- 1. Paint on calipers? (score: 1)
- Author: DANIELS@LMSBVX.TAMU.EDU (Lee Daniels/TAMU-LMSB Systems)
- Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1992 12:21:26 -0500 (CDT)
- I was just cleaning up the brake calipers from my TR6 and noticed that, under the oxidation, Ziebart gunk, brake dust, etc., there seemed to be the remnants of a black paint on the surface. Well, now
- /html/british-cars/1992-06/msg00323.html (7,267 bytes)
- 2. Re: Paint on calipers? (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Mon, 15 Jun 92 08:05:26 pdt
- I know a lot of people clear-coat their calipers but I've always been skeptical about painting them. It seems to me this would reduce their ability to dissipate heat. Roland
- /html/british-cars/1992-06/msg00330.html (7,560 bytes)
- 3. Re: Paint on calipers? (score: 1)
- Author: lupienj@hpwarq.wal.hp.com (John Lupien)
- Date: Tue, 16 Jun 92 15:56:27 EDT
- This would certainly depend on the thickness and thermal conductivity of the paint - if the paint is very thin and matt black, it will help get the heat out (not much, but some). If it has low therm
- /html/british-cars/1992-06/msg00334.html (7,353 bytes)
- 4. Re: Paint on calipers? (score: 1)
- Author: "Chris Kent Kantarjiev" <cak@parc.xerox.com>
- Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1992 13:43:45 PDT
- Then why are you supposed to paint radiators black? You're not, at least according to Carroll Smith. I think it comes from an old connection between blackbody radiation and black objects, but it seem
- /html/british-cars/1992-06/msg00338.html (7,079 bytes)
- 5. Re: Paint on calipers? (score: 1)
- Author: pwcs.StPaul.GOV!phile@medtron.medtronic.COM (Philip J Ethier)
- Date: Tue, 16 Jun 92 13:54:22 CDT
- ability to dissipate heat. Then why are you supposed to paint radiators black?
- /html/british-cars/1992-06/msg00339.html (7,002 bytes)
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