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

[Don Johnson <donjohnson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

John,
I think the water injection on old tractors was to compensate for poor quality gasoline or kerosene.
Don

"John Elle" <johnelle@xxxxxxxxx>> Subject: [Amc-list] Re; Interesting Water Injection for DIY> (Carbureted)> To: <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>> Message-ID: <001901c7d45f$53786810$66de0d82@john1>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"> > I have seen water injection factory installed on farm > tractors built between 1910 and 1915 using the cooling > system as the water source. They in general were > manual control and instructions on a placard generally > referred to temporary use to stop knocking when needed.> Compression ratio's of 4:1 were the norm at that time> with higher compression not 
 generally seen until in > the late 20's/early 30's with optional compression > ratios of up to 6:1 available in cars. Also the development> of Ethyl or high test gasoline encouraged higher > compression ratios.> It was not uncommon to run an early Tractor on either> Gasoline of Kerosene of the time with no changes > other than filling the tank with different products. > The Olds compact of the early 60's with the 215 Aluminum> V8 turbocharged was factory equipped with H20/Alcohole> injection as were a couple of other interesting autos of > the period. > A web search using the phrase Water Injection showed > up 547,000 web sites so there is plenty of data out > there on this fascinating and ageless subject. > John. 
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