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#9470

Engine painting?? 1 Year, 5 Months ago	Karma: 0
Just a question for DaveCo and any others out there in Class 11 wonderland. When building motors, even tranny cases, is it a good idea to paint the outer surfaces a flat black for heat dissipation? This would be like case halves, heads, cylinders, etc. Most of the photos I see don't give much detail. If this is a good idea, does anybody have a favorite method or product?

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#9471

Re:Engine painting?? 1 Year, 5 Months ago	Karma: 10
no, I do not paint the case heads, or cylinders. I dont know anybody that does

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Re:Engine painting?? 7 Months, 2 Weeks ago	Karma: 0
Just for clarification...Black paint dissipates heat better than other colors of paint. But ANY paint on the cases is like wrapping a blanket around it. Some blankets may be cooler than others, but they all keep one warmer than no blanket.

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Re:Engine painting?? 7 Months, 2 Weeks ago

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DustyMojave wrote:
Just for clarification...Black paint dissipates heat better than other colors of paint. But ANY paint on the cases is like wrapping a blanket around it. Some blankets may be cooler than others, but they all keep one warmer than no blanket.

I prefer my engine naked and cool, "air cooled" that is. She'll get no blanket, no panties, nothing ecpect maybe a little space heater on a cold race morning.

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Re:Engine painting?? 7 Months, 2 Weeks ago

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Uncle Ed 1189 wrote:
DustyMojave wrote:
Just for clarification...Black paint dissipates heat better than other colors of paint. But ANY paint on the cases is like wrapping a blanket around it. Some blankets may be cooler than others, but they all keep one warmer than no blanket.

I prefer my engine naked and cool, "air cooled" that is. She'll get no blanket, no panties, nothing ecpect maybe a little space heater on a cold race morning.At least yours gets a space heaterLOL mine gets rolled over a camp fire

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Re:Engine painting?? 7 Months, 2 Weeks ago

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DaveCo11 wrote:
Uncle Ed 1189 wrote:
DustyMojave wrote:
Just for clarification...Black paint dissipates heat better than other colors of paint. But ANY paint on the cases is like wrapping a blanket around it. Some blankets may be cooler than others, but they all keep one warmer than no blanket.

I prefer my engine naked and cool, "air cooled" that is. She'll get no blanket, no panties, nothing ecpect maybe a little space heater on a cold race morning.At least yours gets a space heaterLOL mine gets rolled over a camp fire

I'm sure there's a few on here that witnessed me popping my oil cooler 10 minutes before the 2008 MORE Toys 4 Tots race. Now she gets a heater and no rev! Thank God for Doug Silcock having the loaner cooler or else I wouldn't been able to break the car on the last lap and leave me and ChipCo hiking.

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#11518

Re:Engine painting?? 7 Months, 2 Weeks ago	Karma: 9
There was a discussion about this on www.Shoptalkforums.com a few years ago. Someone did a test with different paints. Some areosapce paint did shed a few degrees over a bare case. Can't remember the price but as I recall it would not be worth it, at least to me.

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Re:Engine painting?? 7 Months, 2 Weeks ago	Karma: 0
DustyMojave wrote: Just for clarification...Black paint dissipates heat better than other colors of paint. But ANY paint on the cases is like wrapping a blanket around it. Some blankets may be cooler than others, but they all keep one warmer than no blanket. How would the color of the paint affect heat dissipation? that's not an accusation im just curious.

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Re:Engine painting?? 7 Months, 2 Weeks ago

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Uncle Ed 1189 wrote:
DaveCo11 wrote:
Uncle Ed 1189 wrote:
DustyMojave wrote:
Just for clarification...Black paint dissipates heat better than other colors of paint. But ANY paint on the cases is like wrapping a blanket around it. Some blankets may be cooler than others, but they all keep one warmer than no blanket.

I prefer my engine naked and cool, "air cooled" that is. She'll get no blanket, no panties, nothing ecpect maybe a little space heater on a cold race morning.At least yours gets a space heaterLOL mine gets rolled over a camp fire

I'm sure there's a few on here that witnessed me popping my oil cooler 10 minutes before the 2008 MORE Toys 4 Tots race. Now she gets a heater and no rev! Thank God for Doug Silcock having the loaner cooler or else I wouldn't been able to break the car on the last lap and leave me and ChipCo hiking.Now that is funny. I have not had it happen to me but when cars were impounded you would see several pop at a Parker 400 because of the cold. Those pesky relief valves stick

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Re:Engine painting?? 7 Months, 2 Weeks ago

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DaveCo11 wrote:
Uncle Ed 1189 wrote:
DaveCo11 wrote:
Uncle Ed 1189 wrote:
DustyMojave wrote:
Just for clarification...Black paint dissipates heat better than other colors of paint. But ANY paint on the cases is like wrapping a blanket around it. Some blankets may be cooler than others, but they all keep one warmer than no blanket.

I prefer my engine naked and cool, "air cooled" that is. She'll get no blanket, no panties, nothing ecpect maybe a little space heater on a cold race morning.At least yours gets a space heaterLOL mine gets rolled over a camp fire

I'm sure there's a few on here that witnessed me popping my oil cooler 10 minutes before the 2008 MORE Toys 4 Tots race. Now she gets a heater and no rev! Thank God for Doug Silcock having the loaner cooler or else I wouldn't been able to break the car on the last lap and leave me and ChipCo hiking.Now that is funny. I have not had it happen to me but when cars were impounded you would see several pop at a Parker 400 because of the cold. Those pesky relief valves stick

It's always funny hearing about mishaps and it's and even better telling/confessing the stories over a beer or a coke.

Of course Chip tells this particular story better than I do, but it quickly moves from the non-fiction area of the bookstore to the fiction area and borders on the science fiction fantasy when him or Dave COte tell it.

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