Heat Shields in Engine Bay

66gtk · #1 (**permalink**) 11-14-2016, 02:54 PM

I realized that my 488 car is missing the heat shields ahead of the foot boxes that I've grown accustomed to on my other cars. I'd like to add them if this is a possibility at this stage (engine and exhaust is installed). Is this an easy procedure? Does it help to significantly keep the foot boxes from becoming heat soaked - especially in an under car exhaust application? I'm trying to keep the inside as cool as I can.

strictlypersonl · #2 (**permalink**) 11-15-2016, 06:26 AM

Installation shouldn't be too bad. The shields are attached on the tube in front of the brake-box and the foot-box rear face. You'll have to drill holes into both areas.

Akimbeau · #3 (**permalink**) 11-15-2016, 08:21 AM

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Originally Posted by strictlypersonl

Installation shouldn't be too bad. The shields are attached on the tube in front of the brake-box and the foot-box rear face. You'll have to drill holes into both areas.

What do these heat shields look like? Right now the front and sides of my foot boxes are covered with a thin aluminum adhesive heat shield. Some of it has burned away near the exhaust, damaging the fiberglass. I was thinking about fabricating and installing some aluminum panels with 1/4" spacers that would cover the front and wrap around to cover the side. Is this what your heat shields are?

Kim

66gtk · #4 (**permalink**) 11-15-2016, 08:27 AM

In this photo you can see them clearly ahead of the foot boxes. This would be in addition to what you already have Kim. I'm curious how effective they really are to keep heat out of the cockpit. My car already has custom titanium panels fabricated around the front and medial side of the footboxes, but not the horizontal areas that must be "deflecting" header heat back down through the fins? I'd be curious as to the real word benefit of these if anybody has any experience.

My car is now under-car exhaust so I'm trying to cool things down as much as possible. I'm also considering the idea of the triangular exhaust vents in the front wheel wells. Not sure of the benefit with under car exhaust here either.

Thank you Bob for your reply (:

Troy

DanEC · #5 (**permalink**) 11-15-2016, 11:16 AM

I assume the pass side shield doesn't work with the engine compartment mounted battery.

66gtk · #6 (**permalink**) 11-15-2016, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by DanEC

I assume the pass side shield doesn't work with the engine compartment mounted battery.

My 472 car had both (:

Akimbeau · #7 (**permalink**) 11-15-2016, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by 66gtk

In this photo you can see them clearly ahead of the foot boxes. This would be in addition to what you already have Kim. I'm curious how effective they really are to keep heat out of the cockpit. My car already has custom titanium panels fabricated around the front and medial side of the footboxes, but not the horizontal areas that must be "deflecting" header heat back down through the fins? I'd be curious as to the real word benefit of these if anybody has any experience.

My car is now under-car exhaust so I'm trying to cool things down as much as possible. I'm also considering the idea of the triangular exhaust vents in the front wheel wells. Not sure of the benefit with under car exhaust here either.

Thank you Bob for your reply (:

Troy

Thanks for the pic Troy. I like the shields...I'll call Peter and see if they make them for the 289, save me some fabricating.

Kim

DanEC · #8 (**permalink**) 11-15-2016, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by 66gtk

My 472 car had both (:

Do you have a picture of it by chance. Hard for me to visualize how it and the battery would fit there. Did you have a battery cut off also?

66gtk · #9 (**permalink**) 11-15-2016, 04:20 PM

battery essentially sits on the foot box so...

DanEC · #10 (**permalink**) 11-16-2016, 07:17 AM

OK - the earlier cars must have had a lower foot box. On 782 my battery is down in front of the foot box and behind the inner wheel well sitting on a separate bracket. Maybe they changed it when they added the tube brace from the cowl to the front suspension upright.

66gtk · #11 (**permalink**) 11-16-2016, 07:32 AM

Hopefully this helps Dan.

DanEC · #12 (**permalink**) 11-16-2016, 08:59 AM

It does - that is a lot different from #782. I hadn't noticed that before.

Thanks Troy

I finally paid the ransom to Photobucket and got my hostage photos released. Man - 550 plus photos and not one clearly shows the battery location. But if you enlarge this or peer at it very closely you can see the battery in front of the foot box. I don't know if ERA has a shield for this configuration or not. Bob doesn't seem to be volunteering anything on it.