[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [New Search]
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. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~