Paint Aluminum Heads Or Not at Lawerence Rivera blog

Paint Aluminum Heads Or Not. Cast iron is poor at heat transfer, aluminum is way better, as such, you are way ahead of the game with aluminum heads. No, the heads do not dissipate large amounts of heat. But, the paint layer will cancel out some of the abilty of bare aluminum heads. I was about to paint my aluminum heads using high temp paint, and my plan was to prime the heads with some upol acid 8 before. You need to realize that painting [or clearcoating] aluminum heads will change their ability to disapate heat. One of the benefits of alum. If you paint those heads, it tends to defeat that purpose. It's 406 small block with aluminum afr heads and an alum edelbrock intake. Paint is a thermal barrier. I'm seriously considering painting these parts. I'm more likely to paint heads and not the intake. They have ceramic coated intakes but not sure how well they hold up to gasoline spills. You can paint your aluminum heads any color you want. Polished is another option, if. Some of the aluminum head 'advantage' is that they can dissapate heat better than cast iron.

You can paint your aluminum heads any color you want. Paint is a thermal barrier. You need to realize that painting [or clearcoating] aluminum heads will change their ability to disapate heat. I was about to paint my aluminum heads using high temp paint, and my plan was to prime the heads with some upol acid 8 before. Polished is another option, if. They have ceramic coated intakes but not sure how well they hold up to gasoline spills. I'm more likely to paint heads and not the intake. It's 406 small block with aluminum afr heads and an alum edelbrock intake. But, the paint layer will cancel out some of the abilty of bare aluminum heads. If you paint those heads, it tends to defeat that purpose.

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Paint Aluminum Heads Or Not Polished is another option, if. You can paint your aluminum heads any color you want. They have ceramic coated intakes but not sure how well they hold up to gasoline spills. You need to realize that painting [or clearcoating] aluminum heads will change their ability to disapate heat. Polished is another option, if. If you paint those heads, it tends to defeat that purpose. It's 406 small block with aluminum afr heads and an alum edelbrock intake. I'm seriously considering painting these parts. No, the heads do not dissipate large amounts of heat. Paint is a thermal barrier. I'm more likely to paint heads and not the intake. Some of the aluminum head 'advantage' is that they can dissapate heat better than cast iron. But, the paint layer will cancel out some of the abilty of bare aluminum heads. I was about to paint my aluminum heads using high temp paint, and my plan was to prime the heads with some upol acid 8 before. Cast iron is poor at heat transfer, aluminum is way better, as such, you are way ahead of the game with aluminum heads. One of the benefits of alum.