forgive my ignorance

[Markh]

forgive my ignorance , I'm debating a forced induction set up and am wondering, is water injection an alternative to an intercooler? just a thought

[Marf]

IMO its not something you would want to rely on as your only method of cooling the charge, what if the pump fails, or more likely you run out of water?

[Yanayaya]

I would be happier with an intercooler. Thats just my preference. It was always classed as a rule of thumb that water cooling is a backup element that would compliment the engine that is running big power (thats what I was informed of). To me, I would stick with an intercooler. As stated, there is a lot less could go wrong with that.

On the same note, I would say it depended on the form of forced induction you chose and the type. For example if it was an oil/water cooler turbo charger, then you could argue that your water pump or oil pump fail and kill the turbo. Granted we are talking about charge cooling but Im simply making the point. DONT LIVE IN A CAGE OF FEAR lol




Take the intercooler...do it...do it!!

[Markh]

I know the intercooler solution makes sense but the intallation I was thinking of looks so homemade, I was looking for another route, I know its bks but when I open the bonnet I need it to look right as well

[//j17]

Water injection is much like Nitrous - great for the drag strip/entering cock-measuring contests but not much use in the real world.

Both offer you extra power (more Oxygen so more charge in the cylinder for Nitrous, permitting higher boost by preventing detonation for WI) but only while there is juice in the tank. Run out of Nitrous and you run out of extra Oxygen, so the ECU knocks back the fuel and you're back to standard power. Run out of water and the ECU knocks back the boost and your back to standard power (or it doesn't knock it back and things get very expensive very quickly).

This isn't an issue using either an intercooler (air/air radiator) or charge cooler (water/air radiator - the water is recirculated via a seperate air/water radiator to cool it back down), so the only tank to run out and drop your power is the fuel tank.

[stevieturbo]

//j17 said:

Water injection is much like Nitrous - great for the drag strip/entering cock-measuring contests but not much use in the real world.

Both offer you extra power (more Oxygen so more charge in the cylinder for Nitrous, permitting higher boost by preventing detonation for WI) but only while there is juice in the tank. Run out of Nitrous and you run out of extra Oxygen, so the ECU knocks back the fuel and you're back to standard power. Run out of water and the ECU knocks back the boost and your back to standard power (or it doesn't knock it back and things get very expensive very quickly).

This isn't an issue using either an intercooler (air/air radiator) or charge cooler (water/air radiator - the water is recirculated via a seperate air/water radiator to cool it back down), so the only tank to run out and drop your power is the fuel tank.

WTF ?