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2015/02/04 20:15:28 (permalink)
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Water/Methanol injection?

So just really throwing the question out there as I'm still deciding on it but does anyone on here run a water/meth setup?
After taking the car to work today and with it being nice and cold this morning, it was surprising how much more pull the car had and it got me thinking how much power/torque am i actually loosing running the supercharger with no way to cool the intake charge? I was lead to believe it would not be much, if even noticeable as its only a mild boost set-up but after this morning there is know way its only a small loss.
 
also inter cooling it not really possible, I got a mechanic from my work and works fabricator have a quick look and it will be extremely hard to do due to the very limited space and having no real way to redirect the air flow so a water/meth setup is my only real option.
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    MCT_MR2
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    Re: Water/Methanol injection? 2015/02/05 00:59:18 (permalink)
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    The pearl runs water meth, so your best option would be to ask kameleon on the forum. The thing with water meth is that it leans out your air/fuel mixtures, so you really need an aftermarket ecu to correct this properly. You may get away with it on stock or slightly higher than stock boost, but without checking mixtures or running it on a dyno you will never know.

    The second downside of this setup is running out of water/meth. If your tuned for running it, you end up having more timing than you can run without it and detonate the engine to death.

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    Re: Water/Methanol injection? 2015/02/05 06:40:13 (permalink)
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    Ive ordered a AEM EMS4 to run the car and im looking at the AEM water/meth kit, it can be setup so that if i run out of water/meth or something else happens the EMS4 will default to a safe tune that will protect the motor
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    Re: Water/Methanol injection? 2015/02/13 08:17:30 (permalink)
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    Have you considered a water to air intercooler between the SC and intake manifold? This is used in the Lotus Exige GT4 to great effect. I'm pretty sure Knightrous knows something about this.
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