What fluid you run in radiator?

[cjsracing]

Distilled water until the summer temps hit then it's straight VP Stay Frosty until the fall temps hit then it's back to distilled water.

[riddle28]

hose water with a quart of maxima koolaide. its neon pink so if you have ANY kind of leak youre gonna know where

[keeks]

Anyone running Evans or another waterless coolant?

[cjsracing]

Anyone running Evans or another waterless coolant?

I run VP Stay Frosty straight with no water added

[Lizardracing]

Evans has some radiator sizing and heat things to know that scare most people.
Most people don't like the engines running 30-40 degree's hotter as a new normal with Evans.
The advantage lies with it's raised boiling point WITHOUT the need for pressure. IT doesn't conduct heat as well as water either.
If anyone is considering Evans, I'd call them and get the straight scoop on what to expect as it's NOT just a even swap.
Also, it's expensive.
It was some getting used to on my street hot rod to let the engine settle at 240' instead of the usual 210'. The idea is the Evans won't boil to 300' and the engine doesn't care about 200' or 300' water temps as much as the loss of water and cavitation creating the hot spots on the heads and cylinder walls that cause the warping and cracking. Even brand new OEMS cars are in the 220-230 range these days but without numbers on a gauge, most people don't know and just worry when the gauge needle goes past the middle mark.
Without understanding and accepting this idea, If I told you to spend $200 on coolant and don't worry about the water temp anymore all the way up to 320' you send me up the road running. It's been ingrained in our heads for 60 years that 160' to 220' water temp is where it's at.

[keeks]

Lizard. the reason I asked was that my son bought a ministock(2.3). Came with Evans in it. I feel like it saved his bacon one race. The alternator went so the fan quit working. It started to run rough because it was hot, but only got to 230.

[Lizardracing]

Keeks, All good, I was just sharing my experiences with Evans. I didn't mean to imply it was or wasn't good I personally just got caught up in the hype with it among my hot rod friends and got a lesson with it to expect higher temps and be okay with it basically. Ive had no problems with Evans and I didn't have problems before Evan either so I can't say it fixed a problem either.
If it did work out for ya'll that great. I hope it did save an engine. That would be a worthy investment for sure.