Water Methanol vs a intercooler
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From: Everly Ia
Thats what i thought. I know you guys on here have to be getting sick of me posting all these stupid post and not be able to give good info but this my first 7.3 and love it. I want to learn has much as i can. so if i sound stupid at some time im sorry i starting out and you have to start some place right.
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From: Kearney, Nebr
I agree with the above posters. I believe that water/alky should compliment the intercooler during towing applications. The amount of fuild you'd go through steam rollin down the interstate would be costly.
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From: Johnson City, TN.
Thats what i thought. I know you guys on here have to be getting sick of me posting all these stupid post and not be able to give good info but this my first 7.3 and love it. I want to learn has much as i can. so if i sound stupid at some time im sorry i starting out and you have to start some place right.
I have a 6.0 cooler and love it. I tow 15,000 lbs in the mountains of TN/NC and even with stage II injectors it is a very manageable setup. It tows absolutely excellent.
I would go cooler first and then if you feel you need more cooling get the meth. The meth needs too much maintenance and runs out on long hauls. I would user the meth just as a supporter to the cooler.
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Thats what i thought. I know you guys on here have to be getting sick of me posting all these stupid post and not be able to give good info but this my first 7.3 and love it. I want to learn has much as i can. so if i sound stupid at some time im sorry i starting out and you have to start some place right.
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From: Ashland City, TN
I would only run water or methanol injection if your making big horsies.
Water injection is more of a drag or a pull truck mod to me.
I'd do propane before i did water. But propane is iffy considering if its not set up right, you might screw stuff up big time.
Water injection is more of a drag or a pull truck mod to me.
I'd do propane before i did water. But propane is iffy considering if its not set up right, you might screw stuff up big time.
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From: Silver Lake Dunes, MI
I would run water/meth before PP. Even just water alone is a good deal for cooling. meth is just a little extra HP.
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i was looking at a bottle of heet a while back and on the back of the bottle it said DO NOT USE WITH DIESELS. heet is nothing more than methanol. why is it good to run methanol injection, but not good to mix a few ounces of methanol in the fuel tank? also, i was reading my diesel tech book the other day and it said that diesels can run on 40% of anything you want to mix in with it except water and not experience any problems. gasoline, kerosene, oil, etc. the reason im asking is because ive got a lot of methanol im needing to use up and id like to mix a little bit in with each fill up. as long as it wont hurt anything.
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From: Silver Lake Dunes, MI
i was looking at a bottle of heet a while back and on the back of the bottle it said DO NOT USE WITH DIESELS. heet is nothing more than methanol. why is it good to run methanol injection, but not good to mix a few ounces of methanol in the fuel tank? also, i was reading my diesel tech book the other day and it said that diesels can run on 40% of anything you want to mix in with it except water and not experience any problems. gasoline, kerosene, oil, etc. the reason im asking is because ive got a lot of methanol im needing to use up and id like to mix a little bit in with each fill up. as long as it wont hurt anything.
Methanol being injected with air still have a chance to begin burning before the piston is in the correct position so it still a hazard but not as great.
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From: Rogersville, TN
so it probably wouldnt be a good idea to mix in the methanol lol. i was only thinking about adding half a gallon or so per 40 gallons of diesel. ive got 220 gallons of methanol i need to use up, but its not worth blowing up a set of injectors for.......unless of course that would be a good way to convince the wife i NEED a set of stage 1's lol.