Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 22:47:52 +0200 From: "VIKINGMAN" <saabnopsamlixnet._nospam_dk> Subject: Yes but...
Hi John. This is true, but in the original post, we were talking about open airfilters NOT "ground level intake! The meaning of the intake beneath the frontspoiler is to simply send air up to the AMM, where the open filter is located. So NO flushing water would get into the engine anyway! You can follow the link and see what it looks like (small bad pic, but you can get the idea). No mater how much water you go through, I doubt it'll reach the airfilter through 3 feet of pipe.. http://www.dot-e.dk/knfilter.dk/kn_powerblanketfacts.htm Cheers! "John Griffin" <johnnopsamfinphoto.u-net.com> skrev i en meddelelse news:B71E14C7.7A51%johnnopsamfinphoto.u-net.com... > I seem to be only able to see 41 messages! and would like to respond to some > criticism of an original posting by "vikingman"; > > And what John says about water and blowing engines: "suck in any water (if > > you went through a deep puddle) and you can kiss your engine goodbye!" > This > > is simply NOT true!!! And engine will diegest (spelling!?) the small > > waterdrops and actually give more power. Have you ever heard of > > water-injection? Much used on Saab turbo's as it keeps the temp down in > the > > engine AND contains much more oxygen-molycules, so that the engine has > more > > to work with! > > > > Err sorry - if you suck water into the engine (like if you scooped up some > water from a deep puddle with a stupid ground level intake!) it will cause a > condition known as 'hydraulic lock' (liquid not being compressible like gas) > which will cause at least a blown gasket and more likely a con rod to go > through the crank case! > Water injection is a completely different thing - water is sprayed into the > intake in fine particles and mixes with the fuel/air mixture. As it is drawn > into the hot cylinder it turns to steam which lowers the charge temperature > and allows combustion without pre ignition or pinking. It is this conversion > of water particles (liquid) into steam (vapor) which 'sucks the heat energy > from the air/fuel mixture. It has nothing to do with water containing oxygen > molecules - have you tried to burn water lately? - and no there is no > separation of water into oxygen and hydrogen in the combustion cycle. > > > John >
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