Hey Greg,
Make sure to seal the one area where heat from the engine compartment is
forced
into the passenger/driver compartment. That's the connection of the
bulkhead
pannel to the forward tunnel frame, where pressure is trapped as speed is
increased and finds its way against your right foot and ankle. The bulkhead
connection forms a box of sorts, and heated air off the manifold gets
trapped
and forced at hurricane pressure through any small crack it can find. Make
sure
the two surfaces of the bulkhead pannel and the forward section of bell
housing
tunnel are seriously sealed - or no matter the amount of insulation added to
the tunnel
or firewall will not help. Can you envision this area clearly? I hope so.
Don't ask me how I know.
As to adheasive, I used a 3M contact spray glue that works like magic.
the scruffy one
San Diego
BN1
----- Original Message -----
From: Greg Lemon
To: healeys@autox.team.net
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 7:52 PM
Subject: Adhesive for heat shield
While the engine is out of my car I have decided to make a few other
improvements, one of which is to insulate the cockpit better. Since the
carpet is very much glued to the tunnel I would like to add the aluminum
foil
faced insulation to the inside or underside of the trany tunnel.
I started to use some Kryon general purpose spray on adhesive, but I don't
think it will hold up to the heat, oil, etc. very well, any thoughts on a
good
adhesive to use, maybe something from the local big box hardware store,
preferably not too exensive as I do have a little bit of area to cover.
Greg Lemon
54 BN1
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