<VV> Dream engine...If I won the lotto...

[Frank F Parker]

> Has ANYONE ever considered using low-thermal transmission ceramo-metallic
> coatings to keep the heat out of the metal in the first place?  You don't
> need to disipate heat that never enters the castings.....it increases the
> thermodynamic efficiency of the engine as a by-product!  The stuff worked
> like gang-busters in our Nissan racing engines, and I'm just about convinced
> to try it in a 4-carb I'm building!  remeber fellows, the BEST way to handle
> a problem, is to never let it occur!
>
Soundds good. Where was it used on the Nissan? And how would the heat not
get to the castings 1st if it is cylinders we are talking about-on the cyl
bore walls??

regards,

frank