stlboarder said:What would I have to do to make my hood scoop functional on my '03 GT?
Ryan's 02 GT said:I was told once that the padding was a safte feature. In the event of an engine fire it is suposed to drop off the hood and assist in smuthering the flames? Not sure but with all the Govt. mandated safety features it sounds possible. Anyone know if this is true?
2000BLKGT said:The material under the hood = for absorbing sound
It is NOT any sort of fire blanket...and it does NOT stop engine heat from making your paint peel. If anyone spews that garbage with confidence...they're likely in a showroom trying to sell you the car.
Go park a black car out in the sun on a 100 degree day and measure the temperature on the surface of the hood...and the paint isn't melting.
CDC used to offer kits to make the GT hood scoop functional, with a tunnel running to the airbox...I posted questions about this like 4+ years ago....the conclusion from those who did it..."save your money...all it does is leak".
git-it-83 said:Good for you. Take yours off and then get back to us on how long your paint survives.
It doesn't make it peel, it bakes it into a nice faded has-been color that has no shine and doesn't respond to polishing.
git-it-83 said:Good for you. Take yours off and then get back to us on how long your paint survives.
It doesn't make it peel, it bakes it into a nice faded has-been color that has no shine and doesn't respond to polishing.
2000BLKGT said:Go ask a Ford engineer!
It's a fuggin tactic that the Sales dept made up (re: the fire blanket BS). Typical crap that they like to spew to convince the customer that "the car will save you".
As for the paint fading...that's funny...I hang with some of the nicest show Stangs I've ever seen...many of them have been showcased in MM&FF...not only do they NOT have the material under their hoods...they also have custom paint on the underside. And many are daily drivers too. No hood insulator...no paint fading.
I've got a 9 year old Cavalier too...no hood insulator...no paint fade. I've also got a 1990 Morgan +8...no hood insulator...no paint fade...and the Morgan runs hot like a Mofo with barely any hood clearance around the big V8...15 years old...not even a clearcoat paint job and no fading.
The material is there for sound absorbtion...nothing more...nothing less.
I'm leaving mine in place right now cause it looks better than the underside of the stock hood...chances are an aftermarket hood happen sooner or later...and it'll have custom paint on the underside with no worries.
jstreet0204 said:You are buying into the hype as well. I can guarantee that the hood wilthout that blanket does not get as hot as the inner fenderwells next to my headers, and the paint on them is as shiny as it was brand new.
ponysarepretty said:I doubt the engine makes that much heat. If so, then you would expect a lot of the rubber pieces under the hood to melt before your hood paint. Also a black car left in 100 degree heat would be much worse than driving it without the stupid padding.
git-it-83 said:As for the paint fade, best of luck to you, but I've seen a '88 GMC pickup fade, a '96 Chebby half ton hood fade, a '97 half ton Dodge hood fade: all owned by an idiot friend who didn't want the ugly thing under his hood. Well, he's got more ugly problems now. Enjoy your cars and just remember they are yours and it's your money.
jstreet0204 said:He should have waxed them more often. oxidation will fade the paint long before underhood heat will.
git-it-83 said:Measure your underhood temperatures with a thermocouple and get back to us.......kthanks.
jstreet0204 said:Why don't the inner fender wells fade next the the exhaust?
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