Mr Freeze

[Roy Wendell]

On Monday, February 19, 2007, at 08:16 PM, QUATTRO1869 at aol.com wrote:
> Has anyone tried or heard about this?   Its  a methanol
> injection
> for forced-induction cars.  Claims crazy  hp, by  lowering intake air 
> charge
> temp.  And its less than $200,  for claims of  around 30% +hp on pump 
> gas.
>
> _http://www.andersonfordmotorsport.com/mr-freeze.html_
> (http://www.andersonfordmotorsport.com/mr-freeze.html)
>
> Anyone?  Is it a scam?
>

Not a scam necessarily, but certainly nothing new in the world of 
automotive tuning. Its just your garden variety water injection kit, 
and not a very good one at that. Because it relies on boost pressure to 
force the water out of the nozzle it doesn't have very good atomization 
of the water spray which is vitally important to ensure even 
distribution of the water to all cylinders. The methanol is there 
primarily because it's the cheapest burnable antifreeze. The water does 
the real work of lowering in cylinder temperatures thus allowing for 
higher boost levels before detonation sets in. You get essentially the 
same effect as running race gas while only paying for water.

Search google with the terms diy water injection to get a lot of good 
info.
To see the systems used by the big boys including most WRC cars see 
http://www.aquamist.co.uk/
A very good primer on water injection from a source I hold in very high 
regard http://autospeed.drive.com.au/cms/A_0115/article.html

Roy