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Re: water injection



In a brilliant stroke of genius, fly4scout@domain.elided (mike d ryan) blurted
out:

>I ran water injection on a Turbo Buick
>Regal when I disconnected the waist gate and doubled the poundage from
>the turbo.  Before adding the water injection, the increased pressure in
>the cylinders caused premature ignition and a faster burn of the chamber
>gases, resulting in detonation.  It would "ping" like crazy unless the
>water injection system was working.

Does *anyone* still manufacture and sell water injection units?  I've
searched the web a few times and came up empty handed.

John L.
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