John,
The alcohol did two things. Antifreeze and charge air cooling. Above 50%
it can take away
power.
In my opinion, water injected before the turbo in the right ratio (30%
1 10%)
will work best.
For more information about what is going on in the combustion chamber,
go to: http://www.teknett.com/pwp/drmayf/analyses.htm
and read "Water Injection Combustion Chemistry"
<http://www.teknett.com/pwp/drmayf/injchem.htm>
Bryan
John Burk wrote:
>I remember starting in 1961 or so when the Olds F 85 Jet Fire turbo 215's had
>water/alcohol injection - Olds engineering must have thought the water/alcohol
>was important to stop detonation - They went to the trouble of using a
>carburetor with an extra throttle butterfly in series with the foot operated
>one that partly closed if the water/alcohol mix ran out - They called the mix
>rocket fuel or something similar - Wonder if the alcohol was there to improve
>the effect or as antifreeze .
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