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Engine Specific Info and Questions => IDI Engine => Topic started by: Benjamin on March 02, 2008, 10:22:27 am

Title: additives?
Post by: Benjamin on March 02, 2008, 10:22:27 am

anyone have experience with addding additives to make more power or so?
or more ealry injection or so?

Greetz, Benjamin aka in need for more power

Title: additives?
Post by: OM617 on March 02, 2008, 12:00:53 pm

Additives can increase the cetane number (How easily it ignites and how smoothly it burns) but the fuel only contains X amount of energy per unit injected. The only way to extract more power from the same amount of fuel is to increase the engine's thermal efficiency.

Ceramic coatings, airflow, air swirl, combustion temperature, coolant temperature, etc.

Title: additives?
Post by: Benjamin on March 02, 2008, 02:37:27 pm

as far as i understand, additives allow you to make the ignition more early, so if you set your pump timing more early you also have more power.

or am i wrong, dont know it so good, dont have experience with it at all.

Greetz, Benjamin

Title: additives?
Post by: eightyonerabbit on March 02, 2008, 07:44:29 pm

i know that i use the power service diesel additive, and without it, the car feels like a powerless turd... it might just be a mind over matter thing tho...