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Originally Posted by TravThePro
I need to buy another radiator/AC condenser comb to clean up and fix some dings I put in them during the engine rebuild.
I love that water wetter! It makes a huge difference for dirtbikes on those extreme heat desert days/slow technical riding. With that being said, I would not run it in the factory plastic/aluminum radiator (I would run it in full metal radiators though). While it is not corrosive to metals in the cooling system, a bunch of people have had issues with it eating the plastic away in their cooling systems.
The Champion does have an internal transmission cooler, but I am not sure what the radiator cap compatibility is.
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Thanks for the info. I knew the Koyo radiator didn't have an internal transmission cooler but wasn't sure on the Champion. I've never heard that about water wetter and never considered it to be honest. I wonder if that's a problem specific to water wetter or if it applies to the other coolant additives that function similar to water wetter.
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Originally Posted by PrinceValorum
A simple thing to try would be to drop the mix ratio of coolant to water. 50/50 is recommended for optimum freeze protection with minimal heat transfer losses. A lot of race/track cars will run 25% antifreeze, or even 10% antifreeze, to maximize the cooling efficiency. Fortunately you don't have to worry about freezing, but even 10% antifreeze is enough to protect down to 26F.
If it were me, I would try running 25% coolant and see how that went.
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That's a really good point about the antifreeze ratio. Like you said you just have to make sure you exceed the minimum freezing point for whatever mixture you decide on for where you are and remember that if you make any winter trips. That would make for a bad time if it did freeze and blew the freeze plugs out or cracked a radiator.
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