 Rear trunk floor pan installation, Heat shield necessary? |
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| Jgilliam914 |
 Apr 11 2013, 07:34 PM
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After seeing all the work people have done to make their cars as rust free as possible. I decided to do my part. The rear trunk floor pan was " repaired " when I got the flares installed 28 years ago. I thought the body man had removed the original metal and replaced it with a flat piece just slightly above it. When in reality he just welded a piece over the top and left the original pan in place. Although it has stayed dry for these past few years I couldn't allow myself to continue without tearing out the original and the " fix ". So today I get the replacement part from restoration design and have it 90% installed and welded up.
The question I have is the heat shield. Is it needed to provide it's original use to keep heat out of the trunk or is it added weight? |
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| JimN73 |
Apr 11 2013, 08:03 PM
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the heat shield deflects a phenomenal amount of hear. If we could figure out how to capture it, we could all put in headers and get rid of the old heat exchangers.
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Apr 11 2013, 09:18 PM
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Winner of the Utah Twisted Joint Award Group: Members Posts: 3,472 Joined: 3-June 11 From: Madison, WI Member No.: 13,152 Region Association: Upper MidWest 
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QUOTE(JimN73 @ Apr 11 2013, 06:03 PM)  the heat shield deflects a phenomenal amount of hear. If we could figure out how to capture it, we could all put in headers and get rid of the old heat exchangers. Any ideas about finding replacements? Mine is rusting out. |
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Jgilliam914 Rear trunk floor pan installation Apr 11 2013, 07:34 PM
914Sixer A BIG YES ! Keep the heat shield. Apr 11 2013, 07:38 PM Black22 The PO of my car cut the heat shield in half for a... Apr 11 2013, 09:25 PM Jeff Hail Go find a wrecked late model Nissan Altima, Honda ... Apr 11 2013, 10:29 PM
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Go find a wrecked late model Nissan Altima, Honda... Apr 12 2013, 09:54 AM Spoke I removed the heat shield to repair the trunk floo... Apr 12 2013, 03:42 AM rudedude my 70 4 cyl never had one, the 6 does. Did karmann... Apr 12 2013, 08:10 AM 914Sixer Most of the early 70's year model 4 and 6 had ... Apr 12 2013, 08:14 AM mepstein Any idea how much one really weighs? Apr 12 2013, 11:37 AM Krieger Mine has been gone for years. No problems, but no... Apr 12 2013, 11:49 AM Jeff Hail I just tossed a rusty one in the trash. More like ... Apr 12 2013, 11:57 AM |
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