[pete gibbs]

Anyone tried this additive in your cooling system?What results did you get.Thanks,Pete.

 

[gratz]

funny that you just posted this, I was just at Fortes and there was the water wetter just sitting there, so I asked Mike about it, he stated that he has had a lot of positive feedback.... I bought a bottle and will throw it into my Chevelle (it has always run pretty hot) and give it a try!

Gratz

 

[Minitruk]

Pete, I used it in a street rod with some success. It is not magic but it did run cooler & longer without any temperature rise. Ran it for over a year with no problems. For what it's worth I see a lot of it being used by some of the Nascar teams that come to the track (VIR) for testing. Hope that helps.
Ray

 

[JasonD]

Worked for me, I had an 85 Corvette with a ZZ3 crate motor and other mods- always ran a little too hot, water wetter knocked about 10-15 degrees off. Don't expect a miracle, but it really does help

 

[Phil Manro]

We used to use it in our Sprint cars and saw a dramatic difference.

Phil

 

[John / My427SC]

I am using it on my 351W with a FMS aluminum radiator with the electric fan mounted on it (no fan shroud) and so far so good. I did some research on the web first, and the only negative thing that I found is a report where a guy used a 50/50 mix of water wetter and anti freeze. Some kind of reaction occurred and caused the solution to gel up.

You need to mix it up first and then pour it in. Since I live in Southern California, I wasn't worried too much about freezing so I used 24 ounces of Anti Freeze with 4 ounces of water wetter and the rest of the gallon was distilled water.

 

[todger]

A similar product, if not the same, are used in Ford deisels to eliminate cavitation. It allows the water to get next to the metal. Apparently there are small air pockets that allow the metal to have hot spots. The product eliminates the air pockets. Not sure why this pertains to deisels and not gas engines. Perhaps the cylinder temperture is higher? I use the Water Wetter in my vehicles.

 

[JKleiner]

I learned a few things recently reading an article by Patrick Bedard in the May or June issue of Car and Driver. Did you know that ethylene glycol only has about 50% of the heat transfer properties of water? News to me! So by using a typical 50/50 mix the ability to transfer heat is reduced by 25%. Of course the downside to running water only is corrosion (and obviously lack of freeze protection). He mentioned a Zerex product, Super Cool I believe, which offers corrosion inhibitors and is added to water. I don't know if Water Wetter works on the same principal but am guessing it is similar. Sorry, I didn't really offer much in regards to the question but I did find this article interesting and think it could be useful to those in hot climates with borderline cooling.
See ya,
Jeff

 

[Mad Max]

I was in the pits at Daytona once and asked all the stupid questions I could remember about everything they did.

From what I remember the water wetter was one of the few things they could run through the engine. NASCAR was afraid of a hose letting go and having the anti-freeze (very slippery) all over the track. The anti-freeze is a pain in the neck to clean up as it does not evaporate like water wetter and water.

Also if it's good enough to run 500 miles at full speed in an engine that costs big bucks, then it's good enough for my measly 302.

I also watched them take apart a water pump while I was there. The pump vanes had an aluminum disk similar to the one Flow Kooler makes in the Summitt catalog. This was done to increase the efficiency and to reduce cavitation. (I have one in my H20 pump just like Nascar! )

[ June 18, 2002, 11:34 PM: Message edited by: Mad Max ]

 

[Aaron Silidker]

It is awesome. From what I understand, it basically breaks the surface tension of the water so that it can reach small crevices. Works awesome in my motorcycle.