Yes, your car will take forever to warm up, will not get up to normal operating temperature on the highway, and will consequently suffer from poor fuel economy.
That was a stupid suggestion. Ricky On Sun, 5 Jan 2003, George Freeman wrote: > Hmm, didn't think about that one. Any downsides? > > > -George > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 9:40 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Lee & Tracy Grimes; George Freeman; > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: CRX: Purple Ice...Water Wetter > > > Have you considered removing the thermostat? > > David > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sun 1/5/2003 8:43 AM > To: Lee & Tracy Grimes; George Freeman; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: > Subject: Re: CRX: Purple Ice...Water Wetter > > > > Lee, > > > I rarely have had heat issues with stock Hondas in the past since like > you > said they run cool compared to other cars. My challenge is the shaved > head/higher compression on the D16Z6 is creating a hotter running motor > than > stock which has lots of power during the first few minutes of running, > then > slowly starts losing ponies as it warms up (radiator & coolant are new > BTW). > > Here in FL the heat factor is more dramatic in the summer so I'm willing > to > try this stuff and see what happens. Little Beast is becoming very fun > to > drive as I slowly chip away at each issue one by one (ignition, timing, > cooling, etc.). > > > -George > > > That stuff sounds like Red Line's Water Wetter. I've used it for > years in > > the racecars and put it in the van that tended to run hot when towing. > I > > don't think I've run it in a street Honda but luckily they run so cool > > anyway. That is something we can be very happy about, rarely ever do > you see > > or hear of a Honda overheating and if so it is usually a blatent > problem and > > not a design issue. > > > > Lee > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "George Freeman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > CRX content: Just got a bottle of "Purple Ice" and plan to put it > in > > > soon. Apparently, you have to drain the coolant out so there's only > 15% > > > left, then add just water and the Purple Ice additive (it breaks > down > > > all the H2O molecular friction, transferring heat from the block > much > > > more efficiently). > > > > > > > > > George > > > > > > > > > > > > >
