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Water methanol injection

Discussion in 'Engine & Performance Modifications' started by qantasman, Dec 5, 2009.

  1. Dec 5, 2009 #1
    qantasman

    qantasman New Member

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    Hi guys just a question for you.

    And quite possibly a really stupid question.

    I am about as mechanically gifted as a shoe lace.

    If a car has a supercharger installed and tuned.

    Then water/methanol injection was added does it need to be retuned?

    I was just thinking would this work or does it totally not work.

    Just thinking that, if the system was tuned without water/methanol injection, and it was added afterwards....it would help and maybe make it even safer, with less chance of detonation, and if for some reason the water/methanol stopped working....it wouln't matter because it wasn't initailly tuned with it.

    Thanks

    Qantasman
     
  2. Dec 5, 2009 #2
    ujokin2

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    If you are using it for cooling purposes ONLY...NO... IF you are planning to use it for additional octane rating of the the methanol....yes.

    Unless you have a failsafe device for the water/meth system I would not consider it SAFER for detonation as there is always the possiblity of it not spraying..

    I run a water/meth for cooling purposes only during the HOT summer months. I do not use it during the winter. You may notice your AFR being a tad richer at times when you use the water/meth.

    I have actually lost mph during the winter months when I have used the water/meth but than again I am N/A.
     
  3. Dec 6, 2009 #3
    qantasman

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    How long would a windshield wiper bottle of fluid last?

    How is the injection timed?

    Can you use standard windshield wiper fluid?

    If you use 50/50 water methanol does that cause any damage to
    your paint or windshield, is it corrosive?

    Cheers

    Qantasman
     
  4. Dec 7, 2009 #4
    StevoSRT

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    1) That is COMPLETELY dependent on how you drive....I have about 1000 miles on my car since my blower/meth install...and have gone through roughly 1/2 my tank. If you have a very heavy foot, it will empty much faster, light foot, much slower.

    2) If you get a kit that has a injection controller, it will do a progressive spray. So if you have a blower on your car, you can set it to spray 25% spray at 3lbs of boost or whatever, and full spray only when it gets to 7+ lbs of boost. It is adjustable. My labonte meth kit has a controller that i can adjust in 2 secnods as they are just dials.

    3) Yes you can use normal wiper fluid. But you have to ensure there are no additives. You want to use a mix with ONLY water, meth, and the blue coloring. No de-icers, or anything like that.

    4) the 50/50 mix is only about 25-15% more meth to water than in normal wiper fluid, so I cant see it being a huge hazard.