little bit of an update
10-06-2009 | 11:37 PM
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From: Gliese 581g | Monte-Carlo, Côte d’Azur, La Planète Terre
Just wondering, but is it necessary to have some sort of protection on the firewall for the engine heat? Is that even necessary? I'm bookmarking this thread... I can see myself doing this very soon...
10-07-2009 | 12:11 AM
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well... this car kind of has 2 firewalls... so im sure people will argue back and forth about that question.
the wall that most people would call the firewall that has the black rubber seal that sits on top of it is actually a rain tray. Im sure it serves slightly as a heat barrier and possibly an exhaust/gas fume barrier if you have leaks... but im sure if you wanted to you could delete that whole wall. it would be a LOT of work. it would require lots of cutting and welding. it would also get tricky around the brake booster/master cylinder area because they are mounted to that wall.
if you look closely at some of the pictures of the VW engine bays i posted on the last page, you can see that a lot of people do delete that rain tray wall and it really opens up the engine bay quite a bit. the layout of our engine bays is different so i really dont know how much you could get away with deleting but i would be very interested to find out
the wall that most people would call the firewall that has the black rubber seal that sits on top of it is actually a rain tray. Im sure it serves slightly as a heat barrier and possibly an exhaust/gas fume barrier if you have leaks... but im sure if you wanted to you could delete that whole wall. it would be a LOT of work. it would require lots of cutting and welding. it would also get tricky around the brake booster/master cylinder area because they are mounted to that wall.
if you look closely at some of the pictures of the VW engine bays i posted on the last page, you can see that a lot of people do delete that rain tray wall and it really opens up the engine bay quite a bit. the layout of our engine bays is different so i really dont know how much you could get away with deleting but i would be very interested to find out
10-07-2009 | 12:19 AM
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From: Gliese 581g | Monte-Carlo, Côte d’Azur, La Planète Terre
well... this car kind of has 2 firewalls... so im sure people will argue back and forth about that question.
the wall that most people would call the firewall that has the black rubber seal that sits on top of it is actually a rain tray. Im sure it serves slightly as a heat barrier and possibly an exhaust/gas fume barrier if you have leaks... but im sure if you wanted to you could delete that whole wall. it would be a LOT of work. it would require lots of cutting and welding. it would also get tricky around the brake booster/master cylinder area because they are mounted to that wall.
if you look closely at some of the pictures of the VW engine bays i posted on the last page, you can see that a lot of people do delete that rain tray wall and it really opens up the engine bay quite a bit. the layout of our engine bays is different so i really dont know how much you could get away with deleting but i would be very interested to find out
the wall that most people would call the firewall that has the black rubber seal that sits on top of it is actually a rain tray. Im sure it serves slightly as a heat barrier and possibly an exhaust/gas fume barrier if you have leaks... but im sure if you wanted to you could delete that whole wall. it would be a LOT of work. it would require lots of cutting and welding. it would also get tricky around the brake booster/master cylinder area because they are mounted to that wall.
if you look closely at some of the pictures of the VW engine bays i posted on the last page, you can see that a lot of people do delete that rain tray wall and it really opens up the engine bay quite a bit. the layout of our engine bays is different so i really dont know how much you could get away with deleting but i would be very interested to find out
10-07-2009 | 12:25 AM
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im leaving the heat shield that is inside the tunnel near the clutch housing area. other than that everything is gone.
oh the heat shield that wraps around the passenger side motor mount will still be there too... its like right next to the headers though so you pretty much need that one.
oh the heat shield that wraps around the passenger side motor mount will still be there too... its like right next to the headers though so you pretty much need that one.
10-07-2009 | 12:25 AM
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im leaving the heat shield that is inside the tunnel near the clutch housing area. other than that everything is gone.
oh the heat shield that wraps around the passenger side motor mount will still be there too... its like right next to the headers though so you pretty much need that one.
oh the heat shield that wraps around the passenger side motor mount will still be there too... its like right next to the headers though so you pretty much need that one.
10-07-2009 | 12:58 AM
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im thinking im going to put a remote coolant res and the ignition coil along with an MSD unit where the battery was located. i can use those holes already in the firewall to run the lines for coolant. should be pretty simple.
