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Post by Dave Schultz on Dec 26, 2010 11:04:17 GMT -5
Freeze coming today
Dallas is running down to the shop to drain the water from the Wagon, Coronets, Demon, and Aspen.
You might want to drain the water from you car unless your shop is heated.
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Post by fastdiesel on Dec 26, 2010 14:35:19 GMT -5
My shop is insulated, but not heated. I don't have a problem with freezing until it gets into the low 20's.
I run water with a little corrosion resistor.
When it's going to be in the low 20's, I just plug it it (has a block heater). The heater also comes in handy when racing in cold weather (a rarity, but in Holly Springs, it save a bunch of $'s in warm-up fuel). Just plug it in and it stays all nice and cozy for the next round.
You can buy freeze plug type block heaters for all engines. Order one, and put it in next time you've got the engine out. It's really an item you will use. And they're CHEEP!
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Post by Dave Schultz on Dec 27, 2010 11:48:19 GMT -5
Well my shop is also insulated but not heated. It takes a day or two of freezing outside for the 120'X72' foundation to get the inside as cold as the outside -- but then it also takes a couple of days to warm it up again because of the same foundation and the building being insulated. Insulation works in both directions.
In the shop there's the Whale, both Coronets, the Cuda, Aspen, Demon, and Drag Pack. Easier to just drain the water when it freezes then to have seven block heaters, the cords everywhere, and the worry that a fire might start and I'm 5 miles away and wouldn't know it until it was too late.
The pool at this house has an automatic sensor for when it gets to 34 degrees and below -- that turns the filter on until the temperature raises to above 34 degrees -- to keep water from freezing in the system. A lot better than my last two pools since it is automatic. It has been running since yesterday morning.
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Post by torquer on Dec 27, 2010 21:31:06 GMT -5
Anyone heard about anti-freeze. Takes the worry away.
Jim N.
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Post by fastdiesel on Dec 27, 2010 22:03:41 GMT -5
Anyone heard about anti-freeze. Takes the worry away. Jim N. An end-of-the-race-season fill of coolant could be a time saving deal. Only one fill and drain (at the end and start of racing season) is better than repeated drain and fills of plain water during the winter. But, I think (I hope) we all agree...NO ANTIFREEZE on the race track! |
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Post by Dave Schultz on Dec 28, 2010 8:35:55 GMT -5
Usually only have one freeze every two years here.
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Post by fastdiesel on Dec 28, 2010 19:57:05 GMT -5
It's been "antifreeze" here for about a month already, and it's still December!
Darn Global Warming....wheres your good buddy Al Gore when you need him! ;D
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