Bob:
Thanks for the reply and even the web page for "Redline". Do Tigers run hot
because of such a small radiator? Not to sound like a Chevy man, but my 67
Vette never ran hot at all. It's radiator looked vastly larger then the one on
the Tiger. I am supposing that this has to do with room, and Tigers probably
have an Alpine radiator on a V8 car. How do you keep your car cool? My car has
a built 289 that puts out the same hp that my Vette did. I love this Tiger, but
not over heating. I got rid of a perfectly good XKE series 3 because of
overheating. I would hate to look like Theo's picture at Yellowstone with the
green cloud! Would an oil cooler help?
Scott
MKI
---- On Jul 14 Bob Palmer <rpalmer@ames.ucsd.edu> wrote:
> Scott,
>
> I have a generally good impression about Red Line products and use their
> synthetic oils in my transmission and differential. I have on a couple of
> occasions in the past used WaterWetter, although I can't say I saw any
> noticeable effect on operating temperature in my case. I believe that
> WaterWetter is primarily designed to help with cooling systems that use
> 100% water. On the other hand, I infer from their sales pitch that it may
> not be very useful when your coolant is more than 30% glycol. In fact, they
> sell a special version for engines that use more than this percentage
> glycol coolant. See, for example, the Red Line Web page that describes this
> product:
>
> http://www.redlineoil.com/watrwet.htm
>
> I would be interested to hear what other people who have used it more
> extensively than I have to say.
>
> BTW, a lot of people would be very happy to have their Tigers running only
> 210F on a hot day. ;-)
>
> TTFN,
>
> Bob
>
> At 11:44 PM 7/13/99 -0400, c1967@email.com wrote:
> >Hello Listers:
> >While driving in the heat today my Tiger hit 210 degrees, the electric fan
> >came on and I got out of traffic and moved to cool the engine down. Going
> >back over the Vincent Tomas bridge cooled the car, but wasn't where I
> >wanted to be. I remember the Vette crowd talking about something called
> >"Redline Water Wetter" to cool C4 Vettes down. Added to the radiator, it
> >is supposed to transfer heat better and drop temperatures 15-20 degrees
> >over regular coolant. Anybody used this stuff before? Does it work? Is it
> >ok to use?
> >Scott
> >MKI
> >
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