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Re: [T3] is painting the engine good or bad?


On 23 Apr 2005 at 20:36, Russ Wolfe wrote:

> On Sat, 2005-04-23 at 20:29, Matt Sanderson wrote:

> > If i was to paint the case, cylinders, heads the same colour as the 
> > body colour, would the overall temperature of the engine be higher? 
> > Cause if the cooling is the same i want to make the engine look just as 
> > clean and funky as the rest of the car haha. Thanks again guys.

> VW used satin black for a reason. It disapates heat better. If you paint
> the case, don't do a heavy coat. as it will hold heat in. Just clean it
> up, and repaint it the orginal colors. Might be cooler yet.

I think Matt was asking about the parts that VW left unpainted.

I've heard that on their industrial engines VW actually supplied them with the 
painted parts in a variety of colors. I think Bob Hoover mentioned this once. 
I've never seen anything other than black.

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