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Message-ID: <36173547.23BA7951@rie.net.au>
Date: Sun, 04 Oct 1998 18:43:52 +1000
From: Robbie Anderson <Robbie@rie.net.au>
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To: Mike <mikshdik@ozemail.com.au>
Subject: Re: Heat
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Contact the guys at United Surface Technology in Melbourne. They're into
ceramic coatings and do exhaust systems for race vehicles.
Robbie Anderson
Mike wrote:
> Today was the first real day of Summer and out in Sydney's West it
> got up to around 30 deg celsius (that's 86 deg F). Over winter I
> anticipated the heat and wrapped the exhaust of my Rover P6B from the
> junction of the extractors to the expansion chamber.I thought that this
> should have protected the gear box and tunnel. Today,however, I almost
> needed fireman's gloves to shift gears or operate the hand brake. You
> could fry eggs in either ash tray atop the tunnel. Please does anybody
> have any thoughts on dissipating heat on a hot day. For what it's worth,
> the engine remained at its proper working temperature and the recently
> rebuilt box is full of oil and has a new pump.
>
> Thanks
>
> Mike
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