[Amc-list] Re; Interesting Water Injection for DIY

[Don Johnson <donjohnson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tom, I think you're off a little in your explanation of the use of water injection.
Water injection is used in aircraft to slow the onset of detonation at high boost and power settings.
Steam will not increase cylinder pressures over what is obtained by burning gasoline, especially at high boosts.
Water injection slows the burning and avoids detonation which allows more power to be derived from the engines during emergency conditions.
I believe water injection was either selected or came in automatically at boost above a certain number of inches of manifold pressure.
Don
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