Inner wing heat shields.

[haircutmike]

While I have my heads off and all is exposed it would seem timely to renue these heat shields.

Simple questions;

Are they available?

If so, Where?

[paulathome]

Mike,I seem to remember someone only a few weeks ago said the Racing Green had the heat shield
material ready to fit.
Could be wrong though.
Paul.

[TJC46]

haircutmike said:

While I have my heads off and all is exposed it would seem timely to renew these heat shields.

Simple questions;

Are they available?

If so, Where?

I dont think anybody makes the heatshields as fitted items. You can buy the correct grade foilfaced glass cloth and make your own. How good is your needlework
You could remove your old ones and either recover over them or use them as a pattern to make new ones.Remeber to use the correct heat resistant thread if you decide to use your needlework skills

[haircutmike]

Hmm, needlework...................

There must be a better way of finishing the edges?

[Alexdaredevilz]

Exhaust wrap on the manifolds instead?

[spend]

Like most I just covered the edges with aluminium tape.

We bought a roll of the ally backed fg material @3m x 1m for less than £30 IIRC.

I actually covered the whole lot with ally tape, as it's easier to peel off & recoat than replacing the material (+ I bought loads of the tape cheap a few years ago ).

[Marty V8]

Its a Griff bulkhead panel, but I got the heat shield matting from Racing Green and metal taped the edges. Shown here in unfinished state before I'd trimmed the edges. The matting I got from Racing Green looks to be the same as what was on the inner wings originally not too expensive either.

Edited by Marty V8 on Tuesday 11th January 23:39

[Marty V8]

...and the inner wings. Just waiting for the temperature to go up a bit before I glue and rivet the new heat shielding on to the inner wings.

[haircutmike]

Looking dam good!

Will give then a try.

Who does the ally tape?

[Marty V8]

haircutmike said:

Looking dam good!

Will give then a try.

Who does the ally tape?

Thanks for the comments.

I got my tape from 'TJC46' (Tom Crawford) - see his post above.

Cheers

Marty

[SILICONE KID]

You need to remove the engine to replace so its a no brainer !

[haircutmike]

SILICONE KID said:

You need to remove the engine to replace so its a no brainer !

Just the top half!

[haircutmike]

SILICONE KID said:

You need to remove the engine to replace so its a no brainer !

Just the top half!

[TJC46]

Just a thought if you go to the trouble of renewing the heat shields its a good idea to protect them from damage when refitting/working on the engine in future.See attached pic


Its aluminium perforated metal, it helps to reflect the heat, and stops the foil getting damaged, Tom.