Duke

I how come you want to have some sort of insulation?
The engines aren't loud and all kind of insulation keeps heat in the engine compartment and that's bad. At least performance wise..

macnewma

I agree that it would be nice to get the heat out of the engine bay, but some say the paint will suffer from the direct heat.

Is this fear unfounded?

Max

OriginalSterm

The hood on my red '84 was pretty light (compared to the rest of the car). I'm not sure if it was due to the lack of most of the hood insulation, or sunlight.

You could always cut a few ducts in the hood to let the hot air escape.

Eyal 951

Then I can put a double aluminum wing and some stickers on two!

emoore924

If you want to take the glue off, you can use WD-40. Just spray it on a soft rag or directly on the old glue, count to 30 and gently rub. The glue will come off with a little work and it won't hurt the paint at all.

I've used this for years and years and never been able to figure out whether it is the WD-40 or the propellant in the can that takes the glue off, but who cares..., it works great.

Eyal 951

what about PB? stronger the wd-40. Worked wonders on my exhaust nuts, but will it take of the adhesive?
~Eyal

FSAEracer03

"Fire Classification:
Non-Flammable, non-combustible "
-Dynashield website

...well either Performance Prod. is talking about a different product, or have their info seriously messed up because they put a "flammable" symbol above their "dynashield" ....hmmm

Peckster

I'll be replacing mine when it falls apart. IMO, cutting a hole in your hood just reduces the car's value, with a marginal result if anything.

If they had overheating problems to begin with, Porsche would have fixed it, and we'd have heard about it.

FSAEracer03

True, Peck... but creating some sort of heat escape for the engine compartment would not only allow the engine to breath a little bit better, but also reduce or negate the possibility of hood paint damage.

If/when I find a viable way to do so, I'm definitely removing the insulation on my (future) 951.

Almost related to the topic... anyone use turbo wraps? I'm hoping to wrap mine this summer. I'm thinking a nice wrap or heat sheilding along with the LBE would increase turbo response vastly (the car has an LBE already). The way I see it, the intake side of the turbo system is now as responsive as it can be, so why not improve it all the more by increasing the exhaust side's response?

jdog

I think perfomance Prod. is just stating that the propellant in the bottle causes it to be classified as flammable by shipping companies and once dry the dynashield itself is not flammable.
UPS will not ship duplicolor paint and such without charging haz. charges and may even deny delivery altogether.
JR