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Originally Posted by alantf
You say "dry" air, but I seem to remember that the WW11 Corvair aircraft had a booster,to use in emergencies, that injected water into the engine, to give extra mph. Although, if it was used, the engine had to be stripped before the plane flew again.
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That was so an engine that's being run very hard could do so without hot spots inside it causing predetonation of the air/fuel coming in. (generally supercharged, turbocharged and very high compression engines.)
Talk to any racer. It's the cool dry days that you get your best power.