Lime Green, and Red?
It would then Qualify as an "INSECT"!
-----Original Message-----
From: Pamela Pepoy <gppepoy@cybertrails.com>
To: snyler <marc@animalfirm.com>
Cc: Stephen McCartney <sgam@hotmail.com>; robbieharrison@mindspring.com
<robbieharrison@mindspring.com>; roadster List
<datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, June 04, 2001 6:49 PM
Subject: Re: Never rains, but it pours! (Asutralian roadster sightings)
>OK, OK, OK.
>You guys are confusing me. If I want a really fast roadster....what color
do I
>paint it? I thought red was the fastest color and that's why there are so
many
>red roadsters. Purple has some red in it. So that explains why purple is
>fast. Now......Ron Hamilton's roadster is black. No red, no purple and
that
>sucker is seeeeriously faaast! I'm confused. Could it be that the base
color
>of the Ron's roadster was red and then he painted it black so it would be a
>sleeper? I need to know. Going to be painting mine. I want it to be fast
and I
>was thinking that a bright lime green with a red interior would make a
>definitive statement.
>Guy
>67.5 stroker in progress
>Tempe, AZ
>
>snyler wrote:
>
>> Stephen McCartney wrote
>>
>> >Robbie,
>> >It's obvious you haven't actually done timed 0-60mph and 1/4 mile runs
with
>> >each paint job. It's a scientific fact that light travelling in the red
>> >spectrum travels further with less dissipation. This ability to "cut
>> >through" space actually reduces your drag coefficient significantly.
The
>> >results are easily measured - a red paint job should be equivalent to a
10%
>> >power increase.
>> >
>> >Really. ;)
>> >
>> >Cheers,
>> >
>> >Steve
>>
>> Because red is has long wave-length it would actually be the *slowest*
>> of colors. Purple would be fastest! ;-)
>>
>> -Marc T.
>>
>>
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>> "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable
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>>
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