[DeTomaso] Heat Insulation-Engine Bay

[rcbsons1 at aol.com]

 Julian,
I have a can of the Amorall material.. it is black.. like the car
I am going to use it next time I go to the track.. I asked
the rep at the Good Guys show  if it will work with rocks flying at you when you
are going 140mph.. he said I think not.. but as we know
most of the rocks fly at you out of a turn.. not sure how
fast that rock is going if the wheels are spinning in front
of you plus your are heading towards it.. reminds me
of my old dirt bike days

The trick would be to be out front all the time
not the easiest thing to do 

Bob

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com>
To: rcbsons1 <rcbsons1 at aol.com>; De Tomaso List <detomaso at poca.com>; jtaphorn <jtaphorn at kingwoodcable.com>
Sent: Sun, Aug 4, 2013 10:02 pm
Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Heat Insulation-Engine Bay



Bob,


Have you considered clear bra to protect against the rock chips? There was a car at this years Fun Rally in Phoenix that was 3M clear bra wrapped all over the lower body. You can even get the stuff in an aerosol can now at the likes of Autozone and spray it on yourself.


Julian



> To: detomaso at poca.com; jtaphorn at kingwoodcable.com
> From: rcbsons1 at aol.com
> Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2013 00:18:38 -0400
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Heat Insulation-Engine Bay
> 
> 
> John,
> I have had a heat problem with my car for a number of
> years.. I though it may have been shinkage from 
> the primer but no so.
> 
> My car as you know has 180's... again a windsor
> so the layout is a little different from your cleveland
> no inner fender issues due to routing
> 
> So the car had a little mishap and I took it
> down to Tommy to fix along with resolving the
> backside of the roof and front side of the deck lid
> 
> He had several painters look at it and they all said
> it would happen again due to the heat... I told Tommy
> we don't see that with other guys running their cars
> He said most run them fat jetted and not as hard.. My
> car does run a little on the lean side but thats where the
> power comes on.. OK here comes the Email for Michael
> about jetting.. I run 98's in the secondaries and 94's in the
> primaries on a 830 Nacar Holley.. might be time to have
> a custom carb built for this like my Pontiac:)
> 
> He said we need to put more sheilds than the little SS one
> that we orginally had on it.. So there is sandwhich material
> with ss on both sides and an insulation material between that is
> under the roof now and under the deck lid.. the deck lid one 
> actually runs almost out to the front end... To be fair my car when
> he worked on the deck had about 14 coats of paint on it.. when
> we painted last time no stripping to bare metal as I wanted a
> cheapy and it is a race car.. so we think all the paint and some
> bondo up there helped the problem I had.. deck was stripped
> to bare metal and the flat deck needed hardly any bondo...
> Very straight and very clean again
> 
> We did talk about wrapping the headers and Tommy 
> stated the best way to rot your exhaust out.. not a good
> thing as 180's for windsors are no longer sold by the Vendors
> just ask my buddy Rich
> 
> I would say double layer is best with sandwich material between
> SS on the inner fender with Jeffs material on the back
> and don't run the damn thing too lean but you better run
> it hard!
> 
> Car looks great with front and rear decks redone,
> roof and side panels behind the door.. the rest of the
> car was good but not perfect.. again it is a race car
> but boy does it look great all fresh again
> It will be tough to get those first couple of rock chips
> thrown at it next time on the track
> And yes it will crack again if you push it hard even
> with the chassis braces,cage etc on it.. things just move
> around alot with the cheater slicks.. I mean Dot Road
> race tires.. Officer
> 
> I've been wanting to run it in the Optima challenge
> but you need a sponser or invite.. been bugging
> the guy in charge and he finally sent me an email
> back asking where I am campaining it next.. might
> have to run the hillclimb at Virgina City but we will
> see what he says.. Scott Black may know these guy
> Scott any help??
> 
> Bob Benson #3 Black Pantera
> 
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