Purple Ice?

[WaterH]

Any of you guys running Royal purple Ice? Snake oil?

 

[XtremeJ]

It won’t solve major cooling issues. Those should be addressed obviously

It will run a few degrees cooler but going to vary according to your setup

Where a lot of track day guys find benefit is ditching the antifreeze (sometimes a requirement at tracks) and running water and a water wetter mix. Purple ice is great for that use. Some OEM systems need a lubricant in the coolant so make sure Purple Ice is compatible with your vehicle

Disclaimer: I was never sponsored directly by Royal Purple but have worked for teams who were sponsored by RP so I have benefited from them and their products. I conducted my own dyno tests on their oil and have used RP in the race cars and bikes since 2005. I still get deeply discounted RP products including Purple Ice.

I use Mobil 1 in the Mercedes and Porsche though.

 

[CarterKraft]

If nothing else the ability to run straight water and "additive" is worth it.
50/50 antifreeze is not the best for heat transfer, straight water is not the best for corrosion.

 

[Weasel]

I run the redline stuff in the crawler. Minimal effect on the temps as said above. No control to base that on though.

 

[bdkw1]

I run the redline stuff in the crawler. Minimal effect on the temps as said above. No control to base that on though.

Redline waterwetter has left white chalky deposits in every motor I've torn down that used it. Some were pretty bad. Would not recommend.

 

[FJC11]

Here I thought this thread was about frozen purple drank, huh.

 

[Chevy_man]

I used the Lucas flavor in the dirtbikes. They must stay cooler because they retain more coolant. (No overflow bottle, just a hose that dumps onto the 2t pipe ).


Supposed to change the surface tension and allow better heat transfer. For $10 it sure doesn't seem to hurt.


I'd be using it in a drag car with water for sure. Have to have some sort of corrosion inhibitors.

 

[Etyler2]

Here I thought this thread was about frozen purple drank, huh.

I was thinking Prince “Purple Rain”.

Run coolant, fix what’s wrong, enjoy the corrosion protection.

 

[Ditchdigger]

Here I thought this thread was about frozen purple drank, huh.

If you’re brave enough……..

 

[SLOWPOKE693]

Here I thought this thread was about frozen purple drank, huh.

I thought floridaman was starting a thread about some purple meth he "found".

 

[SLOWPOKE693]

Redline waterwetter has left white chalky deposits in every motor I've torn down that used it. Some were pretty bad. Would not recommend.

Don't they recommend you use distilled water with that stuff? I'm 95.5% sure that's what my uncle put in all the race cars we had and I remember the distilled water part clearly. Maybe it was another brand...

 

[Weasel]

I think you should run distilled in all radiator applications.

But I think I changed that all out last time and switched the ELC CAT coolant premixed.

 

[JD Mark]

Here I thought this thread was about frozen purple drank, huh.

Jim Jones newest flavor?

 

[WaterH]

So you guys are saying it should not be run with antifreeze? Or just that it can be run that way?

 

[Weasel]

it can be ran with water or antifreeze, it's maybe not as effective in a lab setting?

 

[XtremeJ]

What are you trying to accomplish?

If you are having overheating issues adding Purple Ice to your 50/50 mix is NOT going to solve your problems. Sorry

 

[nahmus]

Hmmmmm I thought that was what happened when you put grape soda in the freezer.

you learn something new every day

 

[Squamch]

I used the Lucas flavor in the dirtbikes. They must stay cooler because they retain more coolant. (No overflow bottle, just a hose that dumps onto the 2t pipe ).


Supposed to change the surface tension and allow better heat transfer. For $10 it sure doesn't seem to hurt.


I'd be using it in a drag car with water for sure. Have to have some sort of corrosion inhibitors.

We use engine ice, and have had the same results, based on the same evidence.

 

[CarterKraft]

So you guys are saying it should not be run with antifreeze? Or just that it can be run that way?

Florida man doesn't likely need antifreeze benefits...

Drain flush antifreeze and refill with RO water and purple ice.

That would be "best" thermal conducting coolant possible off the shelf.

At minimum don't run 50/50, glycol and water, that's about the worst for off the shelf cooling, besides more concentrated mix.