1st Gen R53 Cooper S Most liked posts in thread: Water/Meth injection System

Got an RMW head on the way. Maitland Importers will be installing it and it will get the 440cc injectors.

I already have the Dominator Cam and the RMW header.

Last Dyno run was 205 at the wheels I think I can get more like 230 maybe 235 next.

Then that is it for the MINI for a while, next will be start getting parts for a LS3 powered Miata!

 

Let me let a video I made do the talking: [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh670PwbAI8"]Water Meth HFS-3[/ame]

 

Here's what you need to know:

http://www.motoringalliance.com/library/theory-and-practice-22/an-introduction-to-wateralcohol-injection-systems-19/#axzz3OlxRH7Ci

The one thing you need to know about the Aquamist system is that if you buy something else and truly use it, you'll always wish you bought the Aquamist, and will probably anguish over how to sell your other system to buy the Aquamist.

 

I also started with another system and it never worked correct, I mean right from the beginning.

What I can say about the AquaMist is that it works perfectly all the time everyday, it has been entirely maintenance free from the very beginning.

I personally weigh that very heavily into my decision NOW that I did have another system. If you are tuning for the W/M then this is invaluable, you do not want it to fail EVER.

Tuning for it is not required to see benefits from W/M

Side note I have moved to running 20% Water and 80% Meth (M1)

How did that credit card commercial go: MINI Cooper S $24,000, Tank of Premium Gas $40.oo, Howerton/AquaMist Water Methanol System $1100.oo, worry free consist power PRICELESS

 

It is the best system and all the problems / troubleshooting has been done already. That's why it cost that much and it is plug and play easy.

The R&D is already done to save you days or weeks of setup and problem solving.

Oh did I mention mine (old HFS -8) has been in my car for 5+ years problem free running 100% meth. No 50 /50 mix for me.

You don't have to be tuned for meth for it to be affective.

Jeff Howerton has built these for years and they work and work well. I have even had Jeff call me once when I needed to bleed some air out of my system.

 

Jeff @ Howerton Engineering! Just set my kit up with him today!

 

I am reviving an old thread as I just bought the Aquamist system and the tanks from Jeff @Howerton Engineering are not available. Anyone have any ideas on a good tank to use. I have heard that the headlight washer tank can be used, but is problematic. Any suggestions on which tank to use. I would like it to be baffled. As usual, TIA for any help or advice you can shed... PS if you happen to have a Howerton Engineering tank sitting on your shelf that you are not using, let me know.

 

Sorry Teddy, I have come up with nothing. Did you try contacting Colin? He did work for Howerton for a little while.

 

Needs a 1/2 gallon to a gallon plastic tank.

 

I used a 2.25 gal Devils Own tank I found on e-bay, there are other sizes and shapes available as well, just search Devils Own Tank, or Menthol Tank

There are pictures of mine on one of the last pages of my build thread:

https://www.motoringalliance.com/threads/hit-a-milestone-and-still-making-changes.14654/

 

Aquamist is the best system, but if all you are looking for is to lower your intake air temperatures there are less expensive options. Any of these systems that gets the water to vaporize will lower your intake air temperature and keep the timing from pulling back. Water injection or alcohol water injection works because the intake air temperature is lowered by vaporizing the water and or alcohol. If you look up the latent heat of vaporization of water you will see it is much better than methanol. Methanol would raise the octane rating of gasoline. If you read the papers that were written on this for aircraft engines they found the best results with a water methanol mixture of 50-50. The papers I have read do not speculate on why methanol and water in a 50 50 mixture worked the best, but I would speculate that it is because methanol makes the droplets smaller and therefore quicker to vaporize.

 

Nice video of the Aquamist system doing it job flawlessly.

Glad you got rid of that other system and installed Jeffs?