[Roadsters] body-to-muffler gapping, 1" required

[Dan Kroninger]

The heat shield should be curved, and probably made of aluminum.  This should
both collect the heat before getting to the bottom of the car, as well as help
dissipate it.

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On Apr 10, 2012, at 12:14 PM, "Tim" <tputland at charter.net> wrote:

> my muffler has a heat shield on it and that is basically right up against
the body. I have not noticed any issues and have sat in Chicago interstate
traffic in this Roadster in teh middle of summer for hours barely moving.
>
> Am I not having melting issues becuase of the heat shield? Seems awful close
(touching the body in one spot) to me. Am I just lucky?
> tim
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 10:33 AM, O'Farrell, Fergus P (AS) wrote:
>
>> Not to belabor this painful subject, but I also had the "blister the
carpet"
>> scenario when I had exhaust work done way back when.
>> Luckily, there was a roadster-folk get-together soon after, and when I
>> mentioned it, Les Cannaday promptly said "Minimum 1" gap required, go back
and
>> get it done ASAP".
>>
>> The muffler shop did it no problem, no charge.
>>
>> Never knew how lucky I was until the video of recent events.  While rolling
it
>> is probably no big deal, but stop-and-go traffic means a lot of time to
heat
>> soak.
>> (same thing we found with composite driveshafts at my old job, it wasn't
high
>> performance driving that would overheat them, it was the drive-up window
at
>> McD's)
>>
>> Peter, I have an old center console in the garage, although it is without
the
>> foam (tin only).  I recovered mine in leather without the foam (using a
pair
>> of women's leather pants from the Goodwill store, cheapest upholstery
material
>> I've ever bought!) so let me know if you want it, or if you want to come
down
>> we can recover it some weekend.
>>
>> Fergus O
>> PS: saw a Fiat 850 coupe on the freeway on Saturday, and fell in love.
>> Obscenely tiny, makes a roadster look like  '64 caddy !
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