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I was talking with a Teacher of mine who has a geo metro that get 50 mpgs. And He plans on putting a water injection system on it to get better gas mileage. Anyway I looked it up and I seems to make sense to me. I want to put one on my truck and get better gas mileage and more power.
It works by putting an injector on top of your air cleaner that will put the water right into the carburator. There is a ratio of 5% water 95% gas. and the water does a few things. 1. cools down the cylinder for a better compression ratio 2. raises the octane of the gas 3. when the gas ignites the water turns to vapor and water expands better than gas 4. Not as severe of temperature change (keeps engine at a more stable/even temp even after the cylinder fires).
I think it would be cool and a good Idea. And I guess it really works because he already has a car that has it and seems to work. And I read that they used to put these things on world war II planes to get more power and speed at take off.
It works by putting an injector on top of your air cleaner that will put the water right into the carburator. There is a ratio of 5% water 95% gas. and the water does a few things. 1. cools down the cylinder for a better compression ratio 2. raises the octane of the gas 3. when the gas ignites the water turns to vapor and water expands better than gas 4. Not as severe of temperature change (keeps engine at a more stable/even temp even after the cylinder fires).
I think it would be cool and a good Idea. And I guess it really works because he already has a car that has it and seems to work. And I read that they used to put these things on world war II planes to get more power and speed at take off.