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The Gas Tank Heat Shield Project [message #94474]

Tue, 03 August 2010 13:22

Neil

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The tanks have been dropped, coated with lizardskin, the hoses replaced with braided stainless steel and covered with heat shield tubing to the fuel pump. The first of the below tank heat shields installed.

There will be more diamond plate to block the air through the cross member.

You can see the heat shield tubing on the right on the hose by the fuel selector valve.

http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=35240&title=100-1824&cat=5558

or try

http://tiny.cc/y6q0o

road test in a week or 2.

Neil
76 Eleganza now sold
Los Angeles

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Re: [GMCnet] The Gas Tank Heat Shield Project [message #94476 is a reply to message #94474]

Tue, 03 August 2010 13:39

hnielsen2

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Neil;
That is what I installed with the baffle in front of the leading tank.
No lizardskin.
It works!
Nice work.
Howard
----- Original Message -----
From: "Neil Martin" <nmartin@hfbllp.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 11:22 AM
Subject: [GMCnet] The Gas Tank Heat Shield Project

>
>
> The tanks have been dropped, coated with lizardskin, the hoses replaced
> with braided stainless steel and covered with heat shield tubing to the
> fuel pump. The first of the below tank heat shields installed.
>
> There will be more diamond plate to block the air through the cross
> member.
>
> You can see the heat shield tubing on the right on the hose by the fuel
> selector valve.
>
> http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=35240&title=100-1824&cat=5558
>
> or try
>
> http://tiny.cc/y6q0o
>
> road test in a week or 2.
> --
> Neil
> 76 Eleganza
> Los Angeles
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Re: [GMCnet] The Gas Tank Heat Shield Project [message #94479 is a reply to message #94474]

Tue, 03 August 2010 14:12

Tripp 33

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This is a great idea and I plan on doing something very similiar.
I work for a company that produces a heat shield called Koolmat. www.koolmat.com if you are interested.
Anyway, I have used some of this on the engine hatch cover and I have seen a nice improvement in heat reduction.
I am thinking of wrapping the tanks in the same type of heat shield but I never considered using the diamond plate as well. (good idea)

I will try it my way and I will test the results and I hope you can do the same for your GMC.

Jeff

1978 Transmode
Wild Rover

> To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
> From: nmartin@hfbllp.com
> Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 13:22:40 -0500
> Subject: [GMCnet] The Gas Tank Heat Shield Project
>
>
>
> The tanks have been dropped, coated with lizardskin, the hoses replaced with braided stainless steel and covered with heat shield tubing to the fuel pump. The first of the below tank heat shields installed.
>
> There will be more diamond plate to block the air through the cross member.
>
> You can see the heat shield tubing on the right on the hose by the fuel selector valve.
>
> http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=35240&title=100-1824&cat=5558
>
> or try
>
> http://tiny.cc/y6q0o
>
> road test in a week or 2.
> --
> Neil
> 76 Eleganza
> Los Angeles
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Re: The Gas Tank Heat Shield Project [message #94488 is a reply to message #94474]

Tue, 03 August 2010 15:40

Neil

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Here's another picture showing the front of the tank blocked.

http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=35241&title=175&cat=5558

Neil
76 Eleganza now sold
Los Angeles

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Re: The Gas Tank Heat Shield Project [message #94517 is a reply to message #94488]

Tue, 03 August 2010 18:56

Ron

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Location: Conifer, Colorado

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Neil..
That is almost too Purdy to run on the "bottom" side! It sure should do the trick..
Ron (Still lurking)

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