I've never used the purple ice stuff, but I had Redline water wetter in the B16A (which I think is sold finally, so I'll be CRX-less shortly for the first time in over SEVEN YEARS!!), and it took noticeably longer for the car to warm up than usual, which I think is a pretty good indicator that it worked. I honestly didn't test the temp or anything of the sort, but it also ran lower on the temperature gauge than normal as well once fully warmed up. Again, that might not be saying a whole lot, since I remember recalling from somewhere way back on the list that the temp gauge heats up to a point and then no higher before breaking the threshold where it goes past the halfway point, but maybe the lower reading is a valid one. Either way, it sure seemed to work just as advertised!
Fred -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 8:43 AM To: Lee & Tracy Grimes; George Freeman; [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 > > >
