Another guy posted this info in another board, check it out, pretty interesting.
I read a book on 5.0 performance and found some interesting things that i wonder. the article said that using pure water and waterwetter from redline can help you gain a little bit more push. water has 2.5 greater thermal conductivity than glycol-based coolants. water can transfer twice as much heat out of they system compared to using a 50:50 mix. test were done to prove this tech that water would cool metal down faster that antifreeze. 304 degrees to 250 degrees, water and waterwetter took 3.2 seconds.water alone took 3.7 .a 50:50 mix took 10.2 .pure antifreeze took 21 seconds. raising the temp of cylinder heads will be a loss of power. the article also goes into boiling over saying if you use a 23lb. radiator cap the boiling point will rise to 265 degrees which equals to 50:50 mix.
I think its interesting. i ran pure water once for a week and my car didn't over heat like most people would think. Now i know about waterwetter but have never tried it. im thinking next summer i will give it some thought. the book is called "Mustang: 5.0 Liter performance Handbook" by peter C. Sessler. the book is for foxbody mustangs.
I read a book on 5.0 performance and found some interesting things that i wonder. the article said that using pure water and waterwetter from redline can help you gain a little bit more push. water has 2.5 greater thermal conductivity than glycol-based coolants. water can transfer twice as much heat out of they system compared to using a 50:50 mix. test were done to prove this tech that water would cool metal down faster that antifreeze. 304 degrees to 250 degrees, water and waterwetter took 3.2 seconds.water alone took 3.7 .a 50:50 mix took 10.2 .pure antifreeze took 21 seconds. raising the temp of cylinder heads will be a loss of power. the article also goes into boiling over saying if you use a 23lb. radiator cap the boiling point will rise to 265 degrees which equals to 50:50 mix.
I think its interesting. i ran pure water once for a week and my car didn't over heat like most people would think. Now i know about waterwetter but have never tried it. im thinking next summer i will give it some thought. the book is called "Mustang: 5.0 Liter performance Handbook" by peter C. Sessler. the book is for foxbody mustangs.