Thanks Mike
I'll do that. It may slow corrosion too.

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John Meeks

http://www.vanagonauts.com
Vanagon Rescue Squad
On Jul 21, 2012 8:26 PM, "Mike S" <mikes@flatsurface.com> wrote:

> On 7/20/2012 10:40 PM, John Meeks wrote:
>
>> The valve covers are aluminum.  Should have pretty good heat dispersed
>> properties.
>>
>
> Al has about 5x the thermal conductivity of steel, but I suspect those
> covers are more than 5x the thickness of steel ones, so it would be a net
> loss. At a bare minimum, paint them flat black, so they radiate heat better.
>
>