From: James Shanks (n1vbn@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Apr 26 2006 - 00:39:56 PDT
Water injection in aircraft has been used for
years well after WW II. As an example the B-52
with straight turbojet engines uses water
injection as a means of adding power when the
throttles are firewalled on takeoff. How do they
prevent the water tanks from freezing? Simple a
heater is plugged into ground power and once they
light off the engines and go to takeoff power the
water injection is turned on and left on until it
is dry.
James Shanks
1985 M-1009
45 Centane user
--- Darrell Ramsell <daram@comcast.net> wrote:
> 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 -----
> 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?
>
>
> > In the early 70's I used a water injector on
> my '68
> > 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
> > MVPA 21443
> > Kaiser Jeep M51A2 1965
> > Kaiser Jeep M52A2 1967
> > Dodge M37 1953
> > International Cub 1958
> > Case 580 1968
> >
> >
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