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Old 16-10-2003, 09:03 PM
pbonsalb
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I recall reading years and years ago that the Chrysler engineers who designed the Dodge/Plymouth 2.2 Turbos used water injection before they used intercoolers when they started looking for more power. They preferred water injection due to the tighter turbo plumbing, but ultimately decided against it because they did not believe the average driver would remember to fill the bottle.

That was back in the early days of mass production automotive turbocharging (save a few much earlier examples). Knowledge and improvements today might lead to a different conclusion; i.e., air to water intercooling would reduce packaging while providing a more direct path.

However the heat is taken out, the result is pretty much the same -- more power. You just want it done in a reasonably simple, inexpensive, and reliable way.

Philip Bradley
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