Reply to "Water and/or methanol injection?"

George PAdmin.

Steve,

there are no BTUs in water, water cannot possibly add power. Methanol does contain BTUs, but not as many as gasoline.

Octane rating is not a measure of BTU content, but rather of anti-knock (pre-ignition prevention) qualities.

Water or methanol injection does not increase power, however, by decreasing knock, it allows your motor to produce the power it has the potential to make already.

Water or methanol injection is a band-aid approach to fix a problem with the design of a motor, bacause if cam, compression ratio, carb calibration and ignition calibration are optimized, there would be no need to install water/methanol injection to prevent knock.

One last point, methanol is very toxic, contact with small amounts can cause permanent nervous system damage or death.

your friend on the DTBB, George

11/30/0511:08 AM

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