I remember a long time ago on a forum, not sure if it was here or Supraforums, a member who played with water injection in his minivan. He was getting good results from it but people were very skeptical of his claims.
Bosch has developed a factory OEM water injection system for gasoline automobile engines.
http://www.bosch-mobility-solutions.com/...ater-injection/
Among other things, they claim improved fuel efficiency and lower emissions.
I remember back when we were talking about DIY water injection systems the prevailing thought was "If this idea was worth a rat's hootus, it would have been used by OEMs by now." Well sir, the OEMs were probably developing the systems as we spoke.
Anyway, the Bosch system is fairly simple. Here's what it boils down to: A 1.5 gallon tank of demineralized water which lasts 1500 miles. This is probably easier to obtain than the Oldsmobile Turbo-Rocket fluid of their ill-fated methanol-injected turbocharged Jetfire of years past! ( Olds Jetfire article, interesting reading )
The system injects water whenever its deemed necessary. Bosch claims:
5% more horsepower
up to 13% better fuel consumption (this is huge)
4% less CO2 emissions (Of no interest to anyone other than the carbon credit cartels)
While the horsepower increase is meager, the fuel consumption reduction is compelling. And water injection will keep the engine clean and free of deposits in the combustion chamber, so it performs consistently throughout its life cycle. That is very compelling to me.
Here's a short video. I don't care for the voice narration.
Thoughts?
Bosch has developed a factory OEM water injection system for gasoline automobile engines.
http://www.bosch-mobility-solutions.com/...ater-injection/
Among other things, they claim improved fuel efficiency and lower emissions.
I remember back when we were talking about DIY water injection systems the prevailing thought was "If this idea was worth a rat's hootus, it would have been used by OEMs by now." Well sir, the OEMs were probably developing the systems as we spoke.
Anyway, the Bosch system is fairly simple. Here's what it boils down to: A 1.5 gallon tank of demineralized water which lasts 1500 miles. This is probably easier to obtain than the Oldsmobile Turbo-Rocket fluid of their ill-fated methanol-injected turbocharged Jetfire of years past! ( Olds Jetfire article, interesting reading )
The system injects water whenever its deemed necessary. Bosch claims:
5% more horsepower
up to 13% better fuel consumption (this is huge)
4% less CO2 emissions (Of no interest to anyone other than the carbon credit cartels)
While the horsepower increase is meager, the fuel consumption reduction is compelling. And water injection will keep the engine clean and free of deposits in the combustion chamber, so it performs consistently throughout its life cycle. That is very compelling to me.
Here's a short video. I don't care for the voice narration.
Thoughts?