opinions..

which is better
royal purple water wetter?

redline water wetter?

and does anyone know where you can get that stuff (redline) locally?

 

This for your AC?

 

Both regular radiator and AC.

 

I believe I saw Redline at Braman Honda in Lake Worth...not too local for you though!

 

Since you asked, my opinion is not to use water wetter in a street-driven car. There are very important qualities in standard coolant (propylene glycol or similar) that allow it to function as an anti-corrosion, anti-boil, anti-freeze and lubricating compound. Running a cooling system without coolant allows much higher levels of corrosion and loss of lubrication to important components like the water pump and thermostat. In case you didn't know, water wetter is a surfactant and is very similar in composition to dish soap! If you're already running a coolant-water mix (usually near 50% of each), there is no need or benefit to water wetter.

Also, I've never heard of using it in the A/C. Can you elaborate?

 

Josh, AC refers to his aftercooler...not the air conditioning.

 

AC is for Aftercooler. Not A/C for air conditioning.

Vortech comes w/ an air to water to air aftercooler... I was told that water wetter is good to use in that.

Do you think its 'wiser' to use a water coolant mix as opposed to a water / water wetter mix? Based on what I read.. WW is an anti corrosive also.. no?

By all means.. explain away.. I was hoping you'd post.

 

I've used it with no adverse effects whatsoever. Been using it since 1998 (Ford Contour SVT) and subsequently on my '00 MR2 Spyder, '00 Camaro SS and '02 S2K.
Here is an interesting link:
http://www.carcarepros.com/CarCarePros/htm...tterWetter.html

Followed by another good read:
http://www.e30m3performance.com/myths/more...ater_wetter.htm

 

AC = Aftercooler! I know nothing about the application of coolant/Water Wetter in an aftercooler, but here are some thoughts on its use in the cooling system.

The two links provided by Russ contain good information. I'll reiterate three main points from those links - Water Wetter does not increase the boiling point or depress the freezing point of the fluid in your cooling system the way traditional coolant (anti-freeze) does. Also, WW will not reduce the operating temperature of your cooling system. The manufacturer claims that Water Wetter has the same (or better) anti-corrosion properties as coolant/water mixes. Without additional data to corroborate this, I'm sceptical since there is such a small volume of product.

What it will do when used without coolant in the water is increase the thermal transfer rate. That's generally a good thing if you're willing to sacrifice the benefits of coolant/water mixes. Have you ever seen what happens when a block explodes becasue the water froze in the cooling galleries of a race car? This is really not likely in FL, but if you ever travel north, you'll have to change to a proper anti-freeze mix.

I have a question though - are you using Water Wetter in combination with a cooolant/water mix or by itself? I ask because using a lower proportion of coolant (say 30-40% instead of 50%) combined with water wetter may give you the best of both products.

Please bear in mind one caveat, if you have a cooliong system-related problem and are not running the recommended type and quantity of coolant, we all know what the dealer is going to say about that!

I run 50% coolant since my normally aspirated street-driven car never sees the kind of heat stress that track-driven and force-inducted cars will see.

 

Nope.. neverseen a block explode.. nor do i really wanna see that.. I've had enough excitement.. 8P...

I'm FI and don't have much left in warranty mileage wise.

You have brought up some good points though... will be considering...