[Healeys] Thermacels

[HealeyRick]

Neil,

Thanks for the compliment.  As you can see, I took a belt, suspenders,
rope and duct tape approach to insulation.  I can tell you it seems to have
worked as my feet weren't blistered after 40 miles of driving on a 90 degree
day.  I can't tell you which one of the insulating products was responsible,
or whether they all were in combination.  The thermacel paint I only did on
the interior as my car had been undercoated from new.  If I had bare
floorpans, I would've coated both sides.  One of the big things to look at is
to make sure there's no leaks coming in from the engine compartment to the
interior.  Try shining a worklight in the engine compartment and see if you
can see any gaps in the interior.

 
Rick


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________________________________
 From: Neil Blackshire
<neilblackshire at gmail.com>
To: 'HealeyRick' <healeyrick at yahoo.com>;
'healeylist' <healeys at autox.team.net> 
Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2012 8:36 AM
Subject: RE: [Healeys] LBCs
 
Hello Rick, 
I love the car, we don't get that
many V8's in Spain let alone healey V8's.
I am interested in the part of your
story about trying to keep cool whilst
driving your car. Did you paint the
thermacels mix just onto the underside
of the car or in the interior as well
before glueing on the insulation
sheet? My healey 3000 has a different cam and
a six into 1 manifold which
gives off a lot of heat.I have bound the manifold
and put insulation sheet
inside the car, but it's loose and not fitted and
glued down like you have
done. The interior still gets really hot which isn't
much fun with
temperatures sometimes getting up to the high 30's. 
I am
thinking of doing the same to my car, so does the inside of the car
still get
hot or has your work really made a difference.
Thanks
Neil