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 SPONSORED LINKS Brien. NEW YORK eagle registry #501 eagle kammback registry