From: Darrell Ramsell (daram@comcast.net)
Date: Tue Apr 25 2006 - 17:07:09 PDT
as I remember.
> I got the idea after reading about them using water
> injectors on fighter aircraft in WW2.
Yeah, the P-38 used this system. It was designed to give it a temporary
boost of power. It wasn't something that was on all the time.
Darrell
----- Original Message -----
> In the early 70's I used a water injector on my '68
From: "David Bryant" <wdbtchrm51@yahoo.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 4:18 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Gas Prices?
> Camaro running 11.25/1 compression. The water vapor
> was supposed to cool the exhaust valves and let you
> run lower octane gas. I still ran the highest octane
> gas I could get to keep spark nocking down, but I did
> get much better gas milage around 20% as I remember.
> I got the idea after reading about them using water
> injectors on fighter aircraft in WW2.
>
> --- SGM PANTANO <TRUKS1@msn.com> wrote:
>
>> When I used to race back in the 50's...we added (
>> about 15 per tank full -
>> or a block of camphor)..moth balls...and/or ether in
>> those little aluminum
>> cans.. We punched a hole in the can and dropped the
>> whole can into the fuel
>> tank.. They were about three times taller than a
>> 35m/m film can --and about
>> twice the diameter///Went right into the tank.. They
>> worked !!!
>> If we poured the ether in...we lost over half due to
>> evaporation..
>> Gene
>>
>>
>> > So, since the ethanol-based gas is going to get
>> 25% less mileage, what do
>> > we add to the tank to get it back up? Granddad
>> used to put a quart of
>> > diesel in for every 20 gallons.. I used to do this
>> regularly in my
>> > carbureted 86 chrysler park avenue and got about
>> 2MPG more going from
>> > 15mpg
>> > to 17. Later I went to 2ounces of acetone per 10
>> galons, and that worked
>> > very well, even better like 18 mpg. These things
>> might not work on modern
>> > fuel injected vehicles and acetone's benefits are
>> ruined by the alcohol in
>> > gasohol blends.
>> >
>> > we pay $3 for gas and the oil companies made
>> record profits. go figure. On
>> > the ligher side, diesel for the MV is cheaper than
>> gas again. sick...
>> >
>>
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>
> David B
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> Case 580 1968
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