The Curse Of The Hot Footwell is obviously mostly on the Left Hand Drive Land Rovers over here in the USA. Right hand drive models place the driver away from the heat. Coupled with that the air and road are hotter in an American summer. Water spraying up and even
snow (when it used to snow in winter in Britain) and generally cooler air would keep the floor cool in Blighty. That is also why Lucas has a bad name over here. The plastic coating on the wires in a British car dry and crack over here whereas in Britain they last
longer and do not crack. Either that or we are used to it. The way to cool an Americaqn floor would be to wrap the exhaust with an exhaust bandage like the ones they use on expeimental aircraft with small cowlings and tight exhaust areas. Look up Chief Aircraft Parts
on the internet and you can buy some of these. You can touch the exhaust after it has been running.
Just an irrellevant note to anyone who cares, I just put 4 new 245/75 16's on my Range Rover and transformed it. It drives better, nothing rubs and it looks right too with the wheel filling the arch.
Kind regards,
Mark Pilkington
RON WARD wrote:
> The cheap dynamat-like material from JC Whitney. Aluminum backed with adhesive strong enough to stick to the underside of the compartment. Put as much on the engine side of the bulkhead and inside of the wings as you can to insulate that hot manifold and exhaust.
>
> >>> keith@miata.net 05/25/01 03:39PM >>>
> As I spend time behind the wheel of my freshly mobile steed, Basil, I'm
> discovering some of the wonderful habits of our Series trucks. The newest
> is the hot footwell. The cause is obvious - that toasty exhaust pipe hiding
> behind a thin aluminium sheet. Has anyone tried insulating the pipe or the
> transmission tunnel? I'd prefer to put the insulation on the pipe or close
> to it instead of inside the truck. I might even have some old header wrap
> around somewhere. Suggestions, comments, dire warnings?
>
> Keith and Basil
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