"Antifreeze" does not cool as well as water or water with additive.
"Antifreeze" has many properties. Many of those properties are accomplished by the additives blended with the Ethelyne Glycol (the part that resists freezing). The property of resistance to freezing in "Antifreeze" is not a needed by Belvedere1 and those few who live in his same climate. Now those living in colder climates (most), you do need resistance to freezing in winter from antifreeze. No need to debate that.
Now, those few who don’t need the resistance to freezing in their car still need the additives in their cooling systems for protection.
The Justice Brothers Radiator Super Cooler (RC/22P) has an additive package formulated to include properties for: water pump lubrication, anti corrosives, Supplemental Coolant Additives (SCA's), surfactants, stop rust, resisting acid formation, anti foaming to name a few.
Here's a fairly thorough conducted test of cooling additives in regards to temperature:
http://www.turbomagazine.com/feature...s/viewall.html From test:
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Justice Brothers' Radiator Cooler gave us the lowest temperature during our testing - 177 F - and provided the lowest average temperatures overall when mixed with water alone.
In the case of Belvedere1 , I personally would like to recommend also adding a bottle of Cooling System Protector (CSP/1P) when running straight distilled water and a large system. It has additional SCA's, water pump lubrication, corrosion inhibitors and acid neutralizers. It also contains special metal deviators that act as a ground strap between dissimilar metals like the many aluminum to cast iron to brass to rubber transitions. That gives extra electrolysis and anti rust protection as additives get depleted over time over a large area.
Check electrolysis with a digital voltmeter. Attach the ground to the radiator body. Then float the positive lead in the radiator fluid mixture. You should not have more than about .3 volts.
We all run sealed ZZ4 crate motors per class rules in the circle track car I crew on. I have seen guys that use Redline water wetter spit brownish water on a hot day. The track approved engine rebuilder stated our motor's coolant passages using Justice Brothers additive had no corrosion whereas the Redline users didn't look as clean.
Steve Wall
Regional Sales Representative
Justice Brothers High Point Distributing
www.justicebrothers.com
stevewall68@gmail.com
