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Re: [T3] Chrome or not to chrome? (engine)


<x-charset iso-8859-1>BINGO!

Chrome tin doesn't make an engine run warmer than black tin, UNLESS THE PART
IS IN CONTACT WITH ENGINE OIL (Valve covers, drain plate, etc). Tinware is
simply a channel for the cooling air to pass thru.

People associate "chrome tin" with a hot running engine, but it's because
the Chinese/Taiwan tinware is poorly made, and is missing many critical
elements included in the stock tin (especially shroud and cylinder covers).

Take german tin, and go to a motorcycle place and get a GOOD chrome put on
it, and it won't rust and will run as cool as stock.

John
Aircooled.Net Inc.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Miller, Gary (G.)" <gmille46@ford.com>
To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 5:45 AM
Subject: RE: [T3] Chrome or not to chrome? (engine)


> I think the quality of some of the aftermarket (type 1) chrome shrouding
has a lot to do with the difference in apparent engine temperature. The
aftermarket stuff I've seen never fits as good as the original.
>
> I'd be interested to hear about the findings of anyone who has had the
original shrouding chromed.
>
> I believed that if it wasn't in contact with the engine oil, then the
effects are minimal.
>
> Gary M
> Essex
> UK
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron Arnold [mailto:type3@bellsouth.net]
> Sent: 26 October 2001 13:03
> To: DGaries808@aol.com; type3@vwtype3.org
> Subject: Re: [T3] Chrome or not to chrome? (engine)
>
>
> i had stock cooling tins on my 67 bug , it had Scat Nylon pushrod tubes ,
i
> had no problems at all , i put chrome cooling tins on the motor the nylon
> push rod tubes melted like a paper bag .. id say there is a big change in
> the heat that chrome draws
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