Pubmunkie's Heat Shield

[sweetsvt]

I messed around with Pud's heatshield a bit and realized it's gonna be a really tight fit. Can someone offer any suggestions? I still have the lining on my hood so I guess that will need to come off. Once I remove it, is my engine going to be louder? Will there be more dust collecting under my hood? If there is anything I should be aware of, let me know. Thanks.

[Pudmunkie]

The fit is tight. The majority of contour owners I know did not have the cover in. I never did, and it was designed with it off.

You will hear more noise slightly, but its not going to affect dust or anything like that.

Im finding more and more how different each contour is. what fits like a glove on some, does not on others. Luckily however, it seems as though 98% of them fit without problem.

[sweetsvt]

with my luck, I'll be in the other 2%. I wonder if the window washing hose is secured to the hood.

[Pudmunkie]

It is attatched to the hood

[sweetsvt]

Cool, thanks man. BTW, nice headlights...can you tell me what kind of lights you used?

[SVTJON87]

i did a small amount of trimming and it fits perfict.

[morbid]

I put some pipe insulation around the top of the heatshield, and 1/2" weather-stripping on the hood -- so they seal against each other. It's almost completely sealed... there are some areas which don't contact and I think I need to lift that part of the heatshield.

[sweetsvt]

Can some of you post detailed pics so I can get a better look at the different setups?

[sweetsvt]

i did a small amount of trimming and it fits perfict.

What do you mean by trimming? I put in the shield today and it doesn't fit. The shield sits too hight on the back side and the hood hits the shield when it's closed. I'm thinking of trimming off the top, but open to any other ideas.

[Pudmunkie]

Backside meaning twoards the firewall? You need to rotate it a bit

Backside meaning twoards the motor? You need to loosen all your intake connections and angle everything down

You could always PM me if you needed to troubleshoot...