ddub

First, this is in reference to passenger side, rear, muffler heat shield right behind the bumper.

Second, before anyone goes and calling me stupid, retarded, or worthless just read the whole thread, but I am talking about removing this particular heat shield.

In my never ending quest to shave off a little weight here and there whereve I can, this seemed like the next step. I have switched to a single exhaust that exits out the drivers side of the car, therefore there is no longer a heat shield on the passenger side where the heat shield in question is located.

Does this heat shield matter or provide anything other than shielding heat from the muffler? Such as, is it useful for it to remain as a shield on the side of the gas tank (remember all the other shields for the tank ARE still intact) or is it only there for the tank because of the exhaust heat? How about as a dust/dirt guard for the fuel filler hose that is behind it? If there is any good logical reason to not take it off, I wont, but I was just wondering if there is a purpose for it now that I have a single muffler. Obviously I'd keep everything in case I switch back again, or sell the car (god forbid), but I'm just extremely **** about removing useless, unneeded things, they bother me for some reason

ilike2eatricers

Are you asking about the heatshields that shaped like a "U" that go over each muffler? If so I've had both removed for over 1 year now with no problems. Had to remove them because they were rubbing my 255s in the rear and I didnt want to bend them in fear of them rattling. They weigh a good amount also.

bigdv519

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Oh c'mon. The heat sheilds dont weigh more than a couple of pounds. For the time to remove them, they are worth removing, but there is no significant weight loss from removing them.

(Even all of the heat sheilds combined didn't weigh too much when I removed them, and I was actually disappointed at the amount of time I spent to remove less than apporx. 10 lbs.)

ilike2eatricers

Everything is relative. How about if I'm not feeling too lazy I'll go weigh those 2 muffler heat shields just to see how much they weigh.

ddub

Yes ricers that's the one I'm talking about, and that's all I needed to know, thank you.

If anyone has further input on this then I'll listen.

Wankel7

Man, those heat sheilds hang behind the rear axle line of the car....

Not only are you removing weight you are removing weight in the right place...because less over hang is a good thing. If you are hard core then do it!

James

ddub

Haha, I wouldn't do it if there was a muffler/exhaust pipe still there, but since there's not I figure why not? Took like 1 min to remove.

NZConvertible

Exactly, and relative to the total weight of the car those heat shields weight practically nothing.

It's funny how that for every thread that mentions how incredibly hot the rotary's exhaust is, there's another thread asking about removing heat shields. Just an observation.

ddub

Which is precisely the reason I made this thread, because I was concerned about removing the heat shield and wanted to know if it mattered. This heat shield isn't even in the path of the exhaust anymore, and I still wanted to make sure.

Your point?

Ironman311

I removed the heatshield that goes around the turbo but thats because when I had the car all apart there was only half a heatshield left so I might look into replacement or homemaking a new one cause I've heard about that, anyone done that?

ddub

I've heard and seen people using turbo blankets with larger turbos and new manifolds that no longer can use the stock heat shielding.

NZConvertible

Like I said, it was just an observation. Personally I would keep it.

felixwankel88

mine are gone, and i havent causght on fire yet!!!

Cosmo_TT

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mine too

Jager

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I also think every 2-3lbs is just a drop in a bucket, you remove 10 things, its 20-30lbs.

Just food for thought. (Concerning weight removal, why have something you don't use?).

SonicRaT

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Lol, if you don't have enough power to drag all that weight around, then ya don't have any buisness pulling stuff off! (cuz either way, you're still sloooow!)

felixwankel88

hahah the Na love of sonik

bigdv519

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Doesn't sound like you were reading too well there, eh???

He doesnt have anything hot on that side of the car anymore. What is the purpose of the "HEAT SHEILD"....(get this)...if theres nothing that generates heat in that general vacinity???

NZConvertible

20-30lb is ~1% of the car's total weight. You have to remove a hell of a lot more weght than that to make any noticable difference.

You're absolutely right, my bad. I must've assumed he was talking about the heat shield over the remaining muffler. It didn't occur that it'd be about the heat shield over a non-existant muffler.

dDub, yank it. At quit asking silly questions!

ddub

Haha, I already did, and yes it was the one for the other side where there is no muffler anymore.

I think this thread has gone on much longer than needed. I will never remove a heat shield where exhaust piping still runs, but I just wanted to make sure this particular one didn't also act as a dust/dirt/debri guard for the rubber fuel boot/hose that runs from the fuel filler to tank.

RETed

Throw all that **** away.

I'm assuming a very free flowing aftermarket or custom exhaust system without all the nasty cats and restrictive mufflers.
Restriction keeps heat in.
Once the exhaust flows well, there is less and less heat being kept in the exhaust system.
A freer flowing exhaust doesn't get as hot as the stock one does!


-Ted

bigdv519

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You know guys, this RETed guy is really starting to grow on me...