My hood insulation looks very ratty, and I am not sure where to find a new one. Is it okay to just take it down and drive it without the hood insulation. What is it's exact purpose anyway? Thanks!
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Yup just rip it out, nothing will happen, just becareful of the under hood light when you rip it out, you don't wanna rip that out too. The only diffrence you'll notice is the engine noise. The main reason for the blanket is a sound deadner and if a fire occurs it covers the engine sed putting out fire, I usually rip all of mine out because. 1. they keep the motor hot in the summer. 2. they can cause a fire when they get older from being covered in oil and such engine fluids. 3. when they get all loose and hangy they can get caught in the belts....
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~David~
My 1987 Crown Victoria Coupe: The Brown Blob
My 2004 Mercedes Benz E320:The Benz
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Originally posted by gadget73
my car starts and it has AC. Yours doesn't start and it has no AC. Seems obvious to me.
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What they said. The grease blanket is not useful for fire supression anymore.86 Lincoln Town Car (Galactica).
5.0 HO, CompCams XE258,Scorpion 1.72 roller rockers, 3.55 K code rear, tow package, BHPerformance ported E7 heads, Tmoss Explorer intake, 65mm throttle body, Hedman 1 5/8" headers, 2.5" dual exhaust, ASP underdrive pulley
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if i put dynamat on it and than the insulator will the car be alot quiter from the inside also thinking about sound dendening the whole floor cause mufflers have alot of resonancesigpic1986 Crown Victoria 302 Cold Air,Mac Shorty headers, Full Dual Exhaust with Super Forty Flows, Wagon Suspension with a Full Sound System Replacement 1/4 time 17.486 @ 77.43mphComment
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Awe, there is one on Ebay - I will have to consider that. For now, I will just remove it and have the underside of the hood go naked for now. Thanks!Comment
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I actually asked this on here like last week, and then tore mine out. Sounds a little better and looks a hell of a lot cleaner under there. Fuckin' thing was a fire hazard, imo..it was so greasy and grimysigpic
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From my thunderbird Club
Thought I would share this site with you guys. This Guy makes new Hood Insulators and are VERY NICELY done..... check it out.
He does CV & GM's and much more, here's his site for you guys.
Jeff B.My 90 Colony Park...All Stock/ My 89 T-Bird SuperCoupe...Modded
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How good is that ebay one? Mine droops and touches the engine or something cause its made a hole.88 MGM 5.0 stockComment
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