Marcus,
> >
> > Has anyone else had a problem dispersing heat thrown off their engine
> > in a Triumph Spitfire? I got my car out last weekend and noticed that
> > most of my leg tunnel got pretty warm (it was hot here, but this
> > seemed a bit much). I thought about mounting some kind of heat
> > blanket to the hood and firewall, but I am concerned whether I will be
> > overheating the engine. Does anyone have a material to recommend? Or
> > should I just make a stronger coolant mixture?
> >
My gearbox tunnel cover got pretty hot on long trips before I rebuilt my
engine. When I did so, I ripped off the cheap plastic-enveloped
blanked that was stapled to the underside of the fiber tunnel cover, coated
that with about 3/4" of that polyurethane foam-in-a-can one finds in home
stores, and glued a layer of aluminum foil on top of that. My transmission
may be hotter, but the cockpit is cooler.
Tim
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