| A few years ago I was reading information about | | | | and covered the power increases and the |
| WW2 fighters. Most of what was covered was miles | | | | advantages of those increases in great detail. At that |
| per hour, ceiling limitations (how high they could fly), | | | | time, and not until just recently, very few people |
| climb rates and other items that pertained to | | | | were overly interested in fuel economy. One piece I |
| horsepower. A big boost in horsepower was attained | | | | was reading was three pages long and only in the |
| from water injection. | | | | last sentence of the last paragraph was anything |
| Water injection allowed the timing to be advanced | | | | mentioned about fuel economy. It said, "and the |
| without detonation, also known as pinging. Detonation | | | | cruising range was increased by about 30%." |
| can destroy an engine but by adding water injection | | | | Cruising range, known to most of us as miles per |
| the flame propagation was slowed, the same as is | | | | gallon, has taken on a new and more important role |
| the case with raising octane ratings, and the fuel was | | | | since the price of gas has sky rocketed in the last |
| burned more completely giving a boost in power | | | | couple of years. Many people believed it would go |
| through more efficient use of the same amount of | | | | back down, but that has proven to be a fallacy and |
| fuel. | | | | will continue to rise if all indicators are correct. |
| Having been involved with driving race cars | | | | I resurrected my early prototype in the latter part of |
| professionally and maintaining them for eleven others | | | | the last century, made some changes to the basic |
| through my businesses, I had known about the | | | | design to make it more user friendly and added it to |
| benefits of water injection and had used a modified | | | | our vehicles. Water injection is too complicated and |
| version on the cars for drag racing and road racing | | | | expensive to warrant installation but water vapor |
| very successfully. In drag racing the objective is | | | | injection, when properly installed, can and does take |
| maximum horsepower for a reasonably short | | | | it's place. Water vapor injection has increased the |
| duration, but in road racing it's necessary to have | | | | MPG on all types of vehicles, ours and many others, |
| maximum horsepower and increased fuel economy, | | | | by increasing efficiency. More efficient combustion |
| especially for endurance type racing that includes | | | | increases miles per gallon and horsepower, the best |
| multi-hour races of eight, ten, twelve or more hours. | | | | of both worlds. But, if you use the increased |
| The less pit stops, the further you can go in a given | | | | efficiency strictly for HP, you won't realize maximum |
| period of time. | | | | benefits where MPG is concerned. This is one |
| The article(s) I was reading were multiple pages long | | | | instance where "either, or" is the rule. |