Transmission Tunnel Heat Wrap

War Eagle · 03-26-2009, 12:47 PM

Well it doesn't have the gold bling, but I did use DEI tunnel/heat shield for my FD:

http://www.designengineering.com/pro...sp?m=sp&pid=27

I called DEI and asked them what the best product would be to reduce exhaust temps inside the passenger side of my car. The recommended the heat shield product because it can withstand up to 1,750 degrees in temps and because the adhesive that holds it on is good up to 450 degrees.

So, I installed it on my car. Easy to do as you just trim it to your desired shape, peel off the plastic backing and then apply. As I have a Magnaflow muffler in my mid pipe, I was particularly concerned about this section so it was my area of concentration. Worked out great and my seat of the pants two hour drive says it does a nice job of controlling temps.

A few pics:

FYI, the undercoating material on the car is Quiet Coat (http://www.quietcoat.com/), the best product for eliminating noise from your car. It sprays on and reduces 2X the noise of Dynamat. It also weighs much much less.

albertomg · 05-12-2009, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by War Eagle

Well it doesn't have the gold bling, but I did use DEI tunnel/heat shield for my FD:

http://www.designengineering.com/pro...sp?m=sp&pid=27

I called DEI and asked them what the best product would be to reduce exhaust temps inside the passenger side of my car. The recommended the heat shield product because it can withstand up to 1,750 degrees in temps and because the adhesive that holds it on is good up to 450 degrees.

This is pretty attractive too since it includes a sound barrier.

Hmmm...

War Eagle · 05-14-2009, 06:22 AM

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Originally Posted by albertomg

This is pretty attractive too since it includes a sound barrier.

Hmmm...

Yes, and it works. I drove the car to DGRR last month. It's a 7.5 hour drive. The passenger side used to heat up nicely and you could definitely tell it was getting hotter over there than the driver's side. Not on this trip. The shield eliminated the heat issue completely. As for the sound barrier, my car is pretty quiet anyway as I have QuietCoat on the car (see above post) but my father-in-law and I both thought the noise was reduced even more.