DIY: Heat Shields (Part 1)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 มิ.ย. 2016
- Learn how to make your own heat shields from inexpensive materials found at your hardware store or industrial supply stores!
Keep your cold air intake cold! Make electronics last longer! Keep your fuel lines from getting hot! and more!
Check out part 2 of the video to see how to make these heat shields removable and an easy method to fasten them to metal panels in your engine bay.
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Great video. The first car I had as a teen I burned out two starters. The guy I had bought the car from had replaced it before but never put back the heating shield. My dad pointed that out. He cut up a pie tin. put some holes around the corners. wrapped it around the starter, placed sos pads around the starter, to act as a buffer strung wire thru the holes to keep it place. Kitchen made heating shield.
Whatever works!
It should keep radiant heat off very well. I have something similar, tightly around hot turbo side and manifold. Wrapped by stainless steel ties. It works.
Embrace Racing Thank you so much for the info.
You're welcome!
If you get some aluminum flashing cut in 1 inch strips you can trap it in the folded over sections and rivet them in place. This makes it where you can form the shield to contours better and holds to the part better.
Great idea! Thanks!
Thanks dude
Thank you for watching!
Thanks for this! Wondering if there is a part 2 for the led thing you made a part 1 for.
Thanks for watching! Part two of the LED video is still coming! It's a little more involved with all of the screen captures and all that so it's been taking longer. Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss it!
This channel will blow up
Thanks! I hope so!
great video, what would be a good way to fasten this shield to the starter? I have a 77 corvette and the header is very close to the starter and transmission lines. Thanks
You can use metal zip ties, they will resist the heat :)
Wrap around transmission lines ?
Wild question: Can steel retailing shelves work when making a heatshield? My friend has a few shelves for some reason.
You can make metal heatshields, yes. It will reflect the radiant heat from the source. It is pretty common for auto manufacturers to do this from the factory.
Great video! I'm not clear on what the actual material is that you are using. Any suggestions on what to buy?
Just go to a industrial HVAC store, it's a heat blanket type of material. some kind of fiberglass interior with the aluminized outer coating. Not 100% sure what the official name is but ask for a heat shield blanket and the HVAC place will know what you're talking about.
What thing is use this ???
N from which shop I can get this ???
Excellent video. What heat range is the heat shield you bought? The highest heat shield I have found only is up to 180 farenheit.
To be honest I don't recall what the range was... but it is still holding strong years later!
Good idea. Where do you get the aluminum fiberglass?
I got the material from a local industrial HVAC store. Much cheaper than buying automotive stuff which is identical.
Interesting video, learnt quite a lot ;)
For insulating my car's air intake from radiant heat, will aluminum foil tape do? My car's got black rubber air intake tubing. Also, should I also cover the whole airbox as well - for best results?
Many thanks in advance ;)
Theoretically it will help, but you probably won't notice an appreciable difference on a road car. My thinking is that the air is travelling through these components at a pretty good rate of speed and there isn't a whole lot of opportunity for heat transfer to occur unless the temperatures are extreme. The heat shields in this video were more intended for protecting items that are constantly bombarded with radiant heat from nearby components. But you can always try!
@@EmbraceMaking The exhaust manifold does have a heat shield from the factory, but even so the engine bay is indeed hot after a 10-15 km drive, so I suspect "every little will help" ;) I will give it a try, hopefully it will help, just a little, reduce intake temperatures.
Thank you for the reply and the information you provided me with ;)
No problem! Good luck!
@@EmbraceMaking Thank you very much mate! ;)
The 7 Unlikes include DEI 😂. Great video.
Yeah, the mark up on automotive aftermarket products is insane!
At 8:20 was the most crucial part,the gap so the air can circulate
may people forget this and wrapping so tight their items on engine bay that air can not pass around them.
Good advice, thanks!
cool channel i just subbed
Thanks, appreciate it!
What thing is silver thick paper from where can I get ????
I think it is just pipe insulation and I got it from an industrial HVAC shop. Just check the temperature ratings on it but it is the same stuff they use for cars... but for cars they mark the price up 10x
Hey man, you didn't put a link below to part 2??? Now I gotta retype the whole description again!!!!!!!!
Good channel, I love your video. Thanks for sharing. LIKED, Subbed
Thank you so much for your comments!
Does aluminum foil work to reflect heat.
Aluminum foil will reflect lots of radiant heat. However, it will also absorb some and the energy absorbed will be dissipated in every direction from my understanding. So, foil on it's own would allow some radiant heat to reach whatever it is that you're trying to protect from heat. It would be most effective to place some kind of insulating material (ie. fiberglass) between the foil and whatever it is you're trying to protect. Therefore, radiant heat escaping to the other side of the foil will not reach your heat sensitive item. Hope that helps!
I didnt know you could buy rough HEAT material like that. Where can you even buy it? Ebay?
I got it from a local supplier, they specialize in industrial hvac supplies. Try searching industrial supply stores for thermal barriers. It's just aluminized fibreglass
Which material is heat shield made up of??
It's more or less fiberglass cloth with a reflective coating. Hope that helps!
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I have a feelin it flew off within 43 seconds from the drive way
Negative... still going strong to this day :)
Really enjoyed your video. Let's check Avasva plans also
The sound is the worst get a mic
I now own 4 different mics for TH-cam lol
Wrapping a starter? Heat isn't going to affect your starter... Not unless your ECU is in there : /
Solenoid can get heat soaked and too much heat = more resistance and starter won't engage.
@@EmbraceMaking hot copper wire, more resistance? no!! unless the copper is melted (1050ºC); i would just wrap the cut sheet around the starter,and use 2 loops of thin ss wire around the whole thing
Are you trying to keep the heat in? This is stupid, have you never seen people WRAP a potato to keep the heat in and bake it quicker?
Better call NASA and tell them to stop using gold foil on their satellites.
@@EmbraceMaking no shit dumbass, TO KEEP THE HEAT IN so the -455f doesnt freeze everything. It keeps heat IN!