Volvo P1800ES...kinda

In reply to Kendall Frederick :

Truth is I cant make any sense of the hardlines and/or their fabrication. 

NOHOME said:

In reply to Dusterbd13 :

Not familiar with the product. Source?

Is it this stuff? What exactly is it?

 

 

Pete

It's basically rockwool compressed into a quarter inch sheet bonded to the waffled aluminum heat shielding like you find under new cars with an adhesive backing. No lie I can put my hand on the back side of it and hit it with a propane torch and not feel the propane torch for a little while. You do have to make relief Cuts in it to make compound bends because it's quite rigid. It's not cheap but it is the right solution I do believe. It will be going in the trans tunnel of my Turbo Miata, and I've done the underside of my NASCAR with it after my experience is with it on my neon and the long tube header

I was able to find brand new OEM trans tunnel insulation for a Mazda 5 on eBay for under $50.  It was easy enough to trim and reshape for my Miata trans tunnel.  It made a BIG difference in heat transfer into the interior (stripped race car).  I mounted it with an air gap, something you can't really do with the adhesive variety.

I added a piece of universal sheet from Amazon to complete the coverage on the driver's side (no passenger seat).

In reply to Rodan :

I was looking at something like that. Thing is, the 4l60 transmission is a BIG boy in the tunnel and not much room for airgap. Also not much fun when you have to install and remove the drivetrain multiple times to make adjustments. By virtue of not being a solid like the dynomat product, I hope the fiberglass does a bit of the same as an airgap. 

When I was running the T5, there was noticeable hot air intrusion and that is going to be the main focus when going together this time. 

I've noticed when working on modern cars how the heat deflectors have an air gap to the chassis. It's something I'd like to somehow duplicate on my Spitfire.  I've also learned that even the smallest hole in the firewall will let a shocking amount of heat and noise into the interior.

I've looked at that DEI shield and wondered if anyone has had experience using it.  Sounds promising - thanks Duster.  Heat block on the outside with insulation for noise on the inside seems like the ultimate solution if space is allows. 

Oooh... An LS/4L60 in the Molvo? 

That escalated.... slowly. lol Glad to see your original injection plan finally going into execution even if through an unexpected route. 

Crackers (Forum Supporter) said:

 

...even if through an unexpected route. 

That last phrase pretty much sums up my life.

In reply to Dusterbd13 :

DEI on the W-A-Y!  Got the larger roll just to be sure. 

Pete

hell yeah, glad to see this on page 1 again!  also glad that your health has allowed your return to the shop!