hot hood

[sdhardcoregamer]

um ya, my hood is hot, gets very hot. is that normal? my paint is all faded around the hottest spot. do all cb's do this or might there be something wrong?

[Brad92accord]

hood heat is VERY normal..its just the heat from the engine heating up the metal..but if its SUPER hot..then u might have an overheating problem..do you live in a hot area?

[AbsurdNY]

You could wrap your header.

[Brad92accord]

that too..the header gets BALLS hot fast

[sdhardcoregamer]

well its warm here, but not insane hot. i live in socal about 30 min inland. so warmer then san diego but not by much usually. and my temp never shows me going over the midway point on my heat gauge on the dash.

[angus67]

do you have a header? if your heat sheild is gone, this happens. make heat shield from sheet metal and attach it to the hood right over the header. (of course under hood)

[AbsurdNY]

I would not even go thru the trouble of making a heat shield. I would just wrap the header. The wrap is fairly cheap (I got mine for $15 and it was enough to do the whole header) and its pretty easy to do. Plus it is better for performance.

[angus67]

header wrap might be good for performance, but ive heard that header wrap traps dirt and water, and will rust out your header in no time.

[sdhardcoregamer]

well, my engine is pretty stock right now. nothing i can think of that isnt stock really. lol. do i have to remove the header for the wrap?

[mj213]

Yes. There is really no way you can do it with the header on the car.

[AbsurdNY]

Yes. There is really no way you can do it with the header on the car.

That is not true. I did mine on the car and it was not that bad. you just have to lay the wrap out in long loops and wrap it a little at a time. You could even cut it into smaller pieces and just overlap the seams to make it easier.

[mj213]

Well maybe there's less room with my H, but as a rule, if you want to do it properly, I recommend pulling the header.

Or get a DC header which I believe is ceramic, and wrap it before you put it on the car.

[Jon]

What I did to protect my hood was went with a thermal acoustical liner. Works great with my unshielded/unwrapped header, I've never had my hood get any warmer then the ambient temperature outside.

[F22HB]

Yes. There is really no way you can do it with the header on the car.

Not true, you can wrap the header just as well on the car, it simply takes more time. I would know because I've done it.

What I did to protect my hood was went with a thermal acoustical liner. Works great with my unshielded/unwrapped header, I've never had my hood get any warmer then the ambient temperature outside.

This is a very good product, I have a small version of this that is stuck on with adhesive and keeps that area from getting hot.

[sdhardcoregamer]

Well maybe there's less room with my H, but as a rule, if you want to do it properly, I recommend pulling the header.

Or get a DC header which I believe is ceramic, and wrap it before you put it on the car.

where can i get one? how much do they run? hard to install?