DeTomaso Mailing List: March 98, Message #124
     



From: 	"Mike Drew" <mikeldrew@hotmail.com>

Subject: Re: Stainless gastank firewall

Date: 	Tue, 3 Mar 1998 18:00:53 +0000



Chuck wrote:



>The panel is meant to go over the stock panel, with the rolled

edges going over the edge of the stock panel.  

The fit, once the rolled edges were pried open a little, was tight, 

and no rivets were necessary.  



>>>Two things:



1)  I don't know how tight 'tight' is, but if *I* spend over a hundred 

bucks on something like that, I'll do whatever it takes to make sure it 

doesn't go CLANG into the road the first time I hit a bump.  Methinks a 

well-placed rivet or clamp or SOMETHING wouldn't be a bad idea.



2)  Hindsight is 20/20, but when installing one of those shields (I did 

on my car), I'd take the time to fit a THIN piece of heatshielding 

material between the stainless and original heat shield.  I fit some 

thicker stuff between my stainless firewall and the car's firewall, and 

another layer between the firewall and the inside bulkhead.  I figure 

that between two layers of heatshielding and two firewalls, my interior 

should be nice and cool!



(That is, if I EVER get my car on the road!)



Mike



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