Water vs Alcohol injection.
Raymond Kawski
sr20de at e-rak.com
Fri Jun 16 07:37:14 CDT 2006
On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 23:17:55 -0500, wmc2004aug wrote
> Alcohols have much lower heat capacity and heat of vaporization. So
> my speculation is: the water is a much better coolant, but alcohol
> also cools to some extent and adds fuel and extra octane.
I think that is one of the reasons. The other reason is water is cheaper. ;)
To answer the other question about Alcohol kits. The Aquamist system is
designed to run either water or Methanol. If you are going for the most
power I was told at one point to run straight methanol.
I've been squirting Bug Juice for the last two years. It's basically just
water, methanol and a little detergant and color. Benefit is that it
doesn't freeze so I don't have to drain it. :)
RK
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Raymond A. Kawski
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