I should have included the following in my original post:
www.thermotec.com/barrier.html
This could be the same stuff your friend in Sydney is using. It's sold
by a number of performance parts suppliers.
One solution I was contemplating when I owned my Healey was what I call
the Studebaker modification. Late '40s/early 50s Studdies had little
flaps on their sides just behind the front fenders that could be opened
to admit fresh air into the driver's and front passenger's side area.
Studebackers of this vintage were dirt cheap in the early 60s because
they considered to be old junkers. $25 was about the going rate. If
transferring these flaps to a Healey would had been easier, I probably
would have done it.
Roland
>
> Bill / Roland / et al (not sure about the last bit as majordomo doesn't seem
>to
> like my postings any more)....
>
> I've copied this to John Dowsett, who specialises in restoring Austin-Healeys
> down here in Sydney. I know that he has recently put some heat shielding
>into
> a racing Healey to assist in reducing the combined effects of Australian sun
> and racing conditions - so maybe he can help.
>
> Regards....Andrew "Axeman" Pursey
> ....1955 Morris Oxford, 1956 Morris Isis, 1958 MGA+, 2000 Land Rover
>Discovery
> V8
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roland Dudley [SMTP:cobra@scs.agilent.com]
> Subject: Re: advice on heat in cockpit of bj8
>
> Ah, this brings back some not so fond memories of driving my old Healey
> in the So-Cal desert in 100+F heat with the damned heater on to keep the
> engine from over heating. Driving with tennies on invited toe scorch.
>
> As it happens, I'm contemplating something similar for my snake which
> can get pretty unbearable in hot weather because the mufflers are only
> about an inch below the sheet aluminum floor pans. But my car's cockpit
> heat is tepid compared to that for a big-block Cobra, so I'm following
> the suggested solution some owners of these car have used fairly
> effectively. There is a material available called Thermo-Tec. It's a
> reflective heat shield that comes in 10 sq ft rolls. It's not cheap at
> $82/roll, but it's relatively thin, durable and can be applied to the
> outside surfaces with contact cement. I'm going to attach this stuff to
> the bottoms of the floor pans and to the under sides of the transmission
> hump. You can buy much cheaper stuff from a building supply store, but
> Thermo-Tec is thinner, of better quality, and much less fragile.
>
> Roland
>
> >
> > Any advice on reducing heat in cockpit for BJ8 would be appreciated, I've
> > been told to insulate the middle console over the trans, and underneath
> > driver's seat , and fire wall (kits are available?)...
> >
> > thanks
> > Bill B
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