Reflective Foil

Reflective Foil

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leem5

Original Poster:

243 posts

215 months

Tuesday 22nd July 2014
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Gents,

Did have a search (quick), but didn't get what I was after. Am at the stage now of finding some reflective foil for the rear bulkhead and so on. Have been on the Nimbus site and seen this: http://www.nimbusmotorsport.com/ProdShop2.asp?id=8... , is this what I am after or are there other suggestions. I remember sometime ago there was a few links but as said I cannot find them.

Sorry for bring this back up again!

Cheers,

Lee

F.C.

3,896 posts

207 months

Tuesday 22nd July 2014
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leem5 said:
Gents,

Did have a search (quick), but didn't get what I was after. Am at the stage now of finding some reflective foil for the rear bulkhead and so on. Have been on the Nimbus site and seen this: http://www.nimbusmotorsport.com/ProdShop2.asp?id=8... , is this what I am after or are there other suggestions. I remember sometime ago there was a few links but as said I cannot find them.

Sorry for bring this back up again!

Cheers,

Lee
This DEI stuff is popular:

http://www.jjcraceandrally.com/kit-car/heat-shield...



macgtech

997 posts

158 months

Tuesday 22nd July 2014
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leem5

Original Poster:

243 posts

215 months

Tuesday 22nd July 2014
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Thank you, will get some order gents.

Lee

UltimaCH

3,155 posts

188 months

Tuesday 22nd July 2014
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I used the gold sheeting Nimbus offers on my rear bulkhead.

Racing Roj

488 posts

162 months

Tuesday 22nd July 2014
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Jonny
Thanks for the link, there prices are really competitive.

confusionhunter

448 posts

221 months

Tuesday 22nd July 2014
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Great timing of topic, Im looking to heat insulate the cabin on mine.
Im noticing the nimbus stuff has heat insulation and a reflective film where the DEI in the link above is just the reflective material/film?
Im thinking its worth the extra for the insulation too I would have thought?

Nabbott

294 posts

135 months

Tuesday 22nd July 2014
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confusionhunter said:
Great timing of topic, Im looking to heat insulate the cabin on mine.
Im noticing the nimbus stuff has heat insulation and a reflective film where the DEI in the link above is just the reflective material/film?
Im thinking its worth the extra for the insulation too I would have thought?
Have you ascertained where the heat is coming from ("Deeeerrrr - The engine" I hear you say smile)? I've been spending time looking for the cause initially (rather than addressing the 'symptom'), as this will (in all likelihood) have a far greater effect.

macgtech

997 posts

158 months

Tuesday 22nd July 2014
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Manifolds!

Go for shielding rather than insulation - you need to get the heat out.

ROWDYRENAULT

1,270 posts

213 months

Tuesday 22nd July 2014
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pay attention to the point where the rollgage goes thru the rear bulkhead to the cabin. I use a split seal on this area that has a alloy ring with a piece of rubber that seals against the tube forming a complete seal. I noticed a change in noise and heat when I added these seals on either side. Lee

Storer

5,024 posts

214 months

Tuesday 22nd July 2014
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Beware of the sheet material as it comes folded, not rolled, and it is impossible to get the folds out if you are anal (like me) about getting it to look good.


Paul

UltimaFAN

107 posts

128 months

Monday 11th August 2014
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The Nimbus material came rolled, but it still had some folds in the roll which are hard to remove due to the fiber mesh in the insulation material. The insulation material is quite soft, then it will be near impossible to keep the surface coating in perfect immaculate conditions. Nevertheless it looks good.

For the upper part of my engine bay bulkhead, I think that I will put a simple gold reflective foil, as the isolation + reflective is much heavier.

confusionhunter

448 posts

221 months

Tuesday 12th August 2014
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Is the weight difference that much? How much does it weigh?

UltimaFAN

107 posts

128 months

Wednesday 13th August 2014
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I will check the weight this evening if I don't forget.
The Nimbus isolation + reflective has a 2mm tar like sticky base with probably a stabilizing glassfiber mesh in it, with a top reflective layer of gold galvanized aluminium. Depending of the installation in the engine bay, I think that it can be a good solution for the gas tank surfaces facing the exhaust if the manifolds are close to it.
For the other areas, I plan to use the thin light gold fold where needed depending of the testing and/or feedback from the experts.

confusionhunter

448 posts

221 months

Wednesday 13th August 2014
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So kind of like gold dynamat? I know that stuff is heavy!

UltimaFAN

107 posts

128 months

Wednesday 13th August 2014
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In fact I mixed up two materials from Cool-It:

- The heat and shield, Thermo-Tec anodised gold heat barrier has a glass-fiber cloth below the film, but no tar. It weight 12.6gr for a surface of 10x10cm.

- The heavier stuffs with tar are the sound insulation material; the Thermo-Tec Supersonic acoustical mat and the suppressor.

leem5

Original Poster:

243 posts

215 months

Thursday 14th August 2014
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UltimaCH said:
I used the gold sheeting Nimbus offers on my rear bulkhead.
Any pics of this Nimbus foil fitted? Just curious how it sits regarding the rivets and contours of the panel.

Cheers

leem5

Original Poster:

243 posts

215 months

Thursday 14th August 2014
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UltimaCH said:
I used the gold sheeting Nimbus offers on my rear bulkhead.
Any pics of this Nimbus foil fitted? Just curious how it sits regarding the rivets and contours of the panel.

Cheers

UltimaFAN

107 posts

128 months

Thursday 14th August 2014
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You can find one picture here. It hasn't been updated since several month as I rather spend my limited free time building than posting:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=22&...