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Old 07-12-2009, 01:23 PM   #11
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Re: Thoughts on water injection for increased MPG

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Originally Posted by bwood View Post
I've got a buddy with a 72 c10 w/ a 327 and it has an Edelbrock water injection system (looks like something from the late 70's). It is just a washer fluid bottle and pump with a controller of some sort and a spacer that mounts inbetween the carb and intake. He said he never could feel much of a difference with it and it crapped out about 4 months after he installed it.
Wrong place to inject the water. The idea is to atomize water/alcohol/methanol in the intake air to reduce air temperature through evaporation. Only reason to do this is if you need an intercooler and cant afford one.
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