hood insulation??

[olymaster]

the insullation on the underside of my hood has seen better days. is this stuff needed or can i safely remove it and be ov without it?
i see pictures of cars with out and see pictures of cars with
whats the deal my car is my daily driver.

 

[PuterAmI]

Remove it if you are not in a concours restoration. It helps with engine compartment noise only. I haven't had any on either of my daily drivers for many years.

 

[olymaster]

so it wont mess up the paint on the hood with extra heat or what not?

 

[bluray]

so it wont mess up the paint on the hood with extra heat or what not?

That's what I heard, that the heat can come thru and mess up the paint withoutthe insulation in place. I hope I am wrong cause it looks way cooler without the stuff. Anyone confirm this?

 

[TrickFlow]

I dont know if this will help, but aftermarket fiberglass hoods dont have/require it, so i wouldnt think your metal hood would kill the paint from the heat.

 

[wazazzle]

i tossed mine out, might be a little louder inside though. but don't really need it.

 

[PuterAmI]

so it wont mess up the paint on the hood with extra heat or what not?

Nope, nada, toss it.

Again, I have had mine gone for several years. Look in the below URL. That was a few weeks ago and it took first place in that show. Nothing wrong with the paint there...

http://pics.huntsvillecarscene.com/events/05051401.B/P5140809.JPG

 

[89MustangGX]

SSP cars didn't come with it, many other cars (and trucks) did't come with them either -- it's purely for sound deadening.

 

[olymaster]

ok well shes getting ripped out

 

[Curse]

I heard it was suppose to be fire resistant, so if there was ever a fire the clips holding the insulation on would melt and the insulation would smother the fire. Don’t really see how it would do that, is there and truth to that?? I took mine out by the way.

 

[cjman15]

Took mine out too... disconnected the engine light with it... looked really out of place just hanging there with that wire running down my hood...haha looks 10 times better w/o tha insulation

 

[89MustangGX]

I heard it was suppose to be fire resistant, so if there was ever a fire the clips holding the insulation on would melt and the insulation would smother the fire. Don’t really see how it would do that, is there and truth to that?? I took mine out by the way.

Zero truth.

 

[Daggar]

If you're looking for fire suppression, I've seen bottles on various websites with cockpit pull cables where you can run nozzles into the engine bay. What I haven't seen, is a whole lot of call for them on daily drivers.

 

[Curse]

Zero truth.

I figured that, just something I had heard.

Daggar, my friend with a 9 sec Nova has a system like that. If I had the money, I would get something like that since I am afraid of fire.

My dad never lets me live down the first time I swapped an intake on a 69 Impala. He had a spacer on the carb, well I put the gasket that goes on the intake to spacer but forgot to put the gasket that goes from the spacer to the carb. Gas leaked, fire started. My dad was calm and was about to smother the fire with his shirt, what do I do? I run out of nowhere with a shovel full of dirt and throw it on an open crab.

 

[TrickFlow]

My dad was calm and was about to smother the fire with his shirt, what do I do? I run out of nowhere with a shovel full of dirt and throw it on an open crab.

holy geez!

 

[1991GreeNLX]

think you maybe alright with out it its up to you

 

[olymaster]

its out looks great hood didnt really get any hotter without than it did with either

 

[Scorcher2005]

I figured that, just something I had heard.

Daggar, my friend with a 9 sec Nova has a system like that. If I had the money, I would get something like that since I am afraid of fire.

My dad never lets me live down the first time I swapped an intake on a 69 Impala. He had a spacer on the carb, well I put the gasket that goes on the intake to spacer but forgot to put the gasket that goes from the spacer to the carb. Gas leaked, fire started. My dad was calm and was about to smother the fire with his shirt, what do I do? I run out of nowhere with a shovel full of dirt and throw it on an open crab.

heh, dummy. anyways, what did you have to do to clean it all?

 

[Curse]

heh, dummy. anyways, what did you have to do to clean it all?

I had to yank everything I had just installed, plus the heads. Hey, I was only 13 at the time.