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Burning Brakes
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 780
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From: Shelby NC
When i re-did the car I covered the firewall inside and all the floor and tunnel with insulation--plus rear section of body including rear wheelhouses. Put another covering down on the center section of each side. Floor stays many times cooler and tunnel gets just the very least bit warm never hot like it did with nothing. Made a big difference in the car. 
Le Mans Master
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 5,727
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From: Fremont CA
I wrapped the Allens Exhaust 304SSTL pipes on my wife's 70 roadster from the manifolds to the Xmember .The heat was reduced somewhat but if you have mild steel pipe I agree they will rust quicker when wrapped.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Sep 2008
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i wrapped the headers and collector till they meet the pypes. result : the parts of exhausts pypes left without wraps got so hot that they were burning the fiberglass.
headers wraps must be used on headers before the collector. the bent part of headers before they get into collectors must be not wrapped to cool down with the air stream
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From: Boca Raton Florida
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Safety Car
Joined: Apr 2007
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From: Kalamazoo Mi
a very common cause of "hot foot" is a malfunction heater control valve. Even with the heat off you will get hot air blowing through to your feet if there is hot water getting to the heat exchanger.
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Instructor
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 146
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From: Penville On.
I installed a valve under the hood to isolate the heater core. That helped the heat issue a lot. Also installed the hood seal that was missing, this stopped underhood heat from coming out the rear of the hood and going down the front grill and into the cabin.
Safety Car
Joined: Oct 2005
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From: Algonac Michigan
I believe if those of you that have excessive heat coming into the cabin from the engine comp. simply install the factory heat shields you will be pleasently suprised how well they work. They aren't very high tech but they create a air space between the heat shield and the floor and the air space is what keeps the heat from being transferred through the floor.
Pro
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From: Boca Raton Florida
I believe if those of you that have excessive heat coming into the cabin from the engine comp. simply install the factory heat shields you will be pleasently suprised how well they work. They aren't very high tech but they create a air space between the heat shield and the floor and the air space is what keeps the heat from being transferred through the floor.
Racer
Joined: Aug 2007
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From: Jackson MO
Do you have your front air dam? I drove my 76 to watch the space shuttle this spring with out one and it was very hot in the cockpit. It was so hot that I had to add a folded towel under the floor mat and rested my foot on top of my shoe. Added the stock air dam this summer and the heat problem is greatly reduced.
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