I believe Racers Wholesale has Thermotek insulation in their catalog..
I don't have it in front of me (I'm in the office) but will try to
provide a telephone number here on the list when I get home.
(It's a great catalog, if you don't get it you should!)
JS
Bowen, Patrick A wrote:
>
> The company that made the insulation in Tim's Spitfire is Thermotech in my
> hometown of Ashland Ohio. Unfortuneatly they do not deal directly to the
> public, only to distributors, OEM's, Govt, Race Teams, and Magazines (for
> publicity) I don't remember the number but you can call them and they will
> tell you the closest distributor to them. I have found you can find theri
> stuff in almost any car parts store that sells performance equipment
> (sometimes it has to be looked up in the catalogs)
> Enjoy
>
> Patrick Bowen
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tommy Morris [mailto:morris@tmed.tatrc.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 1999 11:46 AM
> To: 'Bradley D. Richardson'; Triumph Spitfire Mail List
> Subject: Re: transmission tunnel
>
> Brad,
>
> There was a great article in Grassroots Motorsports on insulating the tunnel
> cover in the Ro-Spitfire that Tim Suddard was working on. I saw the
> Ro-Spitfire at import Carlisle and I was very impressed with how the
> Transmission cover was cool to the touch after the car was ran for awhile
> (The Rotary exhaust gets to be around 1600 degrees).....I believe Tim POP
> riveted the new insulation in. I don't recall the company that had the
> product but you can e-mail Tim at grmtim@aol.com or get a copy of the
> July/August issue.
>
> Hope this helps
>
> Cheers,
> Tommy
>
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Bradley D. Richardson [mailto:brichard@us.oracle.com]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 1999 11:59 AM
> > > To: Triumph Spitfire Mail List
> > > Subject: transmission tunnel
> > >
> > > Need some advice. My transmission tunnel needs replacement, I have the
> > > replacement ABS plastic tunnel on order, should be here in a few days.
> > >
> > > The current tunnel has an insulation pad stapled to the interior of it.
> > > I'm told the new one doesn't come with the pad. Any thoughts out there
> > > on how to install the pad on the new tunnel in a way that it won't fall
> > > out. Stapling through the plastic doesn't seem a good option, and
> > > gluing doesn't seem stable enough.
> > >
> > > Brad Richardson
> > > 79 spitfire
> > > Portland, Oregon
> >
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