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Offline candywhite12

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hood insulator - anyone knows its purpose??
« on: 23 February 2013, 09:38 »
has anybody removed the front hood insulator?  anyone knows whether that serves any precautionary measure for fire / does it protect hood from heat /  or is it just to curb sound?

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« Last Edit: 23 February 2013, 09:41 by candywhite12 »
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Re: hood insulator - anyone knows its purpose??
« Reply #1 on: 23 February 2013, 11:12 »
Do you mean the fury lining under the bonnet? I think it probably serves both the purposes above?

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Re: hood insulator - anyone knows its purpose??
« Reply #2 on: 24 February 2013, 16:58 »
With the Top Gear episode in Botswana in mind, i.e. when a specific area of JC's Alfa bonnet caught the sun (like a magnifying glass would do) due to the battery terminals, I would also suggest the above for protection reasons  :nerd:

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Re: hood insulator - anyone knows its purpose??
« Reply #3 on: 24 February 2013, 17:03 »
I would suggest its primarily to cut engine noise.
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Re: hood insulator - anyone knows its purpose??
« Reply #4 on: 24 February 2013, 18:15 »
As above, but thought I'd go OTT  :laugh:
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Re: hood insulator - anyone knows its purpose??
« Reply #5 on: 24 February 2013, 18:49 »
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