I would like some thoughts from everyone on what they think of the following power addons for the old horse.
Water Injection
Throttle Body Spacer
CO2
Custom Cold Air Intake
Or any other home brew experiments for more power, and/or economy. I know if you want economy you dont drive the Bronco, but yall know what I mean.
Water Injection with any of the following combo. Water only, Water and 20% Alcohol, or Water and 40% alcohol. The higher the percentage of Alcohol the more expensive it gets, but here is what I know on Water injection.
Water is injected into the intake, there it is allready in a fine mist so it can be feed to the cylnders easier. The water absorbs heat in its conversion to steam, thus cooling the engine. The steam creats a bit harder down force as the O2 in the water helps combustion work easier. Alcohol burns at a slower rate and its combustion rate is slightly behind the primary combustion so it helps even further on the down stroke. End Results are a cooler running engine that does not foul as easy, and reduces the gunk that forms on your valves.
Throttle body spacer, well on a supercharged engine it helps to cool but not sure by much. Fuzzy on the reasons for using these but ads say it promotes more HP and MPG.
Co2 is just a CO2 spray like a NOS spray but is just acting as a refrigerant. This gives cooler intake temps, and cooler air burns better, thus getting more and cleaner power.
Custom Cold Air Intakes are fun projects. Whether you use flex hose, or heat and hand bend PVC, they just help to get cooler air into the engine. I have allways made my own intakes for my imports when I raced them, those and my redneck turbos. The redneck turbo is just a blower motor used to blow fuel vapors from a boats engine compartment. Slap one on your intake for a small CFM engine and get about 1-2 psi or slightly more. They were able to reduce my 1/8th mile times by 3-4 tenths of a second, not bad power adder for $20.
Water Injection
Throttle Body Spacer
CO2
Custom Cold Air Intake
Or any other home brew experiments for more power, and/or economy. I know if you want economy you dont drive the Bronco, but yall know what I mean.
Water Injection with any of the following combo. Water only, Water and 20% Alcohol, or Water and 40% alcohol. The higher the percentage of Alcohol the more expensive it gets, but here is what I know on Water injection.
Water is injected into the intake, there it is allready in a fine mist so it can be feed to the cylnders easier. The water absorbs heat in its conversion to steam, thus cooling the engine. The steam creats a bit harder down force as the O2 in the water helps combustion work easier. Alcohol burns at a slower rate and its combustion rate is slightly behind the primary combustion so it helps even further on the down stroke. End Results are a cooler running engine that does not foul as easy, and reduces the gunk that forms on your valves.
Throttle body spacer, well on a supercharged engine it helps to cool but not sure by much. Fuzzy on the reasons for using these but ads say it promotes more HP and MPG.
Co2 is just a CO2 spray like a NOS spray but is just acting as a refrigerant. This gives cooler intake temps, and cooler air burns better, thus getting more and cleaner power.
Custom Cold Air Intakes are fun projects. Whether you use flex hose, or heat and hand bend PVC, they just help to get cooler air into the engine. I have allways made my own intakes for my imports when I raced them, those and my redneck turbos. The redneck turbo is just a blower motor used to blow fuel vapors from a boats engine compartment. Slap one on your intake for a small CFM engine and get about 1-2 psi or slightly more. They were able to reduce my 1/8th mile times by 3-4 tenths of a second, not bad power adder for $20.
