Hood Insulation

[JohnZ]

I don't think the insulation was really for heat or sound as much as it was for fire. If you engine caught on fire the theory was plastic clips would melt and it would fall on engine and put out fire. Atleast that was what I was always told.

That seems to be a popular "internet legend", but it's incorrect; the insulation was intended as a sound deadener, just as it was on premium steel cars.

 

[myrddin]

first off post that is one nice car (post 17) second off I see he has the wiper bay cover... is that the some one listed on Zip?
73-82 WIPER COMPARTMENT COVER Corvette Parts and Accessories - Zip Corvette

thanks

 

[82ColEd]

first off post that is one nice car (post 17) second off I see he has the wiper bay cover... is that the some one listed on Zip?
73-82 WIPER COMPARTMENT COVER Corvette Parts and Accessories - Zip Corvette

thanks

Send him a PM, he has since joined the CAC, his name is Gerry and runs under HER-82 here (and there).


-Stefan

 

[oceangal]

I bought that wiper cover from Ecklers, it goes on so easy I did it all by myself! Ecklers sure ships fast. If you need anything quick thats the place to go.

 

[Vettehead Mikey]

That seems to be a popular "internet legend", but it's incorrect; the insulation was intended as a sound deadener, just as it was on premium steel cars.

So it wasn't designed to protect Mother Earth from global warming either? Algore will never sleep again.

 

[Mac]

So it wasn't designed to protect Mother Earth from global warming either? Algore will never sleep again.

I'm absolutely okay with that.

-Mac