IC water tank??
IC water tank??
13 July 2004, 05:31 PM
#5
Thanks 911
Cheers Graham
You wait till I've spent a small fortune on mine and then say oh by the way !!!!
I bought an alloy petrol tank off e-bay a placed it in the boot with the pump and piping to the water injection nozzle by the throttle body.
Mind you I think had I spoken to Ellis & Co they would have made on up cheaper and to my dimensions.
Mark A
You wait till I've spent a small fortune on mine and then say oh by the way !!!!
I bought an alloy petrol tank off e-bay a placed it in the boot with the pump and piping to the water injection nozzle by the throttle body.
Mind you I think had I spoken to Ellis & Co they would have made on up cheaper and to my dimensions.
Mark A
13 July 2004, 05:48 PM
#6
There are other considerations!
If you mount a big or small tank in the boot, the voltage drop to the pump will be quite significant?
So you may have a 'slow' pump @ 10 volts, then it has to pump all along that hose from boot to scoop, more resistance and head height, then past the one way valve to an almost blocked set of atomisers to give the desired effect?!
With the screen wash method, the power is 300mmm long, the hose about 800mm and straight to the atomisers.....
911
If you mount a big or small tank in the boot, the voltage drop to the pump will be quite significant?
So you may have a 'slow' pump @ 10 volts, then it has to pump all along that hose from boot to scoop, more resistance and head height, then past the one way valve to an almost blocked set of atomisers to give the desired effect?!
With the screen wash method, the power is 300mmm long, the hose about 800mm and straight to the atomisers.....
911
13 July 2004, 08:32 PM
#7
911
I looked long and hard at mounting the pump in the front and in the end took what I thought was the easy option of boot mounting. Long term plan would be to move the battery to the boot, but I take your point about the voltage drop. Interesting enough when first wired up and the 10a pump had to work hard the it blew a 20a fuse. After racing at Lydden and chasing my mates Renault Apline onto the motorway the pump stopped and I've not had a chance to check the reason why. You could really hear the pump working when attached to the injector nozzle.
The benefit of the water injection was good, no misfiring and it ran all the way to the redline while pulling like a freight train, my lap times improved by 5 secs ! which was a bonus, shame I still finished 3rd
Mark A
I looked long and hard at mounting the pump in the front and in the end took what I thought was the easy option of boot mounting. Long term plan would be to move the battery to the boot, but I take your point about the voltage drop. Interesting enough when first wired up and the 10a pump had to work hard the it blew a 20a fuse. After racing at Lydden and chasing my mates Renault Apline onto the motorway the pump stopped and I've not had a chance to check the reason why. You could really hear the pump working when attached to the injector nozzle.
The benefit of the water injection was good, no misfiring and it ran all the way to the redline while pulling like a freight train, my lap times improved by 5 secs ! which was a bonus, shame I still finished 3rd
Mark A
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