.... Home made Heat Shield ..... good? ..ok? or Toss it?

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Old Dec 13, 2006 | 01:29 PM
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Just like the title says... This is my first attempt on making a heat shield for my car with some left over sheet metal...I plan to cut a hole on the top towards the head so i can have access to the oil dip stick... HOwz it look?



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Old Dec 13, 2006 | 01:31 PM
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Looks like a nice shield. And it hides the SSauto mani
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Old Dec 13, 2006 | 01:31 PM
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Yeah, how did you hook it up?
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Old Dec 13, 2006 | 01:34 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by splitime &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Looks like a nice shield. And it hides the SSauto mani </TD></TR></TABLE>

LOL thats what im goin for!...

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by CBURKE &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Yeah, how did you hook it up?</TD></TR></TABLE>

its connected to the radiator with those 2 boltz
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Old Dec 13, 2006 | 01:45 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by PhantomX &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

LOL thats what im goin for!...

</TD></TR></TABLE>mission accomplished.
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Old Dec 13, 2006 | 02:01 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by splitime &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Looks like a nice shield. And it hides the SSauto mani </TD></TR></TABLE>

that's what i thought when i first saw it. lol way to hide the shame
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Old Dec 13, 2006 | 02:05 PM
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pretty nice, wanna make me one
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Old Dec 13, 2006 | 02:31 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by undercoverdc2 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

that's what i thought when i first saw it. lol way to hide the shame </TD></TR></TABLE>

haha yea.. i know there Crap but i got mine checked and bored by Phil (spoolin) himself.... itz been holding up real well for the past 6monthz.. no problems..
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Old Dec 13, 2006 | 04:20 PM
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Its bad when the sheet metal heat shield cost more then the turbo manifold its covering up!
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Old Dec 13, 2006 | 05:35 PM
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good job nice shield....
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Old Dec 13, 2006 | 08:35 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 1Bar GSR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Its bad when the sheet metal heat shield cost more then the turbo manifold its covering up!</TD></TR></TABLE>

oh no you didn't!
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Old Dec 13, 2006 | 08:54 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 1Bar GSR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Its bad when the sheet metal heat shield cost more then the turbo manifold its covering up!</TD></TR></TABLE>

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Old Dec 14, 2006 | 07:05 PM
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Default Re: .... Home made Heat Shield ..... good? ..ok? or Toss it? (IT'S ME DAVID)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ProjectDarkBlack &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">oh no you didn't! </TD></TR></TABLE>

I say what everyone is thinking =D
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