Meth vs. Intercooler tank.
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Meth vs. Intercooler tank.
I don't know what to do...I'm only going to do one thing for now.
Either intall a huge water reservoir in the trunk or install a meth system.
I will not be getting a special tune for the meth system, it'll do whatever it can do on the tune I currently have. Same goes for the intercooler reservoir.
What would you guys do?
Either intall a huge water reservoir in the trunk or install a meth system.
I will not be getting a special tune for the meth system, it'll do whatever it can do on the tune I currently have. Same goes for the intercooler reservoir.
What would you guys do?
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Tank will only give you short periods of lower IAT. Meth will provide lower IAT, for a longer period. Tank is safer, but as long as you dont tune for meth, it's just as safe.
Nitrous>Meth>Tank>Nothing
Nitrous>Meth>Tank>Nothing
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I run one of the older Snow Performance kits in my Audi that has the 150psi pump and I run a 625cc nozzle. I believe an M8 is around 500cc, I am sure 500cc would make a substantial difference still. I would try to look around and see what size nozzle some guys are running. I forget who it was but someone posted an intake air temp log graph with meth, I want to say it was sneaky neon, maybe look for the thread where he posted that and then find out what size he uses because I remember the graph looking really good.
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Well...I just ordered one. Since I'm not tuning for it I don't want to go too big because I'm afraid of my A/F ratio going to low. Plus, I plan on running straight meth.
It's a 150psi cooling mist kit with an M8 injector. It cost me $245 shipped...not bad.
It's a 150psi cooling mist kit with an M8 injector. It cost me $245 shipped...not bad.
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I actually was looking at that same one myself for the E55. My Audi has a progressive kit but I figured something simple would suffice. Also I don't know if there is a difference with this car or not but my a/f is identical with my meth injection running or off in my other car. I usually run 0*F washer fluid from Walmart 80% of the time but on occasion get a 5 gallon jug of meth and mix it 50/50 but don't notice a difference. And I wouldn't run straight meth if I was you especially if not using it as an octane booster and tuning for it. Water is much better at cooling than meth is.
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I had a tank built for both, if money's tight you might want to go that route so you can easily add the other later on.
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Meth kits are cheap, which one did you go with, and is it trunk mount or engine bay mount?
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110% sure. Water has a higher latent heat of evaporation and will take heat out of the air longer since it doesn't instantly flash like methanol and will have cooler temps in the cylinders. Methanol has a higher one than gasoline so cools better than gas but water cools even better than methanol to be used for detonation control. That is why they recommend a 50/50 mix to get a "best of both worlds" scenario of water for the best cooling and protection and meth for the octane boost. I have ran straight water before several times in my Audi, but like I said before I usually run the washer fluid that has about 25% meth in it, just have to make sure you don't use one with other detergents or you could gum up your injector.
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