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Old Mar 22, 2011 | 10:37 PM
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Had some MPG gain on other engines drawing water vapor into the intake- (i.e.- dulp. the effect that moist air creates on a rainny day) I'm not finding a usable port on the 4.7 any ideas- tapping the vac line from the braking system seems a bad idea.
 
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Old Mar 22, 2011 | 10:39 PM
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You want to purposly create a vacuum leak?
 
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Old Mar 22, 2011 | 11:00 PM
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No- Looking for a way around it - Getting vac from the intake before the TB would be the ticket but my intake flows too well to generate enough pull thru a small tube connected to it. there is an unused and undrilled hose barb behind the TB in the intake- im not sure if it can be opened without issues- doing this would disrupt the airflow into the intake and that could be a neg. Ideally splicing it into a existing air
input to the engine would be ideal. I miss carbs-
 
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Old Mar 22, 2011 | 11:05 PM
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Any added air after the throttle body will create problems, since the idle is created with the IAC inside the TB. I would suggest looking in to an alcohol injection setup, and run 100% water or a 50/50 ratio with alcohol. This would involve a holding tank somewhere in the truck, and then it would be pumped to the intake and injected before the TB.
 
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Old Mar 22, 2011 | 11:35 PM
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It already has plenty of water vapor in the intake...look for my catch can post!
 
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Old Mar 23, 2011 | 11:08 AM
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isnt this a bad idea? couldnt you hydrolock you cylinders this way? i thought water/alcahol was to cool forced induction (turbo) in hi boost racing

people run this on a daily basis for MPG?
 
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