Im sure it would be ok to run just water during warmer months....but colder months i would always run a 50/50 coolant. My last car i owned (zx2) i used water the warm months and then i would flush it and run 50/50 and it worked fine....and ran damn good.

 

I also recommend water wetter....havent got to try it on the rotary or anything though since its been down for a little bit. Here in the next few months though i should be able to have the cooling setup i want....fluidyne honda half-size rad, biggest e-fan i can fit on it...probably going to do a 80/20 mix of antifreeze and water to see how it runs like that. If it does fine then this summer i will probably flush it and run mostly water with some water wetter. Also i have always been told to use distilled water...not tap water.

Also sorry teddy for hijack...but it does have a little something to do with your project...considering we are talking about radiators and coolant mixes.

 

Well there it is the car is on it's way to a shop called NeoTech Owned and operated 2cute boyfriend...2cute will be taking off and installing my lexan windows on my 1979 SA rx7...Thanks and much props to 2cute for doing the work, and nick letting my car stay in and at the shop surrounded by nissan's

 

HELLL NOOOO , dont ever use water wetter on a rotary use only distilled water on that bad boy and a pint of alcohol and as for the radiator dont even trip thats more than enough for a drag car !!!!! and please dont listen to most of the morons out here that say use coolant that is a big hell no @ the track

 

Nice...how much weight are you saving with the lexan over glass?

 

lol i got to the shop today after you dropped the car off and nick was there and a friend of ours was too and i saw the SA and to **** them off (both nissan only guys) i was like "awww how cute they are multiplying". dont think that went over super well.

i will convert them (nick at least is already *evil laugh*)if its the last thing i do.

remind me to tell you about aaron and the motor tomorrow. lol

 

so teddy dropped the car off last night. it slept in the shop with all the motors and the dogs last night untouched.

i got to the shop at 10 am and after a trip to home depot and a couple other places to get supplies i started on the lexan mission of death.

my back hurts. i ended up bleeding all over the floor (yeah i know the day isnt complete till your bleeding) and i was there working for 9+ hours straight. oh and for the record when cutting lexan its a good idea to watch out for flying chunks of burning lexan shrapnel. that **** HURTS!!!!

so i was given.................... a car with all windows/glass in it. a sheet of 4'x8' lexan glass and 2 "precut ready to install rear quarter windows" (if thats what you can call them.....what a ******* joke that was/is).

so anyhow, we got to work removing all glass from the car. then measuring and making templates. that was fun oh wait ........no. then i had to remove all the urethane from the window sills.

btw teddy whoever installed your windshield should never be allowed around a car ever again. they did a horrid job. i guess it just made it easier for me but none the less.....

with all the templates made it was time to mark out on the lexan sheet the pieces.....oops not enough lexan for everything so......only the windshield, hatch and quarters are happening this weekend. the sunroof and door windows will have to wait for another time. great.......just what i always wanted....more of lexan hell.....ugh. then time to cut....remember the burning shrapnel yeah that sucks. anyhow after a very long day i had the windshield completely in and the driver side quarter recut. tomorrow i have the rear hatch and passenger side quarter ahead of me.

i took some pics with my phone they arent great but give the idea. ill bring my camera tomorrow to take real pics. but anyhow.....

















oh and teddy your making out GREAT on this deal. lol

 

holy ***** of all creatures big and small. 2cute-you tha man!!!! i of course will be seeing it in live when teddy tows the kar back to home base. but from the shitty pictures(lol after slaving over it for hours) the job looks like a winner. ******* teddy lucky guy getting 2cute to slave over this ****. looks like someone(being teddy) needs to give up some mad props to someone for the job ( being 2cute). good luck to the rest of the pieces 2cute. Looking forward to seeing it in person.

and the beat goes on and on

 

yeah it came out pretty good. the front will look so much beter when teddy buys the clips for the window trim and i can put that back in there. you will never know its lexan except the front brace.

 

yeah it did....it came really good im really happey with the work...Will post pics soon as i get back...

 

Nice, nice, now keep it coming.

 

Nice work teddy....Id like to know what rear end are your going to use.. Or do you have a thread of that ????

 

Nice work teddy....Id like to know what rear end are your going to use.. Or do you have a thread of that ????

 

click me for better pics

 

looks gay and so do you

 

Looking good .

 

thanks...

I just dropped off another sheet of lexan for 2cute and Nick...that sheet of lexan will do the driver side and passanger side window, and the moon roof... with much to spare...

 

He lives in san diego, he can run straight water on the coldest day of the year and not worry about freezing. FYI there is no such thing as "coolant" Anti-freeze is exactly that, "anti freeze." It is not a coolant... Water is the coolant. Anti freeze lowers waters boiing point and makes it too viscus there fore making it cool less... The only benifits to antifreeze is that it doesn't freeze, it lubes the water pump and extends it's life, and it keeps the rusting inside the engine down. The only negitive to running water alone is that if it gets below 32* F and it freesez it can crack your bock, and it has to be changed a lot to cut down on rusting. I went from 80%water 20% antifreeze to 100% water and my coolant temps went down from 200* after a hard run to 185*. Water wetter breakes the surface tention of th water allowing it to cool the engine better and it has lubricating properties to lube the water pump, and it cuts down on rust in your system. I flush a water only system once a month, water+water wetter system 4 times a year, and anti freeze+water once a year.

P.S. If any of you's guys planning on racing on a NHRA sanctioned track it's against NHRA rules to even have 1 teaspoon of antifreeze in your system... Water Wetter FTMFW! And any idiot knows you're not supposed to use tap water in ANY car!!! Not just a rotary... Always use distilled water in your radiator....

 

thanks for the words of knowledge...but manny has been running the tracks for sometime now...so he's not new to the game...plus im not there yet to worry about water wetter and cooling aspects of the motor yet...

 

its very impresive to see how many idiots are out there

 

Unless this 2cute is a puppy or a kitten, please change his name. That's just too gay for me. LOL

 

2cute is a female...

 

nicely done. reading HER sig line gives a bit of a hint, what with the girly name and all.

 

"his"

wow i didnt know i grew a ***** over night. something tells me my b.f wouldnt be terribly pleased with that

 

its a lubricant