Heat - what works ?
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Cruising
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Heat - what works ?
I recently picked up a stock C-3 needing very little work, but it sure gets hot inside (AC not working). What can be done to eliminate / reduce the internal heat. Do the insulation kits for the floorboard and tran-y work?
Drifting
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St. Jude Donor '04 & '05
Welcome to the insanity! 
Yes, insulating the floor/tranny tunnel will help. Also check out this link for more info on sealing off the passengers compartment from engine heat.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/techti...=241&TopicID=3
The other thing you can do is to add a shutoff valve on the inlet heater hose to turn off the hot water flowing thru the heater core during warm weather.
Hope this helps. Good Luck!
Yes, insulating the floor/tranny tunnel will help. Also check out this link for more info on sealing off the passengers compartment from engine heat.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/techti...=241&TopicID=3
The other thing you can do is to add a shutoff valve on the inlet heater hose to turn off the hot water flowing thru the heater core during warm weather.
Hope this helps. Good Luck!
Racer
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From: Shawnee KS
Aceco likes that site and I like this one.
http://home.comcast.net/~chadwick.ro...entilation.htm
The site I linked has pictures!
http://home.comcast.net/~chadwick.ro...entilation.htm
The site I linked has pictures!
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Cruising
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Just a follow-up : The passenger vent door - gasket was trash. Although I could not find a replacement, I took a piece of 3mil foam, cut a circle about 3/8 in larger than the door and glued it to the out side. This worked great, and sealed off the hot air coming in. I also found that the gear shift boot was needed replacement. Found a genaric boot at the auto store and replaced it. Now that these two areas are sealed off, it lowered the temp quite a bit.
jeff
jeff
