re: 156 GTA red-painted calipers

["Karl Chen" <karlcchen@domain.elided>]

My apology that I intentionally make the statement
more naive and subtle than in the CAR magazine.
The original writing is very clear that the
journalist is making fun of Alfa should spend
the effort in making better performance brake
than just better looking brake in 156 GTA.

Karl Chen

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Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 15:29:25 +0100
From: Luca <nodoubt@domain.elided>
Subject: re: 156 GTA road test report

At Wed, 27 Mar 2002 15:26:33 -0800 "Karl Chen" wrote:

>A few days ago I just read 156 GTA report on ( Cars ? )
>magazine I think.
>The journalist complained about the brake.
>He said somehow the red paint on calipers doesn't
>seem to help.

I didn't read the test, but surely red paint won't help there.
Colors are very related to heat dispersion.  The best color
for that purpose is definitely the BLACK.

I remember years ago Honda motorcycles made that XL600 Paris Dakar
enduro bike with a completely red painted engine, and some troubles
have been reported.  Painting calipers in red will surely look
GREAT, but the heat will not be wasted away the right way.

I hope some engineer out there can explain this thing better.

nodoubt,
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