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Water... Or no water? How do y'all run your Engines?

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tcoupekyle:
Think the title says it. If you run water how are you doing it. This question has been bouncing around in my mind today.

dusterdave173:
Alky
No reason to run water  I could fire up in lanes , make my run, drive back to the pits from 1/4 mile run, and sitting in pits idling it would start to cool--at idle with alky you are so rich the cooling is amazing--when you stab it it goes lean makes heat--soon as you close the blades she is cooling again
Water--can mean leaks and if rods fly out you are driving in the rain  NOT for me...........

Curly1:
I run a very small radiator on both my cars. I have a Honda style one on my dragster and on the altered I have what looks like a transmission cooler with fan. I do that so I can control the temperature of my stuff.

I may run my stuff leaner than some people so it does not milk the oil as much and builds heat faster.

wideopen231:
Have been running alky injection since 1986 and not running water since 1986. Ran BBC iron blocks and aluminum Hemi motors. Motor in car is soild block TFX and water is not even option. I do not run car rich, but I do have richening solenoid that will richen it  if it starts to get warmer than I like.

JEFF/21C:
The block is filled only water in heads with a small tank

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