It's starting to get hot outside so thought this good be a good idea to put in the ic system for sc.. has anybody used water wetter or anything similar ?? And with good results ?

 

When I was still supercharged I ran distilled water and water wetter during the warmer months.

 

The Time Attack Cobalt ran the same thing....

OP, adding water wetter to the intercooling system while you are still running a full coolant mix wont do much of anything at all. If you plan on running straight distilled water throw some in the mix.

I used to add water wetter, but after some tests with different coolant mixes, I noticed it didnt do much of anything for the intercooling system.

 

Ok thanks for input

 

It says on bottle u can add it to 50/50.. my mix right now is like 20% coolant and 80% water

 

drain your IC system, fill with distilled water and some water wetter. one of the best things you can do for the system. just be sure to switch it back out in the winter

 

Right, you can mix it, but its intended for mixing with the engine coolant.... The intercooling system coolant will not see the same temps as engine coolant.

Now, if you run straight distilled water in your intercooling system, water wetter will help.

Like i mentioned before, the Time Attack Cobalt ran straight distilled water with water wetter.

 

haha i was about to search/make a thread on this, as i was just thinking about doing it!

either way my coolant needs to be changed so yea.

how much water wetter do you need to use? where do you even get it? its just methanol right to prevent rust?

 

Hmmm, my intercooler doesn't use water, is something wrong my car?

 

Been doing that for two years, ran great and noticed about 10-15 degrees difference and faster recovery times.

you got a turbo syndrom ?

 

Yes....

 

OK, I'll have to get some then.

 

Good idea

 

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It tells you on the bottle

If you are going straight distilled, use the whole bottle.

 

OK so i gotta buy distilled water and where do i get the water wetter, walmart or something? autozone?

 

I used the whole bottle when I was still supercharged

 

I got mine at autozone. I wouldn't use the whole bottle, just use what they reccommend. I think it's only a couple cap fulls

 

No, you can mix it with 50/50 dexcool. Follow the directions on the bottle for that.

If you plan on using straight distilled water, I recommend using the whole bottle.

Remember to switch back to a 50/50 dexcool mix for the winter months if you choose to use straight water in the summer.

 

cool. yea i'm planning on doing that, just going straight water for the summer. but its gotta be distilled right?

my buddy has a 88 firebird pushing 550 horse running 11.3's all day now... told me he jsut switched to all water and saw 10-15 degrees cooler temps so doing this!

 

Distilled water is best, but any clean drinkable water can be used.

 

Do not add the whole bottle. That is 100% wrong. Read the directions, it's 5 cap-fulls per every quart. It comes no-where near being the entire bottle.

On my SRT4 my IAT's are generally 7°F over ambient. Oh how I don't miss the heat-soak. Anyway, good luck. It made a decent difference when I had my SS.

 

depends on youur i/c system my system hold almost 2.5 gallons

 

If you run straight distilled water you can add the whole bottle.

I got that information from people who worked on the Time Attack Cobalt.

Time Attacks cooling system:

-GMR Dual Pass
-Griffin Heat Exchanger
-Opt. B
-Distilled water & 1-bottle of water wetter

Straight from a GM Engineer:

"Jeff, In all of our racing applications we use only water and water wetter. So you will be fine with the 80/20 mix. In the summer you can get slightly cooler temp using one bottle of water wetter and the rest water. be careful because this in not recommended for any temps below 32 degrees"

Good point.

If you have the stock cooling system, use only half the bottle if you plan on running straight distilled water.

Again, if you plan on mixing it with a 50/50 coolant mix follow the directions on the bottle.