Removed the Insulation under the hood
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Removed the Insulation under the hood
Hey, I have had some issues with my sound proofing/heat guard thing under my hood, so I neatly removed it, the sound of the Turbo spooling sounds 2x as nice without this sound dampening thing, but will this cause the hood to heat up more, and cause more heat under the hood then before?, or start to damage the paint on the hood
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You should be fine. I ran my FD's without any hood insulation for years with no problems. Well actually, they got burned off and I never bothered to replace them.
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Originally Posted by JoeyBalls,May 19 2008, 11:56 AM
but will this cause the hood to heat up more, and cause more heat under the hood then before?
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Originally Posted by jellyfish,May 19 2008, 07:19 PM
well, the insulation prevents heat from getting to the hood, and hold it in the engine bay. if anything, by removing it the hood can now act like a heat sink and carry heat out to the air above the engine bay.
all that does is to insulate the heat inside the engine bay.
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Originally Posted by Tolgahan Ures,May 21 2008, 04:36 PM
So removing the hood insulation is a good thing then ? Heat will escape faster ?
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Originally Posted by Spoolin,May 21 2008, 06:06 PM
Yes, because the stock hood is aluminum and will act like a heat sink and absorb and dispense the heat very quickly.
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From what I have read that it shouldn't really hurt the paint but I could be wrong. Don't remember where I read that either. I think that insulation is mainly for fire suppression it if bursts into flames. Didn't realize it would help get rid of heat. Maybe I'll take mine off too.