Cool file Jerry! Definitely be printing that one out!
I am not sure about turbines, but i know that injecting water into a gasoline
engine can work to give more power. Basically when it turns from liquid
droplets to steam it expands quite a bit, and it also sucks up heat so you can
run the engine on the lean side without fear of buring up exhaust valves. Water
works well because it will boost octane, eliminate knocking and keep the engine
overall cleaner, the catch is that most newer vehicles run at too fast a speed
for it to work effectively, basically there isn't enough time for it to turn to
steam before the exhaust valves open. Even on older vehicles you need to back
up the timing 5 or so degrees, it is something i want to try on my vehicle as
soon as i have time to think up the best way to inject the water, i would like
to have something that varies with engine speed and load.
One other thing i am going to try (in case anyone else is interested) is
putting a chore boy scrubbing pad in the intake manifold right after the
carberator. About 2-3 months ago there was apost on here in referance to
gaining milage and so i contacted the originator of the info and they said
this was one way to boost milage, basically the pad will act as a spnge and
hold gas, letting more vapors through and less liquid. The way i am holding it
in place (since having it sucked into the engine would be very bad) is that I
am adding a carb spacer plate (or adapter plate as they are also called) in
between the spacer plate on there and the carb, the plate will have a space
milled out on both sides so that a screen can go on top and expanded metal
screen on the bottom with the pad sandwiched in between, once it is bolted down
the screens will be clamped in between the plated and carbs and held tight by
the gaskets, It will be a few weeks until it get warm enough to put it together
and until i get the spacer plate machined. I will report back any improvements
to anyone who is interested.
Garrett Herning
herning@uwplatt.edu