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I had it on my 1st gen eclipse and loved it! You just have to make sure if you have it tuned with the water/alcohol that it always has some in the tank! I had a warning light hooked up to mine to tell me when the tank was getting low. Almost all the rally cars have it on them.

BAMR33 Mentor

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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/WATER-INJEC...sspagenameZWDVW

This is a good cheap kit, and it has the same pump as the expensive kits. I have installed this kit in my car and it works well, I only use water and it keeps the detonation levels right down.

Fairly easy to install only problem is space, because the pump is huge and you still need a big water tank so you're not filling up all the time. What I did was made up a bracket and mounted the pump beside the the factory washer tank.

The Mafia Grand Master

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mate, a WMI failure can destroy an engine in seconds, I don't know if I would trust something like this.

Is it a sureflow pump?

Also, pressure switches aren't that good, because your spraying the same amount of water in at 3,000rpm as you are at 7000rpm, and since there is a lot of water going in at low revs, the car can shudder. I like the idea of variable water, brings it in nice and smooth, you'll use a hell of a lot less water\meth too.

Kits are only $600 now, and if you can' afford a kit at $600, why are you chasing the power, or even own a skyline? Sounds harsh, and I apologise, but saving a few hundred on a cheap unknown kit could cost you well into $4,000 on a engine rebuild?

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Kits are only $600 now, and if you can' afford a kit at $600, why are you chasing the power, or even own a skyline? Sounds harsh, and I apologise, but saving a few hundred on a cheap unknown kit could cost you well into $4,000 on a engine rebuild?

agreed, with injection you are always treading a fine line. Best to use better gear for peace of mind.

i havent used it for about 10 years though.

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The Mafia

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would be a waste of time - you'd probably lose performance because you can't advance the timing in a factory ECU.

Just for those that don't know - You don't get any performance gains for just installing the kit itself. You need to be able to advance the timing to get the extra power.

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BAMR33 Mentor

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mate, a WMI failure can destroy an engine in seconds, I don't know if I would trust something like this.

Is it a sureflow pump?

Also, pressure switches aren't that good, because your spraying the same amount of water in at 3,000rpm as you are at 7000rpm, and since there is a lot of water going in at low revs, the car can shudder. I like the idea of variable water, brings it in nice and smooth, you'll use a hell of a lot less water\meth too.

Kits are only $600 now, and if you can' afford a kit at $600, why are you chasing the power, or even own a skyline? Sounds harsh, and I apologise, but saving a few hundred on a cheap unknown kit could cost you well into $4,000 on a engine rebuild?

Yep sureflow pump, looks exactly the same as yours.

I agree variable water injection is the way to go, you buy this kit and get a variable injection module for $50 and save yourself a few hundred against the over inflated aus company prices. I just don't see the point in spending more for the same thing.

I had mine setup with the pressure switch that only came on at full boost, it was also tuned to compensate for excess water provided at lower revs. I also used a small nozzle which had little no effect high rpm but stopped a lot of the knock I was getting in mid-revs.

So it's not the best setup but in practice it works well. I wasn't really aiming for more power like your setup just better cooling reliability as my intercooler struggles at times with the type M front bar covering it up.

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