head disassembly

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sabre2
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Re: head disassembly

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Roy Gavin wrote:The last authoritative work on air cooling I can locate was a paper by Mr P. V. Lamarque B.Sc, A.F.R.Ae.S. which was published in the I.A.E.Journal in June , 1943, a digest of which was prepared by Phil Irving and published in Motor Cycling on July 22,1943 under his Nom De Plume of Slide Rule.

The relevant passage is - " With regard to surface finish a coat of smooth black enamel is an advantage, provided that it is very thinly applied, whilst a coating of oil makes little difference either way to the heat dissipation."

Phil went on to include a black coating in his design of the Vincent Black Shadow and Black Lightening motorcycle engines , and from all reports the result was more than satisfactory.
Ehm,Black Lightning.
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Major Softie
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Re: head disassembly

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sabre2 wrote: Ehm,Black Lightning.
Perhaps Black Lightening is a race preparation process? :mrgreen:
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