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Old Apr 18, 2017 | 06:43 PM
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Morning Everyone, Easy question....Evans Antifreeze or Stock Antifreeze. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly about both. Thinking about changing over to Evans. 1970 Corvette Coupe , 350/300hp, auto and all stock. Droop
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Old Apr 18, 2017 | 06:51 PM
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Morning Everyone, Easy question....Evans Antifreeze or Stock Antifreeze. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly about both. Thinking about changing over to Evans. 1970 Corvette Coupe , 350/300hp, auto and all stock. Droop

All the aftermarket radiator companies reccoment a water antifreese mix, so much so top name in the field dewitts offeres its own brand, that says a lot right there,

Evans,
Its expensive, and your system has to be 100% clean to use it, Any less it works less, they are happy to sell you their expensive flush

I thought it would be really great after looking into it, the high costs and hassles are not worth it to me, no real gain,

http://www.norosion.com/evanstest.htm

This report even though from a light competitor is right on...so do your own thinking,...

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been using green and dexcool for newer car for years, stick with whats been around and works fine and proven. good luck with your choice.
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That is some scary stuff so Evans is like glue and raises cyl head temps?
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All the aftermarket radiator companies reccoment a water antifreese mix, so much so top name in the field dewitts offeres its own brand, that says a lot right there,

Evans,
Its expensive, and your system has to be 100% clean to use it, Any less it works less, they are happy to sell you their expensive flush

I thought it would be really great after looking into it, the high costs and hassles are not worth it to me, no real gain,

http://www.norosion.com/evanstest.htm

This report even though from a light competitor is right on...so do your own thinking,...
Bats, Great information, I’m going to stick with the the 50/50 mixture and use only distilled water. Change out every two years. thanks Droop
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Originally Posted by LT1driver
been using green and dexcool for newer car for years, stick with whats been around and works fine and proven. good luck with your choice.
LT and PRM Thanks, Never thought that cylinder heat temps would go up. Bats information on that URL was really helpful.. Thanks again..Droop
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