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Old 08-30-2006, 11:18 PM
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Any one ever try this on an xB. I did a search but found nothing.

http://www.snowperformance.net/
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I have heard from several tuners that Snow puts out a great Meth injection kit, so I would say you proably will have no worries if you go with them.
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what is it? can you explain to what it actually is and how it works?
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Originally Posted by itsme
what is it? can you explain to what it actually is and how it works?
Chemically Intercooled

In gasoline engines, as with any intercooler, this suppresses detonation so more power producing boost and timing can be utilized. Water, with its high latent heat of vaporization cools the intake charge and combustion. Methanol cools the charge and combustion but also acts like an extremely high octane fuel (some researchers claim as high as 120 octane) as well as adding more oxygen to combustion.
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so is it something that you poor into your gas tank?
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Originally Posted by itsme
so is it something that you poor into your gas tank?
Nope..It gets sprayed in to the intake pipe and the Meth/water mixture sits in it's own holder in the underhood until it is pumped through the nozzle and sprayed.
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Originally Posted by itsme
so is it something that you poor into your gas tank?
Check out the link.

http://www.snowperformance.net/
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Unless you run boost, you have ZERO use for this. If you detonate now, simply run higher octane fuel. Please do not waste your money putting this on a N/A car..
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i run this kit on my car and have it set to spray @ 7.5psi. After i make a pass my intake manifold and supercharger are cool to the touch, when tuned properly expect a really really good hp gain.
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Originally Posted by blown_xa
i run this kit on my car and have it set to spray @ 7.5psi. After i make a pass my intake manifold and supercharger are cool to the touch, when tuned properly expect a really really good hp gain.
How much boost does your xA make? My xB only makes about 9 psi I was thinking of setting it to come in around 4 or 5 psi.
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same, 9psi, u will need to order the 100ml per minute nozzle which does not come in the kit, the smallest in the kit is 175ml per minute which is way to large for our motor even with the pump reg cranked all the way down.
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I was thinking about running this setup on my xB. The only thing that I kept worrying about was running TOO much of a meth spray and washing the oil off the cylinders and such. A few people have told me that the spray is so fine, that it atomizes and evaporates before it even gets that far....

Blown_xa, how long have you been running your kit?
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