Cooling

[pgriffith]

Water cool's better than coolant correct?

So why not use all water and no coolant in summer?

[Fin]

People do this. It's okay for summertime use, but it's best to go 50/50 when it starts getting cold. Coolant helps prevent rust throughout the radiator & also won't freeze as quickly as water does.

[Dominic]

Yes, people do this. I personally find that 30% antifreeze is PLENTY for the summer for waterpump lubrication and rust/galvonic corrosion prevention. Then for winter i usually swapped it back to 50/50 (good to 0degF).

If you want to run pure water, add in a bottle or two of the redline water wetter if nothing else so that you don't incur any corrosion from it. I have actually seen "racing coolants" that are supposed to run cooler than water - but I don't believe it :D Pure flowing water is the best conductor of heat around, its like liquid aluminum... Seriously though, if you want lower temps and you're running a 160 already - go buy a larger radiator (SLP, Griffin, BeCool).

[pgriffith]

I was just asking out of spite. I dont tend to run 100% water. But my friend seems to think 50/50 coolant will run cooler than 25%coolant/75%water. Or 100% water. I told him he was full of the brown stuff and didnt know his head from that dark spot in his underpants.

[Dominic]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by pgriffith:
I was just asking out of spite. I dont tend to run 100% water. But my friend seems to think 50/50 coolant will run cooler than 25%coolant/75%water. Or 100% water. I told him he was full of the brown stuff and didnt know his head from that dark spot in his underpants.<hr></blockquote>

You're quite correct [img]smile.gif[/img]