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We are currently in the process of fabricating a complete plug and play Water/Meth & Fail safe system for the ST
There are a few things that I wanted to share with other ST fans.
After installing our GTX2867R one of the main drawbacks is Pump octane, we have terrible gas here in CA only 91 that means not much boost, safely! Couple of options come to mind was E85 and Race fuel.
E85 after extensive testing and running it in my own ST and following the MS3 threads of others using it, a major concern was lubrication using this fuel over a long period of time?
The HPFP on our car and the Ms3 are of the same origin, they came from the diesel industry and were modified for our platform, one of the major components found in diesel fuel, is oil, when using E85 a alcohol type of fuel there is a loss of lubrication in the fuel, now this is more important for people using 50% and the longevity of the pump, but in upgrading our turbo to a larger turbo it would require more E85 which could cause HPFP problems down the line, I am just mentioning this because some of the longer term MS3's have been having pump problems and been running E85? Another problem which is only on our platform is the inability to open the pump as it is welded, we do not have access to upgrading nor cleaning of the pump as the MS3 have.
So looking to run E85 on our application might not be a choice for longevity or until there is an upgrade available.
That leaves us with Race Fuel, it's a pain to have to mix it just like the E85, it's ok for a race day now and then and it can become expensive.
Ok the only other available alternative is Water/Meth, but just water/Meth can be dangerous if there is lack of flow for some reason and your boost is not dropped if you have lost pressure or flow or the pump fails? That is why I wanted to offer a kit that is fully featured and fail safe.
We are now in the process of putting the system together and gathering all the necessary parts for the ST to make it as plug and play as possible.
Here is the Video that AEM has out regarding the fail safe parameters and how to set it up with the software :
I will continue to update this regarding the kits progress:
Thanks,
Alan
Here are some updates:
This is the kit I am putting together for the ST
Here is the products of the Water / Meth kit
The first thing I did was to install the pump and the 1 gallon tank "that was the easy part"
Then I moved on to the charge pipe, mine is from Cobb, you need to remove the lower skid or catch pan and also remove the front lower part of the skirt "this thing" lol
You will need to also lower the passenger side lower radiator and inner cooler bracket shown here that was the only way to get the charge pipe off!
Then remove the flex connectors for both the upper and lower part of the charge pipe and remove it. After it is removed there are pictures of what I did on the next page, I used a an fitting and cut it to size and welded it to the charge pipe. The pipe is too thin to tap it, tried that no go. That is the first part of installing the water /meth kit.
Next I installed the feed line for the water /meth, you must be very careful not to pinch it or have it near a sharp corner as it will puncher the line, I use a scotch brand double stick tape it is gray, this stuff is the best double stick on the planet! no kidding, I have used it for some many things, I even used it on one of our sand rails to hold the cooling fans for the oil cooler, 5 years later it has not moved! You also have to install the flow sensor here are some pictures of that :
notice the gray sticky tape! yep love that stuff, I had to trim the plastic floor rail to accommodate the sensor
There are a few things that I wanted to share with other ST fans.
After installing our GTX2867R one of the main drawbacks is Pump octane, we have terrible gas here in CA only 91 that means not much boost, safely! Couple of options come to mind was E85 and Race fuel.
E85 after extensive testing and running it in my own ST and following the MS3 threads of others using it, a major concern was lubrication using this fuel over a long period of time?
The HPFP on our car and the Ms3 are of the same origin, they came from the diesel industry and were modified for our platform, one of the major components found in diesel fuel, is oil, when using E85 a alcohol type of fuel there is a loss of lubrication in the fuel, now this is more important for people using 50% and the longevity of the pump, but in upgrading our turbo to a larger turbo it would require more E85 which could cause HPFP problems down the line, I am just mentioning this because some of the longer term MS3's have been having pump problems and been running E85? Another problem which is only on our platform is the inability to open the pump as it is welded, we do not have access to upgrading nor cleaning of the pump as the MS3 have.
So looking to run E85 on our application might not be a choice for longevity or until there is an upgrade available.
That leaves us with Race Fuel, it's a pain to have to mix it just like the E85, it's ok for a race day now and then and it can become expensive.
Ok the only other available alternative is Water/Meth, but just water/Meth can be dangerous if there is lack of flow for some reason and your boost is not dropped if you have lost pressure or flow or the pump fails? That is why I wanted to offer a kit that is fully featured and fail safe.
We are now in the process of putting the system together and gathering all the necessary parts for the ST to make it as plug and play as possible.
Here is the Video that AEM has out regarding the fail safe parameters and how to set it up with the software :
I will continue to update this regarding the kits progress:
Thanks,
Alan
Here are some updates:
This is the kit I am putting together for the ST

Here is the products of the Water / Meth kit

The first thing I did was to install the pump and the 1 gallon tank "that was the easy part"

Then I moved on to the charge pipe, mine is from Cobb, you need to remove the lower skid or catch pan and also remove the front lower part of the skirt "this thing" lol

You will need to also lower the passenger side lower radiator and inner cooler bracket shown here that was the only way to get the charge pipe off!

Then remove the flex connectors for both the upper and lower part of the charge pipe and remove it. After it is removed there are pictures of what I did on the next page, I used a an fitting and cut it to size and welded it to the charge pipe. The pipe is too thin to tap it, tried that no go. That is the first part of installing the water /meth kit.
Next I installed the feed line for the water /meth, you must be very careful not to pinch it or have it near a sharp corner as it will puncher the line, I use a scotch brand double stick tape it is gray, this stuff is the best double stick on the planet! no kidding, I have used it for some many things, I even used it on one of our sand rails to hold the cooling fans for the oil cooler, 5 years later it has not moved! You also have to install the flow sensor here are some pictures of that :
