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#23
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From: Chatsworth, CA
Originally Posted by Dub Silverado
We might have a low of 80 here tonight in florida so im draining my intercoooler and running pure water....who needs antifreeze
The Pump for Lubrication.
Last edited by BlownChevy; Dec 1, 2006 at 07:25 PM.
#25
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From: Chatsworth, CA
"Water Wetter" is designed to reduce hot spots in your cylinder head. It does this by reducing the build-up of water vapor in any superheated areas. The bad thing about having hot spots in your cylinder head (read combustion chamber) is that they can promote pre-ignition - definitely a bad thing. This harks back to Smokey Yunick's theory of "soft combustion chambers". Any sharp edges in your combustion chamber (around valve seats for example) may tend to get very hot (even red hot) during operation. These areas of the combustion chamber can then form local hot spots in the cooling passages. Thus, even though your bulk coolant temperature is well below its boiling point (i.e. your gauge reads just fine), there may be localized boiling in some regions of the coolant tract.
#26
Originally Posted by moregrip
I used 1 bottle of water wetter and filled the rest with distilled water, holds about a gallon.
Made sense to me. I have 50/50 coolant/water and topped off with 1 bottle of WW.
#28
I just wanted to add what the temp was here two days ago. -47 *F. Yes minus. Brrrrrr... 50/50 is definately required here at minimum, but I run it year around. Still, thanks for the reminder Blown.
#30
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From: Deep in the seedy underworld of Koonerville
Originally Posted by m7 rocket
I just wanted to add what the temp was here two days ago. -47 *F. Yes minus. Brrrrrr... 50/50 is definately required here at minimum, but I run it year around. Still, thanks for the reminder Blown. 

50/50 Pre mixed prestone stuff here.





