[DeTomaso] water injection

Larry - Ohio Time Corp larry at ohiotimecorp.com
Thu Jul 16 08:44:45 EDT 2009


Back in the day we had a water "I-V" type bottle that was used to clean the
carbon off the pistons. Too little water and it did little, to much water,
well I never did that. But just the right amount would hit the top of the
pistons and shatter off the carbon.

Larry (whats old is new) - Cleveland


-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of cengles at cox.net
Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 9:16 AM
To: bill gaino
Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] water injection


Dear Jack and Bill and Forum,

This water injection topic is fascinating. I had no idea that such a
"JCWhitney"-technology-gadget thing could actually work so well. Wow, clean
pistons and combustion chambers appeals to us obsessive-compulsives! (plus
the performance benefits)

Is there a current reputable source for water injection using contemporary
"completely reliable" computerized technology?

Curious, Chuck Engles


---- bill gaino <gaino at earthlink.net> wrote:
>I put a 215 buick engine in an MGB years ago. I had a cracker box carb on
it...AFB I had the hood off while it was having a naked lady air brushed on
ot and it started raining. I just knew I was going to ruin the engine. To my
suprise it started running cooler, stronger. I did a little reserch and
found an injection unit from JC Whitney. It had a few interlocks to keep it
from coming on when starting etc. It worked great too. Have you ever seen
the top of a piston where the head gasket lets water to the cumbustion
chamber..? Perfect clean. Mine had a nozzle like the frog eye of a
windshield washer. I always had cooling problems with my setup until I used
the water injection. It petered out and I gave up on the 215 because of oil
pressuer problems. The car smelled like a sauna! Bill 1362
>
>-----Original Message-----
>>From: JDeRyke at aol.com
>>Sent: Jul 14, 2009 11:06 PM
>>To: Pantera007 at provamo.com
>>Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
>>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] water injection
>>
>>I also lived with a Spearco 'computerized' water injection system for
quite
>>a few years. It had a small microprocessor to operate the built-in pump
and
>>was the best they offered at the time but it wasn't perfect. Several
>>problems that Chuck didn't mention:
>>* It came with a single aluminum jet which quickly corroded shut in both
>>plain and distilled water. So I made a jet out of brass which fixed the
>>corrosion. You also had to keep all added fluids very clean 'cause the jet
opening
>>is only 0.022". Tiny weed seeds or dust plugged the jet.
>>* The microprocessor occasionaly quit- I went thru three before giving up
>>on Spearco (about the time they discontinued mfgr). Once, the thing stuck
>>OPEN, dumping the reservoir's full 2 qts of water into the engine in less
than
>>a minute. I didn't know what had happened other than power went away altho
>>the engine kept running. Others on the car tour 100 miles from home told
me
>>my exhaust looked like a steam engine. I was lucky the engine didn't
>>hydraulic!
>>* After 5 yrs, the little DC pump & motor, built integral with the
>>reservoir tank, simply fell apart. By that time, Spearco was out of
business and no
>>spare parts could be found (this was pre-E-Bay).
>>
>>Ak Miller the So-Cal turbo-guru sold Spearcos and dealt with their
problems
>>as best he could. Water injection was on everything 'performance' except
>>drag racers- a Boss 429 Mustang with the NASCAR engine (so said the door
tag)
>>had a Spearco; the owner told us 'it didn't like running on only 98
octane'
>>and he couldn't afford to run Sunoco 102 at 8 mpg. My Weber-carbed Corvair
>>had one and quite a few turbo engines had water injection, including the
>>factory-turbo 215 Olds V-8 in '62- this needed water injection to deliver
any
>>boost. There was an interlock that opened the integral wastegate if the
>>'turbo-fluid' bottle went dry. Cutting-edge technology at the time. FWIW-
J
>>Deryke
>
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