Hi Everyone,
I've been away from the Cobra for some time now and thought it was time to make some progress. I purchased some
ACL heat shielding from my local Coventry's.
It looks like nice and easy material to work with... just concerned that there is a catch like you need a coating over the top or underneath etc. Everything I've read says you don't and you just bolt it straight in.
From what I've read and talking to ACL, I should be able to use this in the engine bay as well as the firewall and gearbox tunnel with no trouble. Then follow this up by a couple of fibreflass insulation bats on the chassis under the seat and footwell area before the body goes back on.
Finish up with something like Dynamat in the footwells.
I've got a GForce kit.
First question is, do you think that this will be sufficient heat shielding or should I be looking at aluminium for the engine bay? I've noticed that quite a few people have gone down the track of aluminium or stainless steel.
Second question is that I noticed that a few folks are using dynamat (or equivalent) throughout the car... installing into the boot etc. Is this worth doing?
Any thoughts or comments would be very much appreciated.
I can see why building these things takes a while... if you are a noob to car building there's a lot to learn.
Cheers all and have a great weekend!
Adam.