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Old 02-02-2012, 11:10 AM
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Default Anyone running 50/50 (washer fluid) w/success?

Seems so cheap and easy but I hear most folks running alky or 80/20 meth/water. Anyone had success with the blue stuff?
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Depends on what blue stuff you run. Some have a very low methanol content.
I used the blue stuff that keystone sells cause it had the highest percentage of methanol in my supercharged car. I wanna say it was like 45 or 55 percent methanol.
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I know of guys that use washer fluid and a kicker like Heat, but you could probably just as easily find a shop that sells VP M1 and mix with distilled water. I use M1 in my bimmer and do about a 50/50 or 60/40 meth/water concentration. Also don't mix by volume, mix by weight.
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Originally Posted by willizm
Also don't mix by volume, mix by weight.
Can you elaborate?
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VP M1 is 4-5 a gallon around here. I think that's just about comparable to washer fluid if not cheaper. Not to mention the advantages of it over washer fluid...
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1 bottle of "Splash" -20 windshield washer fluid is ~36% meth by weight (and its $1.99). Add 36 ounces of pure methanol (or 3 bottles of heet) its 50/50. I would guess that the good thing about that is, you could get it at pretty much any auto parts store or wal-mart in the country if you are on a trip.



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