Like I said in my previous post, Tonto, I don't care what they were
originally! - I still like aluminum header paint best on the heat shield
and header - but black would look fairly nice too - need some contrast for
the eyeballs in the old engine compartment. Too much green makes me ill. I
did paint my starter, generator, and oil filter adaptor with high temp
glossy black :-)
Les
At 01:48 PM 4/16/98 -0000, you wrote:
>David Ramsey wrote:
>> Les is way off on this one, they should both be engine color according
>> to "the Austin-Healey Concours Registry" but thats not why Les is off,
>> everybody "knows" that they should be high temp "BLACK" come on does
>> he think he is the lone ranger "silver" sucks.
>
>Hi-temp matte black is great for air-cooled engines, radiators, and
>oil-coolers. It helps them radiate heat. However, since the heat shield
>is supposed to protect the carbs from exhaust heat, it seems that silver
>or another light colour would be ideal.
>
>David, if you were serious, please let me know why you think black would
>be better than silver in this application.
>--
> Matt Liggett
> '60 Mini, '70 Midget, '89 SAAB 900t SPG
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