Well, in the interest of adding more buttons and dodads to my bike, I am considering adding water injection. No real reason I suppose, just want to experiment with it, see if it adds any power to a N/A bike or MPG. My question a buddy at work swears that it will ruin my motor (wash the oil off the sides of the cylinders). Any merit to this concern? Wouldn't gasoline wash oil off faster than steam?
Water injection
- Thread starter MiwaRob
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If it was bad for engines, people wouldn't successfully use it on cars. It will be injected in a finely atomized spray that when introduced to the heat from combustion will vaporize. It won't be in large enough quantities to harm the engine. It will produce very clean combustion chambers and valves though. I'm not sure how much benefit you will see as far a mileage or power but be sure and document it so we all can see the results.
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Has anyone heard of the six stroke engine? Its an internal combustion engine that has an extra two strokes in which it acts just like a steam engine. Because of this, it also requires no cooling. I wonder if water injection could make our lil busa engine more efficient since most of the energy produced in it is wasted through heat.
"His addition to the ICE design is simple in principle, yet a stroke of genius. After the exhaust cycles out of the chamber, rather than squirting more fuel and air into the chamber, his design injects ordinary water. Inside the extremely hot chamber, the water immediately turns to steam"“ expanding to 1600 times its volume"“ which forces the piston down for a second power stroke. Another exhaust cycle pushes the steam out of the chamber, and then the six-stroke cycle begins again.
Besides providing power, this water injection cycle cools the engine from within, making an engine's heavy radiator, coolant, and fans obsolete. Despite its lack of a conventional liquid cooling system, his bench engine is only warm to the touch while it is running.
Bruce Crower holds a patent on the new design"“ which he is still developing and tweaking"“ but he estimates that eventually his six-stroke engine could improve a typical engine's fuel consumption by as much as forty percent."
Besides providing power, this water injection cycle cools the engine from within, making an engine's heavy radiator, coolant, and fans obsolete. Despite its lack of a conventional liquid cooling system, his bench engine is only warm to the touch while it is running.
Bruce Crower holds a patent on the new design"“ which he is still developing and tweaking"“ but he estimates that eventually his six-stroke engine could improve a typical engine's fuel consumption by as much as forty percent."
Water injection is a waste of time and money on a stock Busa engine.
Completely agree 100%. The hardest part is going to be getting the misters to produce a spray fine enough to be considered something other than mere droplets. Droplets, of course, will not burn and will only serve to cause problems.
--Wag--
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