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Originally Posted by Gooserider
I live in MA, and haven't owned a car since 1980.
Gooserider
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Hello fellow massholes...another doozy of a quote I once heard while vactioning in FLA.
I myself also live in Taxachusetts. More power to ya on the bike riding thing then. I've been here since the blizzard of '78 we do get our fair-share of snow-pounding. My friends make more money than they know what to do with...damn them...all but two of us currently own motorcycles, they are the snobbish types with all the chrome and such (my electrician friend enjoys the polish a turd phrase). I being one of the non-cycle types. Well now anyways, I hit pavement at 40MPH whan a cute fuzzy woodland creature decided he wanted to see what my front tire looked like up close and personal. That sucked. Me-0, Raccon - 1. We'll call it a tie...the racoon bit the dust.
I see what you mean by the boat parts...any part subject to saltwater/abrasion will basically get ruined. I live in western MA, so I don't see much salt water, however I've seen many an outdrive all pitted up after one year in the ocean. I think they are actually painted but the idea is the same...any flaw, be it inherrent, scratched or wear will allow the corrosive sea water to do its thing to aluminum.
I know nothing of swifttechs practices but am willing to take their word on it since they have been around for a while, just like I did with Ford and Firestone...oh wait that's not a good example after all.
I don't worry much about scratching the aluminum, I order black nylon connections for my aluminum stuff and brass for my copper, mscdirect dot com carries all that kinda stuff & o-rings and flat rubber-sheet to boot.
I just like how easy aluminum machines. I prototyped all my cooling stuff in aluminum and it seems like a shame to chuck em in the recycle pile just cuz thay're not copper, especially since I had enough prototypes to make an all aluminum setup, except radiator. Plus I like annodizing them to make them match my case color.
-mc