What are you running in your Radiator?

[Endangered Species]

What are you running in your Radiator? Just plain water or are you putting water wetter or something like it in.
The car runs cool that's not a problem, I'm trying to keep the rust down and keep the pump lubricated.

 

[Cletus]

I use ethylene glycol and water - just the ordinary anti-freeze stuff, only in a slightly higher concentration. When car is hibernating during winter, I make sure the stuff will stay liquid... carefully avoiding popped frost plugs or busted water jackets.

As ethylene glycol not only prevents freezing, but also increases the boiling point, it's recommended to use it even when not living in an arctic wasteland

 

[Endangered Species]

Yha I know about the winter thing...don't ask me how. Trust me even though you blow out the radiator and the block with compressed air, you didn't get all the water out. LOL
Two weeks of not seeing above 5 degrees and the block even with a little water in it WILL crack.
This winter we will have anti freeze in the block over the Winter.

We don't run anti freeze when we're racing because if we pop a hose Anti Freeze is as bad as oil on the track. It's not a pretty sight.

 

[Polara Pat]

H2O and water wetter and either drain or add glycol for hibernation. I drained my overflow this weekend and it was crystal clear.

 

[sleepar]

The block has drain plugs on each side....

 

[YY1]

50% distilled water, 25% corrosion inhibitor ($2/gal at advance), 25% straight anti-freeze).

 

[sleepar]

60/40 glycol green and distilled water I would use the water wetter... I use the table to mix for max cold and boil in a 5gallon bucket and test it... pull the block plugs and lower hose... each time I will flush with distilled water and drain a few times... after its been cleaned... before I fill it up with the mix I will add about a quart of straight antifreeze in first to compensate for the water left in the pockets or radiator... test it again after its been running and bled of air... Mark the date and test results on some masking tape and put that on the support some where.... on a real dirty system I drove around for a few days with the 5minute flush double the amount and use tap water to flush then the distilled water....

 

[Endangered Species]

Thanks for the input guys I guess we'll use the Water Wetter. I was just wondering if there was anything better to keep the rust down with out the danger of anti freeze on a race track.

As far as the winter time.... Anti Freeze Anti Freeze Anti Freeze. We always drained the block and radiator then I would take the air to it and blow out the block until nothing came out, been doing this for years with out a problem.
Well sense we had a HUGE dose of global warming this winter it cracked the block, I must not got everything out like I thought I did.

 

[GetX'd]

The car is currently residing in Minnesota and probably will spend one more storage winter up there before bringing it to CA. Are you saying you cracked your block this past winter after it was blown out? You hadn't put any anti freeze in it? Major or bummer man.

It's SOP in Mn to have anti freeze in the car for the winter. Have I just been lucky or is that truly all you need to do? Summer is another story. I don't want to meet the bummer you did, especially with a new motor.

 

[Endangered Species]

The car is currently residing in Minnesota and probably will spend one more storage winter up there before bringing it to CA. Are you saying you cracked your block this past winter after it was blown out? You hadn't put any anti freeze in it? Major or bummer man.

It's SOP in Mn to have anti freeze in the car for the winter. Have I just been lucky or is that truly all you need to do? Summer is another story. I don't want to meet the bummer you did, especially with a new motor.

If we would have run Anti Freeze thru the block before we drained it we wouldn't have had any problems.
Fortunately we were able to have it welded.

 

[Budnicks]

I run Royal Purple Purple Ice, water & antifreeze additive, had great success so far,
IIRC no ethylene or poly glycol in it... I'd have to check to be 100% sure thou...
Should be good for race rules...
I run a 37gpm Proform electric water pump & Be-Cool dual electric fans, a 13" 2650cfm pusher & a 16" 2950cfm puller in a custom aluminum shroud & 22" 4 core Mancini Racing aluminum radiator with a 5/8" hole for a restrictor in-place of the thermostat too...
It can run all day & never get over 190* even on a 100* day, the 13" aux pusher fan is rarely even needed just there, for just in case...

In my street car & trucks, I use Be-Cool Super Duty anti-freeze, with appr. 50% distilled water & add a bottle of Purple Ice too...
seems good so far, runs cooler than just regular anti freeze & water...
Been doing it for a few years now, no problems at all...

There's waterless anti-freeze too,
like Evans Coolant Quality Waterless Coolant
@ http://www.lubricationspecialist.com/evans-coolant/?gclid=CKyXmby8r7cCFStyQgodc3oAZg ,
I'm not 100% sure if it's legal for use while racing thou...

good luck

 

[womanator]

I run Evans collant.
Boils over at 300 degree's freezes at -70 below.
You use a 4 lb radiator cap.
We use them in all of are semi's.
We use 210 degree thermostats.
Evans says you should get .005 to .10 mpg increase.
That's why we changed.