Water Injection?!?

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Aug 20, 2005 | 08:52 PM

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shopdog

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Originally Posted by Michael A

I thought the Olds had a sensor system which cut boost if it ran out of "Olds Turbo Rocket Fluid" (a mixture of water and alcohol).

Michael

It didn't work very well. There was a light on the dash that would come on when you were low on "Rocket Fluid" too, but people didn't pay attention to it. My uncle, who was a mechanic at a Chevy/Olds dealer for 42 years, told me that the Jetfire had the highest service complaints of any Oldsmobile before or since (during his tenure anyway), and it was mostly because people wouldn't keep the "Rocket Fluid" tank filled.

I never owned one, but he took me for "test rides" in several. They had pretty impressive zip for their day. But Olds got tired of all the complaints and put a more conventional engine in the next year (the Jetfire became the Cutlass). The automotive state of the art wasn't really ready to put them in the hands of the average driver, and the enthusiasts who could have handled them properly never warmed up to them in sufficient numbers.

Aug 20, 2005 | 09:22 PM

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Brabus2

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From: SFV CA

I ran the Aquamist 1s on my Eaton supercharged Mercedes E430, adjusting the pressure switch to spray at the desired level does take patience and it helps to have a B-gauge, otherwise the unit works great and I've seen 1-1.5 PSI increase on cooler days.

Aug 21, 2005 | 06:22 PM

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ccorah

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From: san diego CA

I wonder if good tuning + intercoolering + water injection might make supercharging the 11:1 compression C6 Z06 a reliable option. That would make for some pretty interesting numbers...

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