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Subject:Re: More Energy Saving schtuff...NVC
From:John Rodgers
Date:Tue, 25 Apr 2006 21:38:26 -0500

Water injection was for real in the aviation industry in military
aircraft during WWII. The Navy's Corsair fighter was one that had it.
Thee were others, as well. The water injection saved many a pilot's butt
when in combat by allowing for higher horsepower output. I don't know it
did anything for gas mileage, however. By injecting water into the
engine for additional cooling, the engine could be made to produce
higher  power during times of need. It really worked, but like I said,
didn't do a thing for mileage.

Regards,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

David Bohannan wrote:
> I've been on a mission to see what other things can be done to increase mpg,
> etc when water injection came to mind...
>
> A couple searches yielded this website:
> http://www.eagle-research.com/index.html
>
> Someone in close proximity told me its all snake-oil...but then again,
> literally last Friday he just bought his 3rd car- a 2006 Ford Expedition-
> what the heck does he care!??!
>
> Anyhow, is there any credibility to this type of stuff? I know there are
> listmembers that could prolly weigh in on this...
>
> --
> Dave - KC9FYM
> http://fjazzbass.blogspot.com
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