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Major
02-04-2003, 12:09 PM
I've been running water/anitfreez mix in my system and I'm currious if a mixture alcohol and antifreez would offer any cooling benifit.

nikhsub1
02-04-2003, 04:45 PM
For normal H20 cooling (no pelts, etc.) the best liquid is water. Antifreeze will actually raise your temps - very bad at heat transfer. Anyway, I would only use antifreeze for corrosion protection (if you have copper and aluminum) but if you run all copper, water and water wetter or purple ice or Hy-per Lube would be best.

Major
02-04-2003, 06:42 PM
Thanks for your advice, I found some other forum posts that suggest the same thing. Defiently alcohol is out from what I read.

I have to make some of my lines longer and just wanted some advice b4 refilling.