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Old 08-14-2009, 09:54 PM
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Can stock injectors be damaged by running them at to high of a duty cycle?
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My engine has detonation where it did not have detonation before.
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I didn't realize it was possible to run 14.5 psi, or even more than 9-10 psi with the stock 265cc injectors. Are you able to do this because of your water Methanol injection?
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Yes the water methanol enables you to run 14 psi. The water cools combustion & methanol is extra fuel. My kit was $250 from a guy who never installed it on his car. New they are $245 to $360 from devils own.

I have been testing the limits lately around 16 psi & Im thinking I may have damaged the injectors running at to much duty cycle if that is possible. Im not sure yet may be something else but now all the sudden I get detonation where I did not get detonation before.

Also not sure if it has anything to do with it but I disconnected my midpipe just to see how it sounded. I drove it 10miles from my house & back. The frequency at which the downpipe resonated without the midpipe caused the catalatic converter ceramic material to vibrate apart inside. A few days later ,with the midpipe reconnected, I drove down a curvy road upshifting & downshifting reving the engine & must have caused the ceramic brick inside to slam around a lot & it caused it to completely disintegrate apart & shoot out the tail pipe. So now my catalatic converter has gutted itself. My car was really fast for about a week with the catalatic converter gutted but now im getting detonation. Not sure if it is because of gutted cat complications or injectors just gone bad.

Whenever I get $150 Im going to buy four 321cc injectors.
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