[DeTomaso] Difference between an aluminum radiator and one that is black

[ParaPantera at aol.com]

Mark,
 
  Have I personally done a study?, no.  But it does take me back  to my 
Motocross days when bikes were air cooled.  Those who chose to glass  bead 
their cylinder heads to look nice were often met with engine  seizures.  It was 
later discovered that the engines were painted black for  a reason.  The 
same way a black car absorbs heat from an external source  (the sun) it allows 
heat to dissipate from an internal source (like a  radiator).  With that 
theory a black radiator should run cooler than a bare  one.
 
Ron
 
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In a message dated 6/23/2009 5:13:04 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
ehpantera at yahoo.com writes:

Has  anyone studied whether there is a difference between an aluminum 
radiator and  one that has been blackened. I would think the black one would 
reject more  heat.

Mark




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