Antifreeze/H2O Ratio

mike mikemk40 at yahoo.com
Sun Apr 8 06:38:05 EDT 2001


right..

--- Larry C Leung <l.leung at juno.com> wrote:
> Mike,
> 
> Anti-Freeze lowers freezing point/raises boiling
> point BUT has
> comparatively poor heat transfer properties
> (compared to water) and less
> heat capacity (ability to store heat). IF you can
> keep temps down below
> the mixture boiling point, more water will transfer
> more heat from the
> head to the radiator. Water Wetter (Redline) helps
> water/antifreeze (or
> water alone) be in fuller contact with the metal
> surfaces, also helping
> heat transfer.
> 
> LL - NY
> 
> On Sun, 8 Apr 2001 04:40:26 -0700 (PDT)
> =?iso-8859-1?q?mike?=
> <mikemk40 at yahoo.com> writes:
> >I had always thought it was the other way round....
> >
> >mike
> >
> >--- Avi Meron <avim at pacbell.net> wrote:
> >> The more water, the better heat transfer!
> >> 25/75 in a hot climates isn't too bad.
> >> Take care,
> >> Avi
> >> 
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: quattro-admin at audifans.com
> >> [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com]On
> >> Behalf Of Rob Andrews
> >> Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2001 12:09 AM
> >> To: Jay Dias; quattro at audifans.com
> >> Subject: RE: Antifreeze/H2O Ratio
> >> 
> >> A bit more water
> >> 
> >> > -----Original Message-----
> >> > From: quattro-admin at audifans.com
> >> [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com]On
> >> > Behalf Of Jay Dias
> >> > Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2001 2:03 AM
> >> > To: quattro at audifans.com
> >> > Subject: Antifreeze/H2O Ratio
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > For running in a hot climate which
> Antifreeze/H2O
> >> Ratio gives the
> >> > best heat
> >> > transfer rate.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks,
> >> >
> >> > Jay
> >> > 86&87 5kt
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> 
> >
> >
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