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Well, I painted mine, and at 40K it really started to peel off, by 60K it really looked like crap and at 95K its almost all gone or covered with oil. Problem is when it peels it traps stagnant air under it and then can run hotter... in theory. Keith Keith Park Top Notch Restorations topnotch@nycap.rr.com 71 Squareback 65 Notchback "El BajaRojo" 65 Squareback "Eggcrate" 87 Golf 88 Rx7 10th Anniversary "Rextur" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Sanderson" <MRSanderson@telus.net> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2005 9:29 PM Subject: [T3] is painting the engine good or bad? > Hey guys > 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. > > Matt Sanderson > 1965 VW Notchback S > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >