Anybody run one?

How much does it help water temps??

I have the 1st generation pro alloy intercooler with a recent new ford rad.

Are the turbo coolant coolers still £100?? Mike.

 

i had 1 on mine made a bit of differance but not a lot

 

I liked it, it did help, but to be honest - you probably dont need it

get some water wetter from ebay, cheap as chips

 

James, are you a rep for Water Wetter?? You seem to love the stuff.

 

thats crap worst 10 pounds i ever spent

 

header tank cap.

thermostat.

 

Put ice in the header tank every morning

 

Christian, it worked for mine mate

Also it ain't a tenner, it's £5 on ebay

Alex, why you say it was crap?

 

James, is it really a fiver on Ebay??

Is that the proper stuff then?

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Red-Line-WATER...temZ8046141633

 

Sounds like the 'flux capacitor' to me

 

P.S. don't let ANYONE tell you the ACE Cafe was good tonite cos it wasn't.

 

You what?!

 

Mike, water temps on mine are ok since fitting the GRS and new ford rad but we're still in the depths of winter, think it will need the spal fans am gonna have on soon tho in summer

I also have a thermostat from Christian which opens at 82 degrees i think?? or something, might help??

 

you want the kenlowe fans, 2 x 10in ones to go between rad and cooler

 

Thanks for asking James, but no thanks
Having Spal ones, almost had an incident with the one Kenlowe i have - that nut on the front is a bit dangerous

 

the blades fell off the spal ones i had

meant to be ok though.

BTW, Mike hasn't got water temp issues - it's all in his head

 

Oh heck hope that doesn't happen Nightdavva recommended them as well as others

 

I use Spal heavy duty fans. Do the job fine

 

Water wetter made no difference to my temps

 

What mix or water/antifreeze did you have when adding it?

 

You can't mix antifreeze with it iirc?

 

it doesn't say you can't use antifreeze with it, only gives you guidelines for mixes for RACING purposes

I had 50/50 mix and added the whole bottle of water wetter, done the job lovely

It did make a difference to mine, 110% over and over prooven to matey's at Norfolk meet cos it used to get rather hot, but was fine with the additive

 

Alex emailed them as it never said if you could and they said it should only be added to water

You should make your own mix and start knocking it out if it works lol! As water wetter did definatly not work in both our cars

 

Water wetter will NOT make a difference to the TEMPERATURE of an engine, if the thermostat is working correctly. Thats not what it's supposed to do. And a low reading temp gauge does not always mean things are good. I run a 92 stat in the winter.

 

after discussion with someone else about this thread

I mean to say

The temps did not rise silly high on the gauge, when water wetter was added it sustained a 'normal' peak temp instead of rising so high it became a worry

 

I'm fitting a non-turbo mk4 radiator, with my IC setup I think I can make room. I'm also pluging the turbo water on the in-side of the radiator.

 

Good idea that if you can get it to fit

Massive size difference, how are you going to 'T' in the water from turbo?

 

I'm not 100% sure, but aren't the cores thinner on these?

 

ive got twin fans a GRS and an alloy rad but more cooling is always needed...so is water wetter anygood.a guy told me about it once i thought he was windin me up!

 

Thanks for the comments

Don't have any temp problems as yet.... but it is FREEZING outside at the mo!!

I have an 82 degrees stat but just hate the way the intercooler blocks all of the rad, and just worried it may cause issue's in the summer.

Think i'll definatly be taking the 2 fans that come with the pro alloy cooler off it and putting them directly onto the rad and will just wait for summer to see how the temps go from there

 

dude, i thought about this, so i kept the radiator of my transit when it blew up, might need to mod the car slightly to get it on, but its huge!!!!!!

thicker core to.

any thoughts any one?

 

I run one, did make a noticab;e differencne. I wouldnl like to get abigger made at some point, or maybe I'll fit another, I jusy don't know at the moment thohugh.

Kiss:

 

Drilling a hole in the plastic tank and screw in a hose barb with som glue. I was planning to do this in the tank where the water enters the radiator so no water will go uncooled into the engine.

 

would it be useful for my chargecooler?

 

yes mate, if u plumb it into the charegecooler circuit.

 

sorry Rick I meant the water wetter

 

lol, yes mate it will

 

What water wetter does is to make the water more "wet" so the water covers more surface. This will transfer more heat from the metal and to the water and from the water through the radiator and to the air. Can be used with only water since it inhibbits corrosion and with water and anti freeze. Water has better cooling properties than anti freeze, so pure water and water wetter will be the best option when there is no chance of the water freezing. This is what I use in the summer.