300 degree COOLANT

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Rolls-Royce used a Glycol mix  this in Merlin V12 aero engines to improve
the cooling  --- before WW2 they tried building a steam cooled engine  but
it wasn't reliable and in anycase it would work in a vehicle as it needed a
condensor mounted a foot or so below the lowest point of the engine.

Jim Davies wrote:

> On Sun, 11 Oct 1998, Jake Sternberg wrote:
>
> >
> > has anyone heard of a special type of coolant which
> > boils at 300 degrees F instead of 212-250 degrees?
> >
> Pure antifreeze will boil at 300 F. Any water addition drops the boiling
> point very quickly.
>