Underhood fire blanket

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Underhood fire blanket

August 17, 2005, 07:16:56 PM

does anyone make these for the 87-88 turbo coupes?

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Reply #1 – August 17, 2005, 07:43:58 PM

I think you mean the hood insulation. It does not really do much in the way of fire help, but maybe a little. The guys at NATO can attest to the fact they are not available anymore. Many have looked and tried having some fabbed up, although I dunno how serious the attempt were. There is a place that makes one for the regular bird http://www.classiquecars.com/thunderbirdhoodpadscart.htm
and sometimes the regular bird ones pop up on ebay. Both are aftermarket ones that differ from OE. You could trim one to fit. A few NATO guys have done this. I'd like to see someone offer them for regular and turbo cars but doubt it will happen.

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Reply #2 – August 17, 2005, 08:28:19 PM

well thanks anyways

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Reply #3 – August 17, 2005, 09:22:09 PM

I've wondered if we can make them from the silver colored, reflective insulation from someone like JC Whitney? I know I saw pic's of someone's car here with this in the trunk, primarily for show or a noise damper I would imagine, but don't know of anyone trying it under the hood. They advertise it as being suitable for this application, and it would have to be trimmed to fit, obviously.

Dave

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Reply #4 – August 17, 2005, 11:09:24 PM

is there a way to remove one from a hood and reinstall it? never really looked close at mine.

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Reply #5 – August 18, 2005, 04:00:13 AM

It has push pins with a large head that push through and sort of lock through the hood support braces. It can be removed very easily, but the push pins will almost always break. Raise the hood and look for the round plastic caps along the outer edge and a few through the center. I believe you can use a small pry bar, or a claw hammer to pull them out. Be careful because the material that the insulation is made with will rip fairly easily also. I found some push pins with the nuts and bolts at my local farm supply store a few weeks ago that would probably work to put it back on with.

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Reply #6 – August 19, 2005, 05:49:31 PM

I have that reflective from JC Whitney under mine (but I can't show you a pic since the car is still in Minnesota until my parents swap me back in a week or so) and I'm ready to rip it back out. Looks tacky and doesn't stay up that well. Plus (since its obviously reflective) its a little bit warmed under the hood...especially on very hot days.