Interesting. Just looking for a scientific explanation.
When water evaporates, it absorbs heat from the surrounding air,
cooling that air. This is the benefit of WI: sucking heat out of the
air when it changes to a gaseous state.
So I don't see the difference between it cooling the air right after
the intercooler vs. cooling it a few feet later, besides having more
time to evaporate.
WI simply acts as a 2nd intercooler.
Thanks,
Russ
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On Apr 29, 2008, at 8:16 AM, Gerry Noble wrote:
Having been part of the development of WI for turbo cars, we found
the best placement for the nozzle is 15"-20" from the throttle body,
this allows the water time to fully atomize before entering the
cylinder where it cools the mixture, (which is what WI is suppose to
do) and make it denser to give more power. It is not to cool the
air, that's the job of the inter cooler ( but that's another story
on correct intercooler use and design)
Gerry Noble
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----- Original Message ----
From: Russ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: MiataPower <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 11:08:03 PM
Subject: Re: Question regarding installation of Water Injection kit
Why would being closer to the cylinders be best?
Obviously, it needs to be after the intercooler so that there's no
chance of the water condensing out of the charge in the intercooler.
Once out of the intercooler, I'd imagine it wouldn't matter.
I like it right after the intercooler so that the water has more
time to evaporate. Maybe not an issue, but that's my thinking.
Russ
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On Apr 28, 2008, at 7:30 PM, Robert McElwee wrote:
I would believe that the proper placement would be as close to the
cylinders as possible. Due to installation limitations, I have mine
installed in the IC outlet about 3 inches below the TB.
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 5:26 PM, Russ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I've heard folks recommend just before the throttle body and other
say the
intercooler outlet. I placed mine at the IC outlet. Nice thick
aluminum
there for tapping. :-)
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