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Old 03-09-2003, 04:23 PM
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Default Which heat sheilds can I get rid of?

I have the motor and tranny out of the car and I was curious which heat shields I can get rid of. The more weight I can shed the better.
Old 03-09-2003, 05:24 PM
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all of mine are removed. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />
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Heat shields are there for a reason... They weight next to nothing. I would keep them...
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I removed all of mine except about 3 foot of them located under the drivers side floorpan that cover the fuel lines
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by terry99ta:
<strong> I removed all of mine except about 3 foot of them located under the drivers side floorpan that cover the fuel lines </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">same with me!
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by terry99ta:
<strong> I removed all of mine except about 3 foot of them located under the drivers side floorpan that cover the fuel lines </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Same here.
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by terry99ta:
<strong> I removed all of mine except about 3 foot of them located under the drivers side floorpan that cover the fuel lines </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">correction, i do still have those as well <img border="0" alt="[boring]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_zzz.gif" />
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How much weight did you save removing all the sheilding?
thanks!
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its around 8 pounds




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