I plan to do this awhile before I get the car tuned. I hear running any combination of meth or alky can foul your stock spark plugs which I'm still on. Since I plan to install my alky kit over Thanksgiving, I don't want it sitting there doing nothing so hopefully I can at least have the added benefit of running cooler with no ill side effects for the time being if I just run distilled water. Is this ok to do?

 

depends. I have no idea what type of kit you have or what flow it entails... but too much water is definately bad. If your kit was made for alcahol... it is likely that the nozzle(s) is much bigger than neccessary for just water.... may be a bit too much water in the engine. (I've done it before... not fun. It bogs the engine and you will get incomplete burn.)
This is going to sound crazy but trust me. Go to advance and pick up the $1 gallon windshield wiper fluid bottles and fill up with straight wiper fluid. It sounds odd, but is anywhere from 50-75% methanol. I've been running it for over a year now on 27psi stock turbo, you'll be fine for a few weeks/months.

 

Oh is that so. I have the Coolingmist Stage 2 on a 6gph@150psi injector. On the windshile washer stuff, dang that's cheap for something that has at least 50% meth!

 

I have to use alcohol beyond 70% (140 proof)

Car goes into acute withdrawl when ever I try to weaken her cocktail injection

 

I've used straight water with the coolingmist pump with no bad side effects.

 

he lives in san diego . the washer fluid that you need will not be sold there for 2 reasons it does not get cold enough there to sell it and they have pulled it off the market due to a new law. If you find it buy it. very hard to find and can not be ordered from auto parts stores either. I have found it at ace hardware but that was it. it also cost 5$ when you find it. in cold states it cost 1$

 

I saw that in the washer fluid I can find here, there is a glycol percentage ( anti-freeze )...

is it like yours ??

 

aww man, that sucks. Didn't realize. I didn't think that virginia was a 'cold' state, but yeah the winters can get down to the negatives every now and again...

No, mine does not have a glycol percentage, but on the other hand they dont list the methanol percentage either. It's sorta hit or miss, you find a good brand for $1 and run with it. Make sure you make your tune for it and keep using it.

...I dont think I'd run an ethylene glycol washer fluid... that IS bound to gum up I would think. (how does it even keep the windshield clean?? that stuff doesn't evaporate well, it leaves a slimey film..... That's why methanol is even used, it vaporizes very easily)

 

I checked at work (Wal-Mart) a couple of hours ago and found that the Super Tech winter formula washer fluid has methanol for $1.47/gal. All the others contained methyl alcohol.

 

this washer fluid idea sounds good

 

negative haha and you brought up a 2 year old thread when you already posted a new thread about the same thing

go into the aquamist Q&A threads and please read more and do some more research before asking these kinda questions all over. You can find methonal! **** I wouldn't but some guys are getting it from home depot

 

yeah you're right. I woke up a dead 2yr old thread to get some extra info. I've been doing more research than most people do on this forum,

 

buy methanol from VP

 

Definately you will not fool your splug plugs as they are not a sensor however you could directly affect their impact. Abner(slowcar) use to inject massive amounts of water causing the igninition system to flunk, basically it would make the spark weak, he solved with the HKS DLI II.

I am actually very interested on running only water because of the obvious price benefit.

Carlos

 

haha that almost made me spit out my soda.