Nolan and others,
You can pick this stuff up at just about any local home improvement center
(i.e., Lowe's, Home Depot, etc.) in the insulation department. I have had
it installed under my trans cover for about 5 years and it works very well.
I have little if any heat transfer through the cover!
Tony Childs
72 Spitfire - FK38809U
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
To: <spitfires@autox.team.net>; <wizardz@toad.net>
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 8:07 AM
Subject: Re: Air Conditioning
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> There's often a whole lot of hot air leakage coming through the firewall
after all these years. From poorly fitted transmission covers to missing
brake & clutch pedal boots, missing wire grommets, and extra holes drilled
into the firewall and never sealed off.
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> I have seen something at one show that could help the heat a whole lot.
It was a plastic sheeting about 1/4" thick filled with air. Sorta like
bubble wrap, but much more compact bubbles. Aluminum skinned on both sides.
I think the temperature claim was up to 700 degrees F. A sheet of that
fastened to the entire firewall could greatly reduce heat transfer into the
passenger compartment without being particularly in the way or heavy. I
wish I'd have bought a roll of this stuff when I saw it, because I haven't
seen it since.
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