IC water spray

TbirdSC93

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Was watching some show on Speed Channel and they did a special on the Imprezza STi. They started talkin bout a Water sprayer the sprayed the intercooler with a switch from the inside "for an extra boost of power".
Would this actually work or is this more of a gimmick thing?
 
it works to cool things

Last year I posted some pic's of a sprayer for the inner cooler to bring down the temp.. It was a simple deal and the cost to make the system was less than $20 and a few hours in the garage....Rich
 
yes it works... its actually doing two things to boost power... initially before entering the combustion chamber it cools the charge, second during combustion, water expands greaty when heated... especially to those temperatures, and the extra expansion of the water vapor in the combustion chamber on top of the regular combustion of the fuel and air pushes down on the piston with greater force... i.e. more power
 
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yes... its sprays internally... I misread your post... I see now that is says sprays the intercooler.... my bad... but... that kind of sprayer does exist... it comes stock on a Pontiac GTP... my neighbor has one
 
IC Water...

Wouldnt spraying water internally ruin the engine...Does the external IC sprayer actually work....might be a fun project if its worth it
 
its a regulated amount of water.... if too much is sprayed in... yeah... it might ruin something... but this small amount acually gains power.... the small amount will expand... but if too much goes in... there wouldnt be enough energy to turn it all into vapor..... the water is also "atomized" that is... its sprayed in a fine mist.... so dont be adding water to your gas thinking its the same thing :rolleyes: Im not sure on the amount... its not like its dumping buckets in that it will hydro-lock or anything
 
External sprayer

You know if the external sprayer makes a noticable difference...ever driven your neighbors car and used it or sumthin
 
I made one

Like I said before, I made and posted pic's of a sprayer. I have it on my daily driver and if you are pounding it you can really cool off the inner cooler with it. They are eazy to make and like I said, less than $20 to build.....Rich
 
HEY RICH

Hey, I couldn't find your original post but found some pics and some instructions you posted. would you need some kind of pump? I'm not very mechanically inclined but like to think i am...help me out please? :D
 
nos has a kit that sprays nitrous on the intercooler. it's pricey though, i think about 450. my friend has this on a golf 1.8t and he siad it feels like he added about 50 hp.
joe
 
I dunno... thats what he told me about the GTP... probably is on crack... but thats how the water works... I knew about the water before he told me about the GTP....
 
Three things

1) You can spray water on the outside of the IC, I had one and it does help when the IC is really hot but won't do much for the drag strip.

2) You can also spray water inside the intake which works really well to cool the charge but it is pretty detailed on the amount you spray in and should use a high pressure pump and some kind of injector nozzle for good atomization. I use alcohol for even better results.

3) N2O on the cooler works too, much like the CO2 sprayed on the IC to actually supercool the charge going throught the IC. Problem with that is it is really hard on the metal. Frozen, then hot, then frozen, then hot really stresses the metal and WILL crack it eventually.
 
what i used

I took a windsheild washer bottle and pump and used that for the pump and for holding the water, or alcohol whichever you want. I hope this will help you....Rich
 
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