engine ice coolant?

Question

any of you riders out there useing this product in your bikes
give me the lowdown on how you like it.what is the highest
temp that you have rode in useing this coolant and how did
it react.temperature readings in traffic and highway riding.
also any guys doing track days with this stuff if they let you.
i know you have to use water wetter at track days.i have already
drained and flushed old coolant twice with distilled water.then
added engine ice everything is fine .just want to know temps
thanks guys. oh it is a gsx r600. i know its exspensive.if i like it
it will also go in the 1000.thanks guys.

Answer 1

I've used engine ice in both my own motorcycles, as well as those of customers. And quite honestly, I don't think the benefits justify the price.

For one... engine ice is nothing more than premixed propylene glycol coolant and distilled h20 (standard coolant is ethylene glycol). Propylene Glycol has a much higher boiling point that EG, but this advantage isn't realized once mixed with H20. Side by side, the only functional difference you're likely to notice between EG & PG solutions is that the engine ice won't kill your cat if he happens to drink it up off your garage floor.

Many trackday organizations allow engine ice, but more and more are banning it. Track & Race organizers are finding it difficult to clean up (similiar to EG), and just as 'slippery'. Matter of fact, our local race series and one of our trackday providers both switched over to allowing ONLY water wetter/water. We live in a warm climate, however.

In a motorcycle such as yours, with a properly functioning and well-bled cooling system, all of the popular coolants will do a good job. Remember... for optimum performance... you want the engine to maintain a certain temperature. "The cooler the better" will rob you of HP. Unless your engine is heavily modified - I'd base my decision entirely on legality, price, and environment. If you're in a warm climate that rarely sees freezing temps, I'd run water wetter / distilled H20 exclusively. If you need freezing protection, try engine ice or Evans coolant (pure PG... no water).

Personally - I'm a big water wetter fan. On track surfaces, it requires minimal to zero cleanup (it's often evaporated by the time a clean-up crew can get to it), is the least dangerous to other riders should you spring a leak, is relatively inexpensive, does a good job minimizing cooling system corrossion, and preserves seals well. Just make SURE to only mix distilled water with it, and bleed all the air out of your cooling system.

Answer 2

I use this in my rc51 a bike that runs hot. I see about a 5 degree drop in 85 degree weather engine temp at 185(used to be 189-190) on the freeway the rc will see 211 deg. when riding the dragon or suches in the summer but after about 5-6 miles on the freeway @70 mph it will drop to185 and stay Is it any better? my wallet is 40 dollars lighter save your cash run the stock mix

Answer 3

Anti-freeze basically does what it says interior the tin, it protects the device from freezing. It usually comes "neat" and desires to be diluted interior the suited proportions in accordance to what temperatures you anticipate. you have bought waiting-combined coolant which usually does not in basic terms that yet additionally facilitates guard the device from corrosion - considered necessary. it may not guard from freezing all the way down to as low a temperature as particular anti-freeze ought to, yet is extra effective than sufficient for united kingdom temperatures. Being waiting-combined it does not choose diluting.