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Water/Alcohol Injection

This is the same thing the warbirds of WWW II used to get extra power when needed. We use it to prevent detonation from our very high combustion pressures.

The idea here is to inject a water/alcohol mix while you are at high boost pressures. This will help prevent detonation. This also allows us to run 93 octane pump gas instead of 116 octane racing gas. That in itself is a big savings in the cost of fuel. And now you are always ready for a street race.

 

This is what I did on both of my cars.

Buy a pump and mount it in a reasonable place. I did it by the wiper motor. Some people mounted it where the charcoal canister goes. The pump must be able to produce about 60 to 70 psi. Remember you must overcome the boost pressures with this pump. A window washer pump does not do the job. I wasted 200.00 dollars trying that  method first.

pump.jpg (117585 bytes) Click on picture for full size.
Buy a overflow tank and mount that. I mounted it next to the charcoal canister. You will have to move the canister to get the tank to fit. bottle.jpg (133966 bytes)
Now here is the tricky part. You need a nitros nozzle. Ask you local Mustang racer on a supplier. For some reason they know where to buy them. Also you need a fitting to go into the intake tube so you can thread the nozzle into the fitting. I made mine with a small hobby lathe and a nut and bolt. Some guys has the fitting welded to the air tube. Its your choice. Notice the bolt that is at the bottom of the air tube. This is where I tried to mount the nozzle first, but there is not enough room for mistakes. Down there I also had trouble getting to the nozzle so I can change the orifice size. I use a .032" orifice. nozzel.jpg (125417 bytes)
Make sure you use inline fuses. You don't need any wires burning if there should be a short circuit. Also note the filter. You don't have to put a filter here but you can "stop-up" the orifice in the nozzle. filter.jpg (137447 bytes)
Use a relay system to activate the pump. You will put too much current through the pressure switch if you don't use the relay system. The picture at the far right is the pressure switch to activate the relay in-turn energizing the pump. As you can see the switch is home made. Hey, what can I say, I'm cheep. relay.jpg (76440 bytes)presswth.jpg (121180 bytes)
Here I installed a bypass switch. This is needed just in case you want to manually stop the pump. I don't use the injection system while I am doing a burnout. This way I can turn it off. switch.jpg (149346 bytes)
Last but not least YOU MUST USE A KNOCK SENSOR! Just in case you have a pump failure you need a indicator to tell you there is problems and there is detonation. Mine is home made. If you don't have the means to build your own there is some available at your TR supplier. knock.jpg (109052 bytes)

With a alcohol mix of about 33% and the pressure switch adjusted to about 12 psi your ready to go.