<VV> White pushrod tubes
Dave Morris
BigD@DaveMorris.com
Fri Feb 4 22:23:45 EST 2005
You're saying this pushrod tube
http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/corvair/02081602m.jpg gets zero radiated
heat from the 1000 degree plus exhaust gases coming out the exhaust
manifold a fraction of an inch away from it?
Dave Morris
At 05:15 PM 2/4/2005 -0500, N. Joseph Potts wrote:
>Dave -
> White reflects RADIANT heat. Pushrod tubes are subject to CONDUCTIVE
>heat (from the heads) and CONVECTIVE heat (from the cooling airstream).
>White will shed all the RADIANT heat they are exposed to, which is zero. And
>yes, black will ABSORB all that radiant heat (still zero). No effect on
>conductive or convective heat.
>
>Joe Potts
>Miami, Florida USA (plenty of all kinds of heat here)
>1966 Corsa coupe 140hp 4-speed with A/C
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