Re: re:Subject: The heat melts my car's performance!

["Gary Derian" <gderian@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Oxygen is a component of water but that has nothing to do with its
usefulness when injected into an engine.  Water vaporizes and absorbs heat
during the compression stroke and maybe even during the power stroke.  That
reduces detonation.

Gary Derian <gderian@domain.elided>

Sean wrote:
> water injection (water contains
> oxygen so cools and provides more gas to expand when combusted).

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