Pages: [1] 
|
 |
|
 Author
|
Topic: Is under hood insulation really needed? (Read 422 times)
|
|
ValiantOne
|
This past weekend while walking around at a cruise in, my fiance' asked me why I didn't take that "NASTY" insulation off the under side of my hood. She pointed out that many of the cars with high end paint at the show didn't use such insulators.
My reply.........."ummmm I don't know why..........."
Is that insulator really necessary? Do I risk damaging the hood or paint without it? If not, why is it there in the first place?
Thanks,
Chris E.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Chris Evrard -76 Cordoba, 360 4bbl -68 Valiant, 273 2bbl -73 Dart, /6 1bbl, Leaning Tower of Power!!!  |
|
|
|
qkcuda
|
I think it's basically a sound deadener. I ripped mine out.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
Thin White Duke
Full Member
 Offline
Posts: 399
BigBlockDart.Com
|
Like stated, mainly for sound control. I could see it helping a small amount to preserve the paint. However, it retains and drop dirt on the engine. It looks bad.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
WildCat
|
I didn't have enough clearance for mine so it was one long enough to scuff the paint on the lid to the air cleaner on a trip to downtown indy for Mopars on the Circle
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
67 Dart Convertible "340" 4 speed, Custom Interior "Do It Again"
81 Imperial 14,000 miles, UNRESTORED
99 Plymouth Prowler "WildCat" custom paint, chrome wheels, grill & doorhandles
|
|
|
Jim_Lusk
Official BS King
Global Moderator
BBD God
Offline
Posts: 4853
A-bodies since 1978, this one since 1983
|
They accumulate oil and dirt. Then they become a fire hazard. I'll never keep one on a car.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
7903 posts on old board.
|
|
|
|
fasttcars
|
yeah i don't know anybody with high end or completly restored factory cars that actually retain that crap....it makes more of a mess then anything
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
NYrr496
|
your fiance is cool.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
It takes a Mopar to catch a Mopar.
|
|
|
|
ValiantOne
|
your fiance is cool.
  She is a super cool chick! Thanks |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Chris Evrard -76 Cordoba, 360 4bbl -68 Valiant, 273 2bbl -73 Dart, /6 1bbl, Leaning Tower of Power!!! |
|
|
|
mopowers
|
Yeah- toss that shit Chris. You won't even noticed it's gone.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
66 Dart GT: BB project. shooting for high 10's 2006 Dakota  |
|
|
DartGTDan
Jr. Member
Offline
Posts: 23
71 Dart GT (1 of 1255)
|
Mine came off when I added the twin scoops. The scoops are not functional right now, but may become that way someday. I don't recall if any of the twin scoop cars (functional or not) had the insulation. Anyone know for sure?  |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
1 of ~1255  |
|
|
hemi62valiant
Jr. Member
Offline
Posts: 44
BigBlockDart.Com
|
I thought they kept the paint from blistering.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Eddie Walker
|
|
|
Jim_Lusk
Official BS King
Global Moderator
BBD God
Offline
Posts: 4853
A-bodies since 1978, this one since 1983
|
The insulation was strictly there for sound deadening.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
7903 posts on old board.
|
|
|
|
That One Guy
|
Mine came off when I added the twin scoops. The scoops are not functional right now, but may become that way someday. I don't recall if any of the twin scoop cars (functional or not) had the insulation. Anyone know for sure? I think I might have seen some, but it's been a while |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
"I'm your Huckelberry"   |
|
|
|
jamesdart
|
if you really want to run it, might not be so bad to buy a new one but a couple of years of daily driver duty and that stuff is just nasty. my dad always used to yell a tme because every car i ever owned i ripped it out. he swore it saved the paint especially with headers. i kept telling my buddy to rip it off his firebird, he wouldnt. one day the plastic cheap shit oil line broke for the oil psi guage, it squirted hot oil on the headers and hood insulation. what a flaming mess. the car was saved but it would have been a lot better if it wasnt for the insulation.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Pages: [1] 
|
|
|
 |
