Royal Purple "Purple Ice"
06-08-2010, 05:33 PM
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Royal Purple "Purple Ice"
http://www.americanmuscle.com/royal-...r-coolant.html
I'm shopping for my new car, and I know a few guys who have put this in their Mustangs and noticed a 15-30 degree dropoff in temperature. One guy I know actually, put this in and dropped from 210 degrees to a more "normal" level... like 180 or something.
I want to know, how many bottles of this do you need to buy, I want my new engine to be running at a good temperature when I get it. Do you need just one?
I'm shopping for my new car, and I know a few guys who have put this in their Mustangs and noticed a 15-30 degree dropoff in temperature. One guy I know actually, put this in and dropped from 210 degrees to a more "normal" level... like 180 or something.
I want to know, how many bottles of this do you need to buy, I want my new engine to be running at a good temperature when I get it. Do you need just one?
06-08-2010, 05:46 PM
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http://www.americanmuscle.com/royal-...r-coolant.html
I'm shopping for my new car, and I know a few guys who have put this in their Mustangs and noticed a 15-30 degree dropoff in temperature. One guy I know actually, put this in and dropped from 210 degrees to a more "normal" level... like 180 or something.
I want to know, how many bottles of this do you need to buy, I want my new engine to be running at a good temperature when I get it. Do you need just one?
I'm shopping for my new car, and I know a few guys who have put this in their Mustangs and noticed a 15-30 degree dropoff in temperature. One guy I know actually, put this in and dropped from 210 degrees to a more "normal" level... like 180 or something.
I want to know, how many bottles of this do you need to buy, I want my new engine to be running at a good temperature when I get it. Do you need just one?
A "good" temperature is whatever the manufacturer decided it should be, for our cars 210°F is "normal", 180° would be cold and require retuning.
The "guy you know" is a dick, stop listening to him and start reading some decent books about internal combustion engines--Heywood's Internal Combustion Engine Fundamentals is the "bible"...
Last edited by cliffyk; 06-09-2010 at 05:08 PM.
06-08-2010, 05:49 PM
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The first thing you should do if you buy a used car is change all the fluids; coolant, motor oil, brake fluid, transmission fluid, and differential. I don't care if the PO told you did it yesterday--do it anyway...
06-08-2010, 05:57 PM
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The thermostat maintains the engine temperature at it's (the thermostat's) nominal rating; that's it's primary function. It opens or closes--more or less, not completely--to keep the temperature within it's rated range. There is nothing that any additive to the coolant could possibly do to change that.
A "good" temperature is whatever the manufacturer decided it should be, for our cars 210°F is "normal", 180° would be cold and require retuning.
The "guy you know" is a dick, stop listening to him and start reading some decent books about internal combustion engines--Heywood's Internal Combustion Engine Fundamentals is the "bible"...
A "good" temperature is whatever the manufacturer decided it should be, for our cars 210°F is "normal", 180° would be cold and require retuning.
The "guy you know" is a dick, stop listening to him and start reading some decent books about internal combustion engines--Heywood's Internal Combustion Engine Fundamentals is the "bible"...
06-08-2010, 06:01 PM
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I hope this friend isn't the same one who told you HIDs were hard to install...
And yes, companies do make products that don't work as advertised. It's called making money off of people who don't know any better. cliffyk knows his s***. I would listen to him.
And yes, companies do make products that don't work as advertised. It's called making money off of people who don't know any better. cliffyk knows his s***. I would listen to him.
06-08-2010, 06:02 PM
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LOL! Alright, well, I'm buying it. I understand that you don't like additives like these, so let me waste my money. My friend knows quite a bit, and has quite the beastly Cobra that is in very good health. Royal Purple wouldn't make this stuff if it didn't do anything.
06-08-2010, 06:04 PM
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The thermostat maintains the engine temperature at it's (the thermostat's) nominal rating; that's it's primary function. It opens or closes--more or less, not completely--to keep the temperature within it's rated range. There is nothing that any additive to the coolant could possibly do to change that.
A "good" temperature is whatever the manufacturer decided it should be, for our cars 210°F is "normal", 180° would be cold and require retuning.
The "guy you know" is a dick, stop listening to him and start reading some decent books about internal combustion engines--Heywood's Internal Combustion Engine Fundamentals is the "bible"...
A "good" temperature is whatever the manufacturer decided it should be, for our cars 210°F is "normal", 180° would be cold and require retuning.
The "guy you know" is a dick, stop listening to him and start reading some decent books about internal combustion engines--Heywood's Internal Combustion Engine Fundamentals is the "bible"...
