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Re: No antifreeze in the car at the dragstrip!
[Re: galen]
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04/20/10 11:39 AM
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How many bottles of water wetter do you guys add with just distilled water?
I use 2 bottles... I have a decent size cooling system
(but not big)... I cant see it hurting anything
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Re: No antifreeze in the car at the dragstrip!
[Re: dvw]
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04/20/10 08:49 PM
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I've always wondered. Why are we so worried about anti-freeze when the car has oil,trans,axle,and some times power steering fluid. They can all leak. they're all slippery. Just wondering.
Doug
Because the oil dry works only on certain things and
thats what the tracks use
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Re: No antifreeze in the car at the dragstrip!
[Re: MR_P_BODY]
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04/20/10 09:05 PM
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http://www.youtube.com/user/SCATPACKTOMCar before me blew the bypass hose off- straight antifreeze. Fluid is fluid, wouldn't have been any different if it was any other fluid a race car requires. Just clean up time
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Re: No antifreeze in the car at the dragstrip!
[Re: MR_P_BODY]
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04/20/10 09:22 PM
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water lube is a meaningless term by todays standards water pumps in all cars in say 58 up era isnt required but in the old days when you had to 'pack' your'e pumps it was there is nothing you can use in todays market that will lube a maintance free pump water wetter works as a ph balancer for h2o distilled water is the prefered h2o to be used in cooling systems but not the 'cure all' that is were water wetter comes in and helps the ph balance, there are others out there in the big truck world that works even better you can get ph strips at youre neighborhood drug store or any big truck repair shop  
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Re: No antifreeze in the car at the dragstrip!
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i would only hope they are not using oil dry oil dry is just dirt i would think ,, if they are up on the new ground up corn cobb ' stuff because not even the normal 'oil dry can pick up sythec oils just a thought 
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Re: No antifreeze in the car at the dragstrip!
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a flame can pick up ...burn off whatever hydry cant.. but glycol...is nasty..it wont burn off..and still leaves a slick residue. besides.. when water just dries up...why wouldnt you make removing it from the race cars manditory. spill water on track..in mid day. a few minuutes its gone... drip a little it mops up.. one its gone its gone...dried up. all the other stuff ..your talkin down time in the hour range...and that doesnt account for spots you missed... when you can prevent something...with forethought..why wouldnt you...?  cheapst
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Re: No antifreeze in the car at the dragstrip!
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04/20/10 10:53 PM
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i would only hope they are not using oil dry
oil dry is just dirt
i would think ,, if they are up on the new
ground up corn cobb ' stuff
because not even the normal 'oil dry can pick up
sythec oils
just a thought
They use oil dry... so does NASCAR... it brooms off or
use a blower
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Re: No antifreeze in the car at the dragstrip!
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04/21/10 05:53 AM
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i would only hope they are not using oil dry
oil dry is just dirt
i would think ,, if they are up on the new
ground up corn cobb ' stuff
because not even the normal 'oil dry can pick up
sythec oils
just a thought
They use oil dry... so does NASCAR... it brooms off or
use a blower
gainesvilee uses ground peanut hulls not oil dry. I haven't seen anybody use the old oil dry in many years.
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Re: No antifreeze in the car at the dragstrip!
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04/21/10 10:18 AM
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The NHRA used to use rice hull ash.
This is what our track uses
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Re: No antifreeze in the car at the dragstrip!
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04/21/10 12:22 PM
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The NHRA used to use rice hull ash.
This is what our track uses
here's what I use at home...
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Re: No antifreeze in the car at the dragstrip!
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04/21/10 03:39 PM
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The NHRA used to use rice hull ash.
This is what our track uses
here's what I use at home...
If you bought the multiple cat formula you could use it on diff oils. LOL
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Re: No antifreeze in the car at the dragstrip!
[Re: MR_P_BODY]
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04/21/10 04:40 PM
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They use oil dry... so does NASCAR... it brooms off or
use a blower
gainesvilee uses ground peanut hulls not oil dry. I haven't seen anybody use the old oil dry in many years.
Never been down there but all of the places I have
been to in the north use oil dry... it always amazes
me how many bags they bring.... I worked with a few
different groups as a fuel expert for 14 years...
was a good time
thats because yoiu guys up north are 20 years behind times 
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Re: No antifreeze in the car at the dragstrip!
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04/21/10 04:41 PM
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The NHRA used to use rice hull ash.
This is what our track uses
yea thats what I was talking about. thats what they use down here. I think they used peanut hulls for a while though.
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04/21/10 04:47 PM
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Re: No antifreeze in the car at the dragstrip!
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04/21/10 04:50 PM
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The NHRA used to use rice hull ash.
I think I smoked some of that back in the day 
yea me too, thats why I can't remember anything
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