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Old 11-20-2008, 01:55 AM   #32 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Christ View Post
What about adding something like DynaMat to the areas of exposed sheet metal between the open areas of the structural webbing?

While DynaMat is normally used as a sound deadening device, it also has large basis in use as a heat-reflective material... lining the bottom of the car with it will help to keep cabin temps down.

That said, it's obviously covered with foil, which is heat-reflective, and might help to keep the heat from being absorbed by the hood and released into the atmosphere.
I think it's worth testing

But - I'm not concerned of convection off a warm hood.... It the heated air in the engine bay - if it's not heating the hood, it's going to try and go elsewhere unless something stops it from physically moving out of seams, cracks etc.
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