[Diy_efi] water injection

[Buck Williams]

that turbo is goian from 30 to 150 thou k revolautions per min,,,, severala times the speed of sound,,, if waterdroplest heit it can erode jsut the same as rain in turbine jet engiane,,,, spray into the manifold behind the turbine,, buck

> Subject: RE: [Diy_efi] water injection> Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 15:02:35 -0700> From: klaus at Innovate-tech.com> To: diy_efi at diy-efi.org> > Why?> > Water injection on a gasoline engine is mainly there for knock> supression. A diesel operates on "knock". It lives by compression> ignition, which in a spark ignited engine is the reason for knock. The> only reason I can think of for using port WI on a diesel is for slight> NOx reduction. In a diesel with port WI this results in an increase in> CO and HC emissions and a slight increase in fuel consumption from all> the research papers I read.> > - Klaus> > > -----Original Message-----> From: diy_efi-bounces at diy-efi.org [mailto:diy_efi-bounces at diy-efi.org]> On Behalf Of ian> Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 2:42 PM> To: diy_efi at diy-efi.org> Subject: [Diy_efi] water injection> > Hi guys.> > Im considering adding water injection to my little 1.0 turbo diesel> charade.> > has anyone done something similar and has advice?> > Im intending to use a washer pump and agricultural (metal) spray nozzle,> with a PWM controller that increases the pump duty cycle based on boost> pressure in the plenum. I was intending to spray directly into the> plenum, so as not to have water interfering with the turbo.> > thoughts ?> > _______________________________________________> Diy_efi mailing list> Diy_efi at diy-efi.org> Subscribe: http://lists.diy-efi.org/mailman/listinfo/diy_efi> Main WWW page: http://www.diy-efi.org/diy_efi> _______________________________________________> Diy_efi mailing list> Diy_efi at diy-efi.org> Subscribe: http://lists.diy-efi.org/mailman/listinfo/diy_efi> Main WWW page: http://www.diy-efi.org/diy_efi