What Happened to Water Injection? The Emergency Boost That Gave WWII Fighters Extra Horsepower
2K views · 8 Nov 2026
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@robertwilliams-wd6cp · 1 day ago
In the late 70's I put water injection on my 1970 GMC Handy van to give me better gas milage, it also seemed to run better, smoother with water injection. An other thing I ended up putting on was a sediment bowl on the gas line to get water out of the fuel.
@markgrunzweig6377 · 1 day ago
Water?alchol injection was used on airforce jet tankers etc. in the 1960s
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