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Originally Posted by UltArc
The thought of putting cardboard near my hot, moving parts, engine makes me nervous. Have you had any issues? I imagine there must be decent clearance between engine and hood.
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Never had a problem, Ignition temp of cardboard is over 400 degrees, the thermostat is set for 190 and water boils at 212. BUT, given all that, I probably would not recommend any cardboard against the exhaust header/pipes. Plus the exhaust header on this car is up by the firewall and a low, pretty hard to get to actually. And finally, my experience/advise may be different if I lived in AZ.
AFA clearance between the engine/hood, not much if any. In fact I need to be a bit more forceful with the "hood slam".
Good luck!