Water / Methanol Injection - for AMC -

["Brien Tourville" <hh7x@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

You may find this info useful:

A brief History:
Water injection was evaluated scientifically in the 1930?s by H.
Ricardo who demonstrated that one can basically double the power
output of an engine using water/methanol. The first widespread use
was during WWII on supercharged and turbocharged aircraft. In 1942,
the German Luftwaffe increased the horsepower of the Focke-Wulf 190D-
9 fighter aircraft from 1776HP to 2240HP using 50/50% water/methanol
injection. The allies soon followed by fitting the P51 Mustang and
other high performance aircraft with water/methanol injection.
Following the war, the turboprop aircraft industry used
water/methanol injection and called it the ?automatic power reserve
system (APR)? for use in hot or high altitude take off. It surfaced
again in the 60?s when GM used a system on the OEM turbo Corvair. It
was used effectively in Formula 1 before being banned for adding too
much power.

http://www.ww2guide.com/engines.shtml

http://www.motherearthnews.com/library/1979_September_October/Water_In
jection_Wizardry

http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/st/~nbarham/history/history.html

www.kuratrading.com/PDF/WaterInj.pdf

http://www.rbracing-rsr.com/waterinjection.html

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