Clint, That's what I ran in my FZR600, but then I ran it into the back of a car :-(
later Dan McIntosh Pavement Scraping 1964 Impala SS http://www.alloldchevy.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clint Hooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 12:13 PM Subject: Re: [Chevelle-List] thermostat recommendations? > In the summertime when you need maximum cooling,you can reduce the ratio to > 75-80% water to 20-25% coolant. As I mentioned before,antifreeze does not > dissipate heat as well as pure water. > ZR-1's can be hard to cool sometimes so we run 100% distilled water and two > bottles of Redline WaterWetter. > Clint Hooper > LT5 Registry Director > http://www.LT5Registry.net/ > ACES #1650 > http://dalesplace.com/misc/friends/clint_hooper.htm > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Krister Meister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > I have always been under the schooling that a 50/50 mix is the happy > medium > > - giving you the best freezing protection and lowest boil over temp at > the > > same time. > > Anybody else support this logic? > > Krister Meister > > Bloomingdale, IL > > '66 SS #'s matching > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It's good for about a 10-15 degree drop on an all-aluminum LT5 engine in > a > > ZR-1. > > Something that works almost as well is drop the ratio of antifreeze to > > water. Antifreeze doesn't dissipate heat as well as pure water. > > Clint Hooper > > LT5 Registry Director > > http://www.LT5Registry.net/ > > ACES #1650 > > http://dalesplace.com/misc/friends/clint_hooper.htm > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > In a message dated 6/28/2003 11:41:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > > Dan,,,a sure help is to pour in a treatment of water wetter,,it lowers > > temp by about 30 degrees !!! > > > > > > I have yet to see that stuff work on a big block. > > > > Tom > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html > > To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html > To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
