My (original) heat shielding is shiny side out and I don't know what down
against the floor.
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From: <ATWEDITOR@aol.com>
To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 8:48 PM
Subject: Re: RE: which side up?
>
> In a message dated 5/12/00 11:13:44 AM, gb@the-bdc.com writes:
>
> << I agree with Jim, foil on the floor.
>
>
> > reflective against the floor to keep out the heat from the
> > engine etc. I
> > think what you are doing is trapping heat in the cockpit.
> >
> > James Nazarian
> > '71 B roadster
> > '71 BGT rust free and burnt orange
> > '63 Buick 215
> >
> > On Thu, 11 May 2000, Dave Houser wrote:
> >
> > > Folks,
> > > Just back from the Moss event and thinking whether I had
> > made a mistake
> > > when I installed the underlayment for heat control in my A
> > coupe. The
> > > day was very hot, if you were there, and the inside was
> > hotter than I
> > > remembered it getting. I looked under my carpeting and the
> > reflective
> > > aluminum was right under the carpeting with the jute
> > against the floor.
> > > Did I have this correct after all this time? What's the verdict out
> > > there? Reflective material against the floor or carpet?
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > > Dave Houser
> > > >>
>
> I'm doing that job even as we speak and the instructions say "metal
towards
> the heat."
>
> Jay Donoghue
>
> 72B
> 72B-GT
> 66 Mustang
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