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Originally posted by lt1s10
this is the truth, but nobody will believe it, but i had a 1980 el camino, 454, 671 blower. put over 75,000 miles on the car in about 13 yrs (daily driver). the problem was keeping it cool on a hot day, in traffic, I'm talking 85 degrees and above. tried everything, had 2-4 row radiators on board (1 in the bed) didn't help, so what to do. bought some stuff that they said wouldn't boil, and put it in the motor. on an 100 degree day i could go anywhere i wanted, without a problem, the temp stabilized at 260 degrees. at 260 you could stick you finger in the radiator and the stuff was cool. ran a cap with no pressure on it. damnedest stuff i ever seen, and i didn't see where it hurt anything. they said that a motor could run at 300 degrees without hurting anything as long as the fluids covered every thing. when water boils in a motor the water moves away from the surface its trying to cool and it cant keep it cool because its boiling. If the liquid don't boil, it will cool up until the metal cant stay together anymore. It cost 35.00 a gal.
All I have to say is WOW!!! WHAT A STORY.