Octane Boosters - Methanol & MBTE

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <199807081756.NAA08617@urq.East.Sun.COM> Robert Houk - WorkGroup Server Firmware writes:

> Another concept I remember reading about is water injection -- cools
> down the air/fuel mix . . .

It's more complex than that - water heated to steam through the same
temperature range that petrol/air goes through in combustion expands
about three times as much.  The military use water injection quite a
lot, but then they can afford to trash engines frequently.

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