I paid about $3.00 for enough 1/4-inch thick double-sided aluminized mylar
faced bubble-wrap insulation to insulate the whole cockpit, including both
sides of the transmission tunnel. Bought at my local home improvement store
and glued in (everywhere except the floors) with Weldwood Contact Cement in
1999. It's still in perfect shape, with no loose edges (I just had the
tranny cover off to work on the overdrive).
Together with sealing the firewall leaks and replacing the seals on the
fiberglass cover, this eliminated the cockpit heat problem.
Steve Byers
HBJ8L/36666
BJ8 Registry
Havelock, NC USA
-----Original Message-----
From: healeys-bounces+sbyers=ec.rr.com@autox.team.net
[mailto:healeys-bounces+sbyers=ec.rr.com@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of
Mark and Kathy
Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2007 5:52 AM
To: Healey Bruce; healeys@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Cockpit Insulating revisited
Thats very inexpensive compared to the $199.00 I paid for a box of Dyn.
Extreme to cover my car. I may put the remaining sheets on the inside of
the bell housing cover as you suggested. I just hope the tarry , sticky
side will stand up to the heat generated in there.
I will probably be long gone before that becomes a problem.
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "Healey Bruce" <healeybruce@roadrunner.com>
To: "Mark and Kathy" <mgtrcars@galaxyinternet.net>; <healeys@Autox.Team.Net>
Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2007 12:50 AM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Cockpit Insulating revisited
> Dynamat is a good material when redoing an interior, but for someone who
> already has carpet fitted and the thickness of Dynamat would be a problem,
> I would like to suggest an alternative I found. Fiberfrax is a ceramic
> cloth insulation, used commonly in aviation. Pilots out there may be
> familiar with it. It provides excellent insulating properties up to
> something like 2000 degrees. I have 1/2" thick batting "insulation" under
> my carpet, which basically provides zero heat insulation. I put 1/16"
> Fiberfrax cloth under the batting, using 3M trim adhesive ("yellow snot")
> on the vertical surfaces of the foot well and 3 sides for bell housing
> area. I also insulated the back side of the bell housing cover. Because
> it is only 1/16", all the carpet snaps in no problem. You buy it by the
> foot, 24" wide, which, coincidentally, is just about perfect for the foot
> wells and floor pan. I bought it from Aircraft Spruce and Specialty
> (http://www.aircraftspruce.com/). About $50 worth would do both sides.
>
> Bruce Steele
> 1960 BN7
> Brea, CA
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