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F430 Rear Drive shaft Heat Shields
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Tackleberry
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On my "to do" list sir :thumbsup:
Those and other items coming soon................
Those and other items coming soon................
RichardCH
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Tackleberry you are THE man! btw this is what my refurbished key looks like, thanks to Aliexpress
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RichardCH
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I am thinking about drilling out the rivets and using a motorbike exhaust heat shield
Tackleberry
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Nice one on the Fob :thumbsup:
Given the location and the fact they are in an enclosed engine compartment the shields really need to be made from proper heat shield material.
There a few ways to do that, and something I'm looking at for my products.
As these things deteriorate with age (mostly down to the hostile environment) and good quality replacement is in order. As such I'm looking at doing replacements for all the common heat shields in the engine bay, along with a few additional ones for certain there areas - See Image 3.
Images 1&2
For starters I've been replacing the nasty rusty steel brackets that hold the Cat / Airbox heat shields.
I have made these from Aluminium, and backed them up with washers on the opposite side as from the factory it's just the rivets, and the heads pull through the ali shields and loose their security leaving the shields to wobble around.
Image 3
Also a prototype of heat shield for the Engine Mounts.
Regardless of whether your Manifolds are themselves shielded or not, it's still huge heat source directly above those rubber mounts.
When I replaced my Mounts last year I noticed the rubber of the old - and original - ones had deteriorated as much from the heat from above as general wear and tear. Consequently the rubber softens, then cracks and perishes which results in a loss of integrity, then splits and eventual failure.
So to combat that I've fabricated some shields to sit over the Mounts and at least deflect most of the radiant heat away for the rubber.
Production ones may well be larger and have a deeper skirt, but as it these prototypes are better than nothing at all.
Given the location and the fact they are in an enclosed engine compartment the shields really need to be made from proper heat shield material.
There a few ways to do that, and something I'm looking at for my products.
As these things deteriorate with age (mostly down to the hostile environment) and good quality replacement is in order. As such I'm looking at doing replacements for all the common heat shields in the engine bay, along with a few additional ones for certain there areas - See Image 3.
Images 1&2
For starters I've been replacing the nasty rusty steel brackets that hold the Cat / Airbox heat shields.
I have made these from Aluminium, and backed them up with washers on the opposite side as from the factory it's just the rivets, and the heads pull through the ali shields and loose their security leaving the shields to wobble around.
Image 3
Also a prototype of heat shield for the Engine Mounts.
Regardless of whether your Manifolds are themselves shielded or not, it's still huge heat source directly above those rubber mounts.
When I replaced my Mounts last year I noticed the rubber of the old - and original - ones had deteriorated as much from the heat from above as general wear and tear. Consequently the rubber softens, then cracks and perishes which results in a loss of integrity, then splits and eventual failure.
So to combat that I've fabricated some shields to sit over the Mounts and at least deflect most of the radiant heat away for the rubber.
Production ones may well be larger and have a deeper skirt, but as it these prototypes are better than nothing at all.
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