Black Motor Finish, can't find it

[jameshtaylor]

Help. A little while ago someone posted great pics of a motor that looked like it had been painted black. I asked what the finish was. Mark Petry was nice enough to answer me on the other forum (he thought it was Teflon S), but I now have no idea where I saw the original pic! Anyone remember? Many thanks,

[Chuck Miller]

Here'ya go James.........

http://www.early911sregistry.org/for...ad.php?t=30208

Cheers

[jameshtaylor]

Thanks Chuck, that's it.

[Mike_Moore]

Hi James, I did reply to your question last week, see below. Do let me know if I can be of any more help.

regards, Mike

Do you have any more information on the black finish? Looks superb.

The black finish on the cases while not to everyone's taste was very much a personal thing. While the original RSR's ran the fragile magnesium 7R cases, the turbo case as used here has been homologated for use by the FIA as a replacement for racing. The mag case with a chromate finish goes very dark and of course the aluminium case when refinished is very bright so that set me thinking about a black finish. I decided on this one as it's used by the Formula One teams for their gearbox housings as a low friction protective coating and is very thin, just 20 microns, so it's much thinner than paint and doesn't have any inherent heat dissipation problems.

regards, Mike

[jameshtaylor]

Thanks for taking the time Mike, somehow I never got alerted to your response.

[Mike_Moore]

in the word's of one of your best song's "You've Got a Friend"!

[jameshtaylor]

Well on your next trip to Santa Barbara, drop by and I'll hum a few bars!