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Old Jan 1, 2011 | 02:28 PM
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Question is...do you need the Supercharger for this? if not i wouldnt mind doing a homebrew hehehe
 
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Old Jan 1, 2011 | 02:33 PM
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nope^ check out snowperformance.com they have a kit for n/a applications to give u an idea.
 
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Old Jan 1, 2011 | 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Moneyman19
Question is...do you need the Supercharger for this? if not i wouldnt mind doing a homebrew hehehe
Yep, you can make the kit yourself. Here is the one Winston and I are talking about. I know someone who actually installed this very kit on an SRT8 Magnum.
http://www.snowperformance.net/product.php?pk=31
 
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Old Jan 1, 2011 | 04:33 PM
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My father would kill me if he ever saw something like this under my hood. Are there any significant dangers to running alcohol injection?
 
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Old Jan 1, 2011 | 07:50 PM
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As long as you run a 50/50 mix of meth or ethanol to water you will be good to go. Anything more than 50% alcohol is a flammable substance and not a good idea to use with a setup like this. You also want to ensure the nozzle size you pick will work with a naturally aspirated setup. You do that, and you will be good to go.
 
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Old Jan 1, 2011 | 11:48 PM
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How much power can you gain from this with a n/a motor? Im just wondering if it would be worth the $300-$500. Also blown how long does your tank last it looks like the size of the tanks in the kits are small.
 
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Old Jan 2, 2011 | 12:00 AM
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Originally Posted by rengnath
My father would kill me if he ever saw something like this under my hood.

Now I understand that it is on a switch connected to some vacuum line.
So this would mean that it would onily turn on when the engine hits a certen rpm's?

Does squirting this stuff into the intake make the truck's cel come on for any reason?
 
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Old Jan 2, 2011 | 12:18 AM
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Originally Posted by ruger226
Also blown how long does your tank last it looks like the size of the tanks in the kits are small.
My tank is 1.5 gallons and in the summer I fill it up about every two weeks. You can get them in up to five gallons but on a naturally aspirated setup it would take a year to use it up, lol.

Check it out.
http://www.alcoholinjectionsystems.c...c25/index.html


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Now I understand that it is on a switch connected to some vacuum line.
Mine is a boost pressure switch. As the supercharger hits 3psi it opens a terminal giving power to the pump. You can also have an inside cab toggle switch, as I do also.

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Does squirting this stuff into the intake make the truck's cel come on for any reason?
It never has on mine but on a NA setup you wont to stay with the smaller nozzles.
 

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Old Jan 2, 2011 | 11:11 AM
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Here is a nozzle size calculator from Devil's Own Injection.
http://www.alcohol-injection.com/for...lator-351.html
 
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Old Jan 2, 2011 | 02:24 PM
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And last time I measured vacuum on my setup doing WOT, I believe the closest to 0 was -2psi or so. Would that sound right?
 
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