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Subject: WATER WETTER (Redline) "IT KICKS ASS over antifreeze"

From: mensa@deltanet.com (Reed Mueller)
Article: 83536 of rec.autos.tech
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 1995 09:35:33 GMT


> I just put it in my '85 Saab 900 with new antifreeze, after replacing a
> worn water pump.  The car still runs hot (it always has in warm weather,
> since new), no visible difference in the temperature gauge.  However, I
> don't know if the Water Wetter is doing something good inside that is not
> registering on the gauge...

Water wetter gives me good horsepower gains and lower temperatures
over antifreeze. Plain water conducts heat much better than a 50 - 50%
mix of Antifreeze. Antifreeze is actually a very bad conductor of
heat. The more antifreeze you add, the less "heat" your radiator can
remove. Do you want proof? Try running 100% antifreeze and watch your
temp gauge climb to red on the next big hill. The Hydrogen molecules
in water or (H²0) have a much greater heat transfer rate and storage
capacity(specific heat capacity) than good old antifreeze. Antifreeze
is actually a bad conductor of heat.  Antifreeze can cause
"over-heating" in many cases but without it your cars radiator will
rust and clog-up and the liquid will freeze in cold weather. Water
alone has almost double the heat transfer capacity of a 50% -50%
glycol or ethyl alcohol mix. 

Many people think Antifreeze helps cool and engine in hot weather.
Actually the more Antifreeze you add the less efficient your cooling
system becomes and the hotter your engine will get.

 Water wetter added to water lubricates your system while it
neutralizes the pH balance preventing rust and pump wear. I use
distilled water so I start out with a very clean water that has a
neutral pH balance just like you would use in an electric iron. I run
1/4 mile times about .25 -.3 tenths faster with water wetter in my
intercooler and about .4 tenths total faster when it's in my radiator
too. "This has been documented and was the cheapest HP improvement
I've ever done on my 92' GMC Typhoon truck that does 0-60 in 4.3
seconds in pretty much stock form. 

There are several reasons why my horsepower climbs in large amounts
with water wetter. First is the greater removal of heat out of the
block allowing the intake air to stay cooler and stay denser as it
passes thought the manifold and into the cylinders. Colder or "denser
air" can hold more molecules of oxygen in a given volume meaning more
HP when you add more Fuel. Secondly my truck has both an intercooler
and a Turbo Charger. My turbocharger compresses the air to higher than
300 degrees at 15psi (this is bad) and the intercooler cools it down
again (this is good). With water wetter my intercooler cools the air
some 50-70 degrees cooler than a 50-50% antifreeze mix (this means big
HP gains and less knocking). This is documented via my trucks built in
ECM and my Diacom computer link that monitors 30+ engine variables
while I'm doing a 1/4 mile run. Third and a very much overlooked but
small gain is the fact that while a car is running high Rpm's or close
to Red Line. The water pump is stealing a good deal more HP than most
would think as it spins at higher than normal RPM's. Antifreeze is
pretty viscose compared to water. Plain water is thin and takes less
HP to pump than Antifreeze. This is a small gain but it is a gain.

 I run water wetter in my radiator for several years now with 0%
antifreeze and I have the cleanest radiator I've ever seen. No rust or
scale or even a hint of corrosion. It works very well as a pH balancer
and as a lubricant. Engines are full of dissimilar metals that love to
corrode and your entire cooling system and block turns into a I live
electroplating machine as soon as the pH in the cooling system
changes. Water wetter keeps this pH balanced and in check as long as
you add a little every 3-6 months or so. You need to be careful
without antifreeze in your radiator as you risk a frozen block and
damage from the mixture icing over. So some antifreeze is a must for
most of us but the less the better. If you have over-heating problems
try running a 15% antifreeze and 85% water but make sure you add water
wetter or your radiator will corrode. This should drop your coolant
temp on hill climbs 15-30 degrees. My gauge never moves past 190 even
pulling a boat in 110 degree heat and up a steep incline. 

 I tried to explain this in layman’s terms without getting into the
Thermal dynamics, Specific heat capacities and thermal conductivity
rates of water verses glycol alcohol and or ethyl alcohol and the heat
conduction rates of the metals within your cooling system. But take my
word for it. Water with the addition of Red lines water wetter used as
a lubricant and corrosion inhibitor will increase your radiators
cooling capacity greatly over a 50-50% antifreeze mix. Used in liquid
cooled Intercoolers. Water wetter and less antifreeze will give you a
lower intake air temperature and a higher charge density. This means
higher HP. 

Reed Mueller

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