It is pretty obvious why this happened and it had nothing to do with the
intercooler.. It was the water injection way too much before there was
enough heat in the exhaust.. If the exhaust is cold you don't get boost
period.. Too much water no boost...
I would love to see a dyno sheet of an engine that has an ice water type
intercooler and proper octane fuel and then the with and with out water
injection results. I am just not sold on the whole deal for a well prepared
racing engine.
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bryan Savage" <b.a.savage@wildblue.net>
To: "List Land Speed" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 12:54 PM
Subject: [Land-speed] Water Injection -- Too Much???
> List,
>
> I have only heard of one instance in the last 35 years where a high
> level of water injection may have caused a problem.
>
> Jack Lufkin, using a BBC twin turbo setup with huge alcohol/ice cooled
> intercoolers couldn't build boost. The problem was solved by leaving
> the intercooler water pump and the water injection off until the 1-2
> shift.
>
> Has anyone heard of a situation where someone reduced the amount of
> water injected and gained power?
>
> Thanks for any comments,
> Bryan
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