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MG MGA - Heat shield

I am going to make a heat shield out of 6" wide 18g steel, which will be attached to the exhaust pipe using U clamps. The clamps will pass through strips welded to the plate underneath.
My question is, what should be the extent of the shield?
There is a 16" stretch under the front floorboard and about 30" under the seats.
Art Pearse

Art. I had a roll of asbestos sheet and I used aluminum flashing to make a sandwich. I than screwed it to the floor boards with 1/4" spacers. This lowered the interior heat to acceptable levels here in Florida.
DARNOC31

my shield is aluminum and about 10" wide. I bolted it to the frame under the floor with spacers. I put it under the toe board area and the seat floor area, and it works great.

There are pics on Barney's site of this kind of installation.

JIM in NH
AJ Mail

I made one out of stainless sheet just under and spaced from the front board,held on with 2BA screws (see pic.).........................Mike


m.j. moore

This thread was discussed between 01/09/2013 and 02/09/2013

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