[V8Vairs] Engine Covers

[Rick & Janet Norris]

That is the way I made my top lid, from plywood with a aluminum sheet cover
on the hot side under the insulation mostly for fire resistance.

> Ryan-
> The original Crown covers were made of fiberglass and left the insulation
up
> to the owner.
>
> I have a streetrod and made a firewall out of a specialty piece of
plywood.
> It is plywood that is made with a thin sheet of alumnium on both sides. It
> is about one inch thick. The aluminum reflects heat away and the one inch
of
> wood insulates pretty well. Even with the engine compartment hot you can't
> feel any heat on the other side. My father got the plywood at work (in
1976)
> but I don't know where you could find it now.
>
> If you go with the original style fiberglass I would recommend some rigid
> foam on the "cool" side of the f-glass. There are also various bubblewrap
> style insulators available with aluminum foil on both sides. There is also
a
> heating boiler insulation that is similar to a flexible rubber but I think
> that doesn't work as well as the others.
>                                                        Ed
>
> _________________________________________________________________
> Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE!
> http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/
> _______________________________________________
> V8Vairs mailing list
> V8Vairs@corvair.org
> http://www.vv.corvair.org/mailman/listinfo/v8vairs
> This list sponsored by the Corvair Society of America,
http://www.corvair.org/