The engine is back on jack stands as we look to finish up the firewall. When we put the engine in we had bent a few bolts holding it and we were afraid that we would break the aluminum engine block if we continue to hoist the engine in and out this way, so we fabricated a new system using a plate used for hoisting engines with a carbureted intake, remember ours is fuel injected, so we needed to modify things a bit.
We are really concerned that the engine being so close to the firewall and that the firewall is only 16 gauge or .063 inches, we will have a heat problem in the cabin of the car unless we do something.
We decided on three tactics.
1) A heat shield on the engine facing side of the firewall,. We picked an aluminum cloth that's rated to reflect up to 2000 degrees F.
2) We have a Factory Five upgrade kit for heat (black) and sound dampening (gray) that is attached to the cabin side firewall
3) We added some fire rated to 1800 F insulation behind a secondary firewall
As mentioned we built a secondary fire wall on the cabin side. This is so we can mount the computer, another fuse box, and other dashboard electronics. We need to do this since we are adding Air conditioning and it will take up precious space behind the dash.
The air con will mount to the third firewall
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