[DeTomaso] Red Line Water Wetter = Good stuff!

[Julian Kift]

An added advantage for anyone that tracks their car is that it can be used without antifreze as it is a corrsoion inhibitor as well. It doesn't 'slick' the pavement if you get an on track leak..... so you can be popular with your racing buddies.
 
Julian
 
> From: MikeLDrew at aol.com
> Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 17:52:29 -0500
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Red Line Water Wetter = Good stuff!
> 
> Hi guys,
> 
> During a recent visit to the Red Line Oil factory, on impulse I bought a 
> bottle of Red Line Water Wetter.
> 
> http://www.redlineoil.com/product.aspx?pid=74&pcid=10
> 
> I've used this stuff, on and off, for years, but hadn't put any into my 
> Pantera before. Today I took a break from working on Profiles, and I siphoned 
> out an appropriate amount of coolant from the pressure tank and then dumped 
> a whole bottle of Water Wetter in. It's good for 3-5 gallons, and the 
> Pantera's system is 6 3/8 gallons so arguably I could have used two bottles, 
> but one is what I had so one is what I used.
> 
> After topping off the cooling system, I fired it up and let it idle. I 
> could see the water temp rise until the thermostat opened, then it dropped 
> suddenly as the engine got a shot of cool water from the radiator. It 
> eventually settled down right at 190 degrees on the gauge, verified by a laser heat 
> gun on my radiator which showed 185. (I've got a 180 degree thermostat).
> 
> One fan came on, then it just sat there. After 15 minutes, I decided to 
> force the issue, and revved it up to 3000 rpm for about five minutes. The 
> temp climbed up to about 210 and the second fan was on. I then let it 
> settle back to its 850 rpm idle, and after a fairly short time, the temp dropped 
> back to 190 and the second fan turned off.
> 
> Nirvana!
> 
> My cooling system is as old-school as it gets. I have a standard Hall 
> Pantera stock replacement radiator (brass) in the normal stand-up 
> configuration, and Hall Pantera Meriah pusher fans, and a Brand X aluminum water pump 
> from Pantera Performance Center. Oh, and I use a RobertShaw (Flowkooler) 
> 180-degree thermostat instead of a cheap auto parts store thermostat.
> 
> It just goes to show that one doesn't have to go to great extremes to get a 
> Pantera to run at the proper temperature. Having said that, it appears 
> that the addition of water wetter may have knocked 5-10 degrees off my temps, 
> because normally my car idles with both fans running once it's warmed up, 
> and indicates just over 190 degrees. At about eight bucks a bottle, that's 
> one of the better improvements you can make from a cost-effectiveness 
> basis....
> 
> Mike
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