Was anybody ever used RP's Cool Purple in their Radiator. It's susposed to make your engine run cooler. Also Redline Oil was a Water Wetter product that does the same. Is this product worth using???

 

Royal Purple "Purple Ice" is what I think you're referring to. I sell more of it than any other Royal Purple product we carry. I give that stuff an A++++++ over water wetter and 40 below.

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Tillman Speed

 

I'm not sure what the weather is like in indiana but here in oklahoma it gets pretty freakin hot in the summer and yeah the stuff works!

 

do you simply just add this stuff to your radiator, or do you have to perform a full flush?

 

Some people add it right in. They reccommend during install that you flush the radiator, and add it in, and refill.

We've added right in for years, and had the same affects as fully flushing it.

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Tillman Speed

 

Ive always just added in. But I keep my car fluids running clean anyway. If you have al ot of miles without a flush it's probably a good idea to do the flush first for max results

 

I added Redline Water Wetter to my coolant, but ended up flushing it out after 1000 miles or so. A ring of orange sludge developed quickly in the coolant tank and was very hard to clean out. I will probably never use any coolant additives because of my experience with Water Wetter.

 

I have a Roush Supercharged Stang and was wondering if Purple Ice could be used in the Intercooler to gain some addtional horsepower?

Thanks in advance.

J

 

Just bought RP Purple Ice - waiting for "install" pending cooling system test/flush and hose replacement because of disappearing coolant . Used RL Water Wetter for years without issue - though added to "fresh" coolant/water mix. It also helps the system warm up and cool down a little quicker.

As for gaining hp through an intercooler - doubt it'll add much if any. Think of it more as an extra nth of protection from overheating through better heat transfer.

 

Yes you can add it right into the intercooler. That's a popular trick here, come summer time!

 

So how much of a difference will this make on an otherwise stock car. I have a tune and CAI, would this benefit. I know summertime here gets really hot.

 

i guess this is another item on my shopping list.. tillman speed, do you copy?

 

I got plenty in stock.. I'll throw you in one for free with your purchase!

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Tillman Speed

 

If your engine is overheating, adding a band-aid fix like Purple Ice or Water Wetter is only masking the problem. Your engine should not overheat even in the middle of the Mojave desert in the summer with your A/C running. The OEMs have subjected their vehicles to thousands and thousands of hours of testing in cold chambers and in high temperature environments.

 

i doubt they've tested their vehicles at 120F and 80% humidity for 5 months

my car has always ran cool despite the weather, but it's now that i'm considering getting it whippled, that i'm thinking again about how to keep it cool(er)

 

Humidity will not make the car overheat. Humidity will make people overheat, but has no effect on engines. Temperature is the only thing that matters. And I'm pretty sure the car makers DO subject cars to 120F conditions, because the cars are not designed to be sold only in north america.

 

I drove my rental in the Mojave during the summer like it was a rental!

Steve, it looks like you finally installed a mod on your Stang? I'm still going to keep mine bone stock!

 

This isn't a patch job... you just add it for added protection. A patch job would be radiator stop leak!

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Tillman Speed

 

But it is a patch job unless you're using it in the intercooler system for a blower. It's an unnecessary additive for a properly working main engine cooling system. The OEMs thrash the test cars out in the desert. Rental cars get thrashed out in the desert without overheating or needing a few bottles of Purple Ice. Water Wetter and similar products were originally intended for race tracks where anti-freeze is outlawed due to slippery conditions when it leaks out. So they'd use a 50/50 mixture of water and water wetter or water and the right mixture of water wetter.

If you live in a very warm climate, consider using slightly less anti-freeze because water is the actual coolant. A 70/30 mixture of water and anti-freeze will do the trick in most cases. Anti-freeze just lowers the freezing point and raises the boiling point and contains additives that lubricate parts (shaft seal for water pump?) and has corrosion inhibitors. In temperate climates like the north, where you see -10F in the winter and 90F in the summer, a 50/50 mixture works better overall.

 

I agree that if you're overheating, or running warm and use it to bring your temperatures down, that's a patch job. This blower he's looking to install hasn't run warm, he just wan't to make sure it doesn't. We've run ice on our intercoolers to gain better performance at the track, it's not a fix... it's just to add to what we've already got.

I think it would be best if it wasn't needed, too. The 70/30 mix would be alot more comforting to run.

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Tillman Speed