macrafic
Well Known Member
For those of you who have read Dan Horton's testing of firewall materials and have implemented his suggestions, I have a couple of questions.
1. Dan suggests attaching the "sandwiched blanket" mechanically. How did you do that? safety wire? nuts/bolts/rivets? secured by all the "stuff" that attaches to the firewall (battery, contactors, etc.)?
2. Is the integrity of the "sandwiched blanket" compromised by compression? i.e. should standoffs be used to attach all the firewall "stuff" so the blanket is not compressed, or is compression OK.
3. Seems to me that the very thin SS covering would be extremely subject to puncturing/tearing/etc. while working on the engine. I guess I am thinking of aluminum foil. Is the SS tougher than I am thinking?
4. Did you put this on the firewall before, or after you put the engine mount on? Common sense would indicate to me that before is better.
Getting ready to mount my engine this winter. Need to get these types of tasks understood and ready!!! Thanks.
1. Dan suggests attaching the "sandwiched blanket" mechanically. How did you do that? safety wire? nuts/bolts/rivets? secured by all the "stuff" that attaches to the firewall (battery, contactors, etc.)?
2. Is the integrity of the "sandwiched blanket" compromised by compression? i.e. should standoffs be used to attach all the firewall "stuff" so the blanket is not compressed, or is compression OK.
3. Seems to me that the very thin SS covering would be extremely subject to puncturing/tearing/etc. while working on the engine. I guess I am thinking of aluminum foil. Is the SS tougher than I am thinking?
4. Did you put this on the firewall before, or after you put the engine mount on? Common sense would indicate to me that before is better.
Getting ready to mount my engine this winter. Need to get these types of tasks understood and ready!!! Thanks.