I had to drain the anti freeze out of my car so i could go to the track and i put water in it.Is there anything bad that can happen.I know i'll have to keep filling more often because of evaporation,But what can go wrong with just plan water.

 

without it, water pump can fail faster. buy some water pump lube. can be bought at autozone and allows you to run without coolant without water pump problems.

 

how would i put the lube in my water.Is there anything else besides water that i can put in my rad but still be able to legally race at the track

 

where is my water pump located

 

SS,

What track are you going to, anyway? Are you certain you read the rules correctly? I've never heard of a track that doesn't allow a coolant mixture in engines. At the very least they must allow a lubricant and corrosion inhibiter. I would tend to think that they would be exposed to more system failures and coolant leakage in systems that just ran plain water.

I'm confused....

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Actually it's quite common to not allow coolant in cars on race tracks. Coolant (Ethylene-Glycol) is very slippery and doesn't evaporate like plain water. So if someone pukes out some coolant on the track it can lead to wrecks, whereas a little water puked out usually causes no problems. I'm not talking drag stips I'm talking road courses.

 

Thanks, Flash. My bad...I assumed he meant strips. You know what that makes me

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A bottle of Redline Waterwetter!

 

BTW guys i did mean 1/4 mile track.no antifreeze.do they make a clear antifreeze so i can fool the techs

 

Draining the rad doesn't remove all the antifreeze from the block. When you fill it up with water, there will still be a mixture. I can't remember where a block drain is on a small block. Big blocks have a plug on both sides of the block down near the oil pan rails. It can be a pain if you have to drain and refill every race weekend.

Mission Raceway in BC doesn't allow antifreeze on the track. You need to drain it and use water.

Using the waterwetter is the best thing to add with water for tracks that don't allow glycol stuff. It gives the same heat absorbtion as glycol and gives the water anti-corrosion properties. Plain water will rust the inside of the engine. It's always best to use distilled water in the rad whenever you top it up. The only downside to waterwetter is that it isn't an antifreeze and those of us who live in the northern climates with block heaters on our engines would have to change the fluid during the season changes.

I still use 50/50 glycol in my race car. It's stored outside during the winter, doesn't have a block heater and I don't want the block to crack. If I ever go to Mission BC I'll have to drain it but I don't see that happening for a few years.

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