Last, but not least, if engine temperatures
are above optimum, then you will loose horsepower, and you will shorten
the life of the engine
Fortunately, water has a tremendous capacity for absorbing and carrying
away heat. For every degree in temperature rise, water can absorb
five times as much heat as aluminum. Ethylene glycol, the main ingredient
in most cooling system additives, has about a 25% lower heat capacity than
pure water. That’s
one reason why a cooling system be filled with straight undiluted additive
increases the risk of overheating. Don’t forget however, that Glycol
raises the boiling temperature of the coolant when mixed with water, and
is effective in preventing corrosion and freezing – in other words,
unless you are on the ragged edge of performance, and are fanatical
about maintenance (you will be changing the pump frequently!!) use cooling
system additive in the correct proportions to a fraction lean.
HyperFlow has utilized a number of tools on many; many test sessions
on bikes from 65cc to 650cc to assure the product performs. A combination
of dynamic flow testing of the system, digital thermometers on back to back
track sessions, and multipoint data logging, engine dyno, and now CFD analysis
are used to optimize performance.