Nitrous oxide engine
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A nitrous oxide engine, or nitrous oxide system, is an internal combustion engine in which oxygen for burning the fuel comes from the decomposition of nitrous oxide, N2O, as well as air. The system in
A performance vehicle using a nitrous oxide purging system
A piston which was cracked due to nitrous use
Water injection (engine)
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In internal combustion engines, water injection, also known as anti-detonant injection, can spray water into the incoming air or air–fuel mixture, or directly into the combustion chamber to cool certa
Nitrous oxide engine
…planes like high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft, high-speed bombers and high-altitude interceptors. It was sometimes used with the Luftwaffe's form of methanol-water injection, designated MW 50 (both meant as Notleistung short-term power boosting measures), to produce substantial increases in performance for fighter aircraft…
A "wet" takeoff of a KC-135 with J57 engines
FW 190 with BMW 801 engine getting up to 110 kW (150 hp) extra from water injection mixture
BMW 801 aircraft engine at the BMW Museum
2016 BMW M4 GTS