sredish Posted January 10, 2005 Report Posted January 10, 2005 do you guys mix the engine ice or run it straight?? 304671[/snapback] Run it straight, think it says so on the bottle. Quote
05bansh Posted January 10, 2005 Report Posted January 10, 2005 Ya, definately run it straight. Drain all of your original coolant (the green stuff) flush it with some water. Re attach the hoses, Add the engine ice, and your good to go! Quote
Banshee0028 Posted January 11, 2005 Report Posted January 11, 2005 Ya, definately run it straight. Drain all of your original coolant (the green stuff) flush it with some water. Re attach the hoses, Add the engine ice, and your good to go! 304703[/snapback] Has anyone used Amsoil's AntiFreeze? They say it has better cooling capabilites than Engine Ice.....Its mixed 50\50 like antifreeze? Quote
Leadfoot350 Posted January 11, 2005 Report Posted January 11, 2005 I read an artical independantly tested all coolants and water weter beat out engine ice. They said that engine ice was good but redlines water weter is better so I go with what is tested and ride a 70hp shee in glamis which can get very hot and have had no problems. They said that engine ice was just a little better than normal radiator fluid Quote
H250RHATER Posted January 12, 2005 Report Posted January 12, 2005 engine ice is good but since i just read what leadfoot had to say ima go w/ that now Quote
wodeman Posted January 12, 2005 Report Posted January 12, 2005 Has anyone used Amsoil's AntiFreeze? They say it has better cooling capabilites than Engine Ice.....Its mixed 50\50 like antifreeze? 304836[/snapback] Yes, works great, used it almost a year now. Never overheated in all the riding thru summer in the dunes in Oregon. Not very hot most of the time in Oregon, even in the summer, but lots of wide open running without any problems. I don't think though its better than engine ice though. Amsoil is mixed 50/50, made with propylene glycol, not ethylene glycol so it has lower toxidity. Its purple too! Quote
sredish Posted January 12, 2005 Report Posted January 12, 2005 I read an artical independantly tested all coolants and water weter beat out engine ice. They said that engine ice was good but redlines water weter is better so I go with what is tested and ride a 70hp shee in glamis which can get very hot and have had no problems. They said that engine ice was just a little better than normal radiator fluid 304963[/snapback] I'm totally not trying to argue with you, but I read an article identical, but they said that Engine Ice was the better one. Watter Wetter claims 15 degrees and Ice claims 50 degrees. I've personally seen Ice drop temps by 35 to 40, so there's my say on that. No experience with WW. Just my input here. Quote
RNBRAD Posted January 12, 2005 Report Posted January 12, 2005 Just some bike racers take on the two products. Engine ice and WW. Engine Ice FWIW my experience with Engine Ice was with my Honda Hawk race bike. I read all the claims and thought it might have better heat properties than using just water (which is what's required in racing - most coolants would make the track slippery if you dumped any). In a couple of words - it's crap. The race bike ran 20 degrees hotter with engine ice than with plain water or water with water wetter. --MarkF Check this out: repost of good coolant article from old website Robert #959 WaterWetter? Any of you guys with systems nearing the edge consider trying "WaterWetter" from Red Line? They sell it in my local Murray's auto parts store, and I've not heard any BAD things about it (may be snake oil, for all I know, though). Supposedly designed for use in racing machines using straight water (due to the hazard of dropping slippery antifreeze on the track), it can also be used in normal antifreeze. The label I read said it could be used as well in a traditional antifreeze/water mix. Marty #436-Chicago-97 F650F Only thing about WaterWetter is that you would have to drain the system and refill it with antifreeze as water with WaterWetter in it will freeze causing tons of damage. I know a bunch of guys who race, and they change out after the season. MasterITRIT I've used a mix of WaterWetter and tap water in a turbo 5-series BMW, a supercharged Jeep, a 320is with a Korman built race motor, a stock EX500 and my R1 as required to run at Thunder Hill raceway. No problems with any of them, and the turbo car actually ran noticeably cooler at the track (she used to heat up a LOT running flat out all day at Stapleton in Denver, something about there not being any air up there). I did have to pull it out in the winter to keep things from freezing though. Moving back to CA solved that little problem. kelly1005 I hit the WaterWetter link and did a quick scan. It aroused my engineering skepticism, since it did not mention specific active ingredients and corrosion-inhibitor chemicals. I'd like to know what's in the stuff and if it is compatible with the type of coolant I might mix with it before using it in a cooling system. The Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) for it or its ingredients may be posted on the web. If both the Texaco and Water Wetter experiments go south on us, maybe we can get a group discount on radiators and water pumps. teddco Beware, WaterWetter is NOT antifreeze... Red Line WaterWetter does not significantly reduce the freezing point of water. If the vehicle will see freezing temperatures, an antifreeze must be used. Flash #412 WaterWetter is used in motorcycle racing because it provides some benefit for a bike's cooling system and is apparently relatively non-toxic and not slippery, should the bike crash on the racetrack. It is mixed with straight water and I do not believe that it is what you want to use for long-term street-riding coolant. I suspect that it will not provide as much high and low temperature boil-over/freezing protection and will not keep coolant systems from corroding, the way commercial coolants will. I would not use it for street riding. Richard #230 Quote
Killdmycobra Posted April 2, 2005 Report Posted April 2, 2005 http://www.quadzoneforums.com/forums/showt...07&page=2&pp=10 Quote
MDS2106 Posted April 3, 2005 Report Posted April 3, 2005 (edited) i run some shit called ice water ,keeps the banshee so cool sometimes it is a bitch to warm up.i have not put a temp guage on it but it seems to run cooler since i added that stuff Edited April 3, 2005 by MDS2106 Quote
Killdmycobra Posted June 17, 2005 Report Posted June 17, 2005 (edited) edited Edited June 17, 2005 by Killdmycobra Quote
Ducman Posted June 17, 2005 Report Posted June 17, 2005 Engine Ice here, and it completely solved my overheating issues. Just one thing to consider, it only protects against freezing down to 25 deg F if I remember correctly. It is simply propaline glycol and water. I don't think that very many fluids have better cooling properties than just straight water, the difference is that once water gets to its boiling temp it does just that, boils over. Basically the antifreeze part of the water is just to keep the water from boiling over and freezing. I think some of the radiator coolant like engine ice trade some of the anti freezing qualities for better overheating and heat transfer characteristics. I think that argueing between Red Line Water Wetter and Engine Ice is like arguing that you get more or less HP from BR8ES and B8ES. They are probably almost the same shit, one just already has the water added and different dye. Quote
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