Exhaust Heat Shielding

[Cairo94507]

Here are some pictures of the exhaust heat shield modification that D'Ecosse came up with and also installed, while I mostly watched, on my '01. It certainly made a big difference in the trunk temperatures created from my CT muffler. Thanks again Ken.

 

[Cairo94507]

More pictures (limited to 5 at a time?)

 

[donwon]

*stuff missing from the space shuttle* ... im telling :tongue:

Whoa ... the man (ken) is just all talented. What kind of material is that? Good option for those who want to put a power amp where the tool set is, but were iffy of the heat issue.

 

[Cairo94507]

Yeah, Ken is the man, no doubt. My car would be a mess without him.

OK, the stuff we used on the car came from SpeedZone24-7.com. I bought (4) of item 13575-Heat Barrier Adhesive Back 12"x24" at $16.35 each; (1) 16500 Muffler/Catalytic Converter Heat Shield Kit at $47.00; plus $11.11 shipping/handling for a total of $123.51. Well worth it if you ask me. Plus it looks cool under the car too!

SpeedZone24-7.com canbe reached at their web-site, or by calling them at 440.546.0770, 11805 Chippewa Road, Brecksville, OH 44141.

Hope that helps.

 

[dave22]

How much weight does it add?

 

[D'Ecosse]

How much weight does it add?

Next to nothing - less than 1lb total I would say


Links:

http://www.speedzone24-7.com/muffler_cat.htm

http://www.speedzone24-7.com/adhesive.htm

 

[jalnjr]

beautiful work...man, that trunk gets hot.
what kinda differential in temp we seeing???

 

[D'Ecosse]

...what kinda differential in temp we seeing???

Meaningless without data, right?

Yes - unfortunately that's a shortfall on my part - I would have loved to have access to an infra-red pyrometer for before/after comparison.

I can only give you subjective review, that it makes a recognizable difference.

 

[Malibu Rapper]

The difference for me when I ran my RSR exhaust was that before, I couldn't hold my hand for very long on the floor above the spare tire tools area without it getting unpleasant very quickly. After the install, it was noticably cooler and I could keep it there all day. I would guess it was at least a 15 degree difference. Hard to say for sure w/o a real measurement.

My current Ark exhaust runs a bit hotter but still is not unpleasant. When I got back under the car to install the exhaust, I covered up the bolts with this thick aluminum tape to deflect heat and I also used more of the plastic fasteners to hold it up.

 

[jalnjr]

Meaningless without data, right?

Yes - unfortunately that's a shortfall on my part - I would have loved to have access to an infra-red pyrometer for before/after comparison.

I can only give you subjective review, that it makes a recognizable difference.

your spidy-sense works for me! :smile:

i was thinkin, 2 liter bottle h2o in trunk. drive comparo
for x time, then thermometer the test fluid...

infra-red pyrometer would steal $$$ for other nsx goodies.

works for me!

 

[D'Ecosse]

... After the install, it was noticably cooler and I could keep it there all day. I would guess it was at least a 15 degree difference. Hard to say for sure w/o a real measurement....

Agree - There is no way I could even place my hand on my trunk floor before this mod.
I think adding the other adhesive material can only help further Malibu - on Cairo's car we used even more than on mine - we got 4 sheets for his vs only 2 I used. This particularly helps reflect that area on the firewall by the headers (the front wall of the trunk).

 

[jalnjr]

my interests stem from the fact the oem cd unit
gets skippy/jangled as temps rise in the ol' trunk

i also was thinking of transporting body parts

 

[D'Ecosse]

i was thinkin, 2 liter bottle h2o in trunk. drive comparo
for x time, then thermometer the test fluid...

Or ... how about just leaving the thermometer in the trunk! <!--StartFragment -->

Unfortunately too late for a "before" test in the case of those who've already done it.

For anyone considering this it would be good if someone would do this - just ensure the ambient conditions are similar and the test-drive is of equal duration/engine performance etc.

 

[jalnjr]

Re: Exhaust Heat Shielding & nanoquantum physics

don't laugh....
i was thinking along the lines of the heisenberg
uncertainty principle....

the act of picking up said thermometer, and examining
it outside the trunk may lead to a misread of actual ambient temp
in the trunk.

on the other hand, a sample of water will "carry" heat
to the bench, affording a more certain reading, me thinks...

i figured with all that nasa brand cladding that we would elevate the science...
and sorry for mixing particle theory & energy, but i assume they are the same.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A408638

shields up, mr sulu :tongue: