John,
That sounds like the hood liner made by Bob Budd of The 928 Leather Shop. I
put one on my car this spring and love the look of it. You can see it on my
web site. My understanding of it's function is that it absorbs the heat to
protect the hood paint from blistering. It does not reflect the heat back at
the engine. I've never seen a TR6 with the hood paint blistered so I'm not
sure how big a problem that really is. I went for the look and the sound
deadening properties. There was a guy over in the 6-Pack Forums (I think)
who posted a pretty detailed response to someone on the properties of the
material. It seems it was his Dad who actually developed the
material......or something to that effect. Bottom line was its impervious to
heat, oil, gas etc etc. Just make sure you use the correct adhesive or it
will fall off....trust me..... I learned from that mistake first hand!
Bob Danielson
1975 TR6 CF38503U
Running w/ Throttle Body Injection
http://tr6.danielsonfamily.org
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From: owner-6pack@Autox.Team.Net [mailto:owner-6pack@Autox.Team.Net] On
Behalf Of John Hauser
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 3:31 PM
To: 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: [6pack] TR6 Hood Liner Heat shields? Yes or No?
I keep seeing advertisements for heat shields. I am curious if folks agree
that the use of these shields are good or bad. Just visual aids or actually
perform the task as claimed. Personally I would think the shield would
direct the heat back into the engine compartment vs allowing the heat to
dissipate. And living in a southern climate (florida) the last thing I need
is a hotter engine compartment!
Here is a claim on one of the websites about a heat shield:
Keeps the exterior of the hood cool and will not reflect engine heat back
down toward your intake.
Made of 1/4 inch nitrile vinyl closed cell foam rubber, these hood liners
will not absorb water or oil. They are light, about 11 ounces on average,
are fire retardant and insulate against sound and heat.
Anyone have any thoughts it these things work as claimed?
Thanks!
John
'74 TR6 French Blue
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