How much is the meth/water injection kit? Is it also a DIY project? And does this eliminate the danger of running a non-intercooled blower?

 

prices vary depending on the kit and it can be self installed, a few hand tools and some general mechanical ability and your ok, a lot of help on the forums also, operating a s/c with or without a intercooler is not where the danger is, its all in the tune

 

I have a question about the water injection... what is the difference between the two water injection kits that b-chips has? why is one 300 bucks more expensive?!

second- how much is distilled water per gallon

third- how long does your tank generally last? a couple days, a week, months???
thanks guys.

edit: im also a bit concerrned about hydrolocking...if the kit malfunctions and keeps injecting after you are out of boost, will you hydrolock the engine???

 

Doug at the place thatI won't mentionhere because it's filtered out anyway... tailored the kit to the X-Charger after a lot of research. That's why you should buy the one from him.

Distilled water is cheap. Get it at Wally World or any other place. Personally, I run Boost Juice bought from Summit Racing (best price).

I'm the guy with the hydrolocking situation and it's because I didn't have a light monitoring when the pump was firing. As I've stated on that other unmentionable place, don't install the kit without a light -- you "can," but I'd sure recommend against it. Do NOT blame what happened to me on the kit. It is adjusted where I wanted it, at 3 PSI, and the light does what it should... it's on when the Boost Juice is on, and it's off when the Boost Juice is off. Purge the "malfunctioning kit" thing from your mind. I even had it, briefly, set to 2 PSI... but again, with the light, I knew when the pump was firing and that made it a piece of cake to adjust the setting on the pump. I'm thoroughly convinced there isn't a damn thing wrong with the pump, I just had it set too low and didn't know it because I DID NOT HAVE A LIGHT INSTALLED! Bottomline, don't worry about the kit.

The "tank" lasts as long as you let it. If you're into boost, you're into the Juice (or water). It's TOTALLY up to you how long it lasts. What might last a month for you might last someone else for three months and might last me for three days.

Russ

 

Like the man said.

There is no mandate to run the Wet-X kit on the X-Charger IF you use safe tunes... and I can't imagine anyone putting the money and effort into installing an X-Charger and then having some crackpot develop POS tunes for it. It's like buying a Porsche and then running retreads on it for tires.

Russ

 

wow i didnt know you hydrolocked ur motor... so you set it to spray at to low a boost level and it just sprayed constantly? Interesting. Did you have to dip your block or did you catch it in time?

 

"Dip my block?"

I'm way lost.

I had it towed to my mechanic's place, he got the fluid out, cleaned the plugs, and it ran okay. The oil was, of course, contaminated... so he did two oil changes. No mechanical problems.

Again, don't worry, just install a light.

Yes... I had it set so low it was firing even in vacuum. "INSTALL-A-LIGHT!"

Russ

 

different control options

 

is one controlled from in the cabin or digitally or something and the other with a screw or something like that? Like mbc vs ebc kinda?

oh and by dip the block i meant a chemical bath to get rid of rust...if you are hydrolocked bad sometimes u have to do that.

 

There are different control methods, as you can see on the Coolingmist site, but the one Doug sells is just fine as you receive it. There is a hole in the top of the pump's adjustment controland, "down inside" (the hole), there is a 5/64" Allen screw. You get the shortest Allen wrench you can find(and you'll understand what I mean by "shortest" if/when you install the Wet-X, because the bracket doesn't leave you a lot of slop to get your hand "in there" to do anything as it is... and a LONG Allen wrench is NOT going to work) and make small (1/4 turns seems to be about right while you're in the "adjusting" process) adjustments. "In" (or "down" or "tightening") is INCREASING the level of boost required to kick in the pump. "Out" (or "up" or "loosening") is DECREASING the level of boost required to kick in the pump.

Again, and if I was in front of you, I'd grab you by the shoulders and shake you and get in your face and tell you... don't do this unless you simultaneously install a light! Otherwise... well, it's all guess work, unless your ears are WAY better than mine and you can hear the pump kick in with the backseat down. I couldn't, and I tried many, many times. Just couldn't hear it. So, with me, it was all guess work, and I screwed things up by backing it out too far trying to get it to kick in at 3 PSI... and the rest is history.

There should be NO hesitation about buying the Wet-X if you're even remotely interested. One thing, though; if you even THINK you MIGHT do the Wet-X in the future... "sometime"... have the air-inlet elbow drilled with a 21/64" hole and tap it for a 1/8" NPT brass plug. Use Teflon "thread tape" to help seal the brass plug (which any good hardware store will have). Then... just install the X-Charger and forget about things and enjoy the power. "IF" you decide to go with the Wet-X later, just buy the kit, remove the brass plug, and install the injector (along with the rest of the kit, obviously). As "Afixer" (from that other place) told all of us, "IF" you even THINK you might want to go the Wet-X route, drill and tap the air-inlet elbow NOW... "BEFORE" you install the X-Charger. I did what he said and I'm glad I did. Otherwise... you get into removal/reinstallation issues with the X-Charger, or parts of it, and I didn't want to "go there." I tend to listen to the advice of those wiser than me, especially if they've "gone before me."

Anyway... I hope this information helps. Click once on the thumbnail image below, then again to blow it up to full size, and you'll see what I'm talking about.

Oh... and thanks for explaining "dip the block."

Russ

[IMG]local://upfiles/52366/C61D0D7E40D749D1B3B13C679AEA54F1.jpg[/IMG]