[Mg-t] Heat Deflector

[Lawrie Alexander]

Stu,

Hot rod shops sell a cloth exhaust wrap which comes in a roll approx. 2" 
wide. This really does keep the heat in the pipe (I've used it on headers 
and it has noticeably reduced under-hood temperatures) so you could try 
wrapping the pipe with that stuff. Jet-Hot coating does the same thing (I've 
touched a Jet-hot coated exhaust header with my hand and not been burned) 
but that's a lot more expensive.

Lawrie Alexander
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stuart Keen" <simbafish at comcast.net>
To: "MG" <mg-t at autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 7:13 PM
Subject: [Mg-t] Heat Deflector


> My girlfriend says the heat from the exhaust pipe coming through the floor
> board of the TD on the passenger side is almost intolerable. I am trying 
> to
> convince her that we should join the  Rallye to Reno 2011 next June, but 
> the
> heat problem has to be convincingly fixed first. I have incorporated the
> following  but all together they have been insufficient
>
> 1. I laid between the carpet and the floorboard a sheet of asbestos cloth
> (such as that used on the underside of the bonnet by some)
> 2. I mounted  under the car on the passenger side a 1.5 ft sq sheet of
> aluminum one half inch away from the floorboard (thus allowing air flow 
> and
> hopefully some shielding from the hot exhaust pipe below).
> 3.  I installed down by the feet a small 6 inch whisper fan (such as used 
> in
> electronic equipment).
>
> I am open to suggestions. Hopefully someone has come up with a viable
> solution that has actually been tested. I can think of nothing else (other
> than moving the exhaust pipe to the driver9s side and that9s out of the
> question).
>
> Any and all ideas will be appreciated.
>
> Stu Keen
> 1951 MGTD Mk II
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