lag
> 
> btw I've learned alot lurking here
> 
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