To you carbonfiber hood guys.

[theTuner]

It may sound stupid, but that is the main purpose of the "tin foil" under your hood, or at least thats what mitsu made it for, to put out engine fires.

 

[PaulPDX]

Originally posted by theTuner
It may sound stupid, but that is the main purpose of the "tin foil" under your hood, or at least thats what mitsu made it for, to put out engine fires.

?!

Think about it. How does it put out a fire when it itself is flammable? Someone has already mentioned a dsm that was burned. The fire burned right through the heat insulation aka "tin foil".

Think, fire burns up. It creates an updraft which draws fresh oxygen from below to fuel it. In the natural environment... fire and oxygen go hand in hand. Try and maintain your position on this with a fireman. If you're lucky, the fireman is going to think you're a comedian with a straight face.

In order for the heat insulation to put out an engine fire, it would have to cover the entire motor and drape down to the ground to the point where it creates a total seal against the ground so that no air or fresh oxygen can reach the fire. That's why in high school lab they instruct you to completely cover yourself in the fireblanket and roll on the ground. Covering yourself in the blanket keeps air from reaching the fire. Rolling on the ground squeezes any air pockets trapped in the blanket out... the whole point is to deny the fire any oxygen, to starve it out.

Burying objects on fire with sand has the same effect: create a barrier between air and the fire. Without air, the fire dies.

You've used a charcoal BBQ grill before right? Ever notices there are two grills? one to cook on and another to hold the charcoal? Notice the hole a the very bottom of the grill and the air pocket between the bottem and the lower grill? As the charcoal burn, heated air rises which creates an updraft and pulls fresh air up from below. If you plug the hole at the bottom and fill the space below the bottom tray completely with sand, you're going to have a much harding time getting the fire started. Try it next time. No lighter fluid allowed, that's cheating. Use only matches and scrap paper.

My God mang! Snap out of it! Use your noggen. The only way the tin foil can put out a fire is if it starves the fire. No way in hell that thing can get the job done. Physically and dimensionally impossible.

If your car is parked in the garage with nothing in the engine bay. Start a small fire on the floor and let the insulator drop down right on top of it. Then, and only then, you might have a remote chance of using the insulator to put out a fire.

This is thread is pretty good proof that modern conveniences and the use of lighter fluid makes the mind numb.

 

[dsmnate]

I've heard people say it would be a good idea to put some sort of heat protection on the underside of your carbon fiber hood, especially the guys with turbo's, because all the heat from the turbo can cause the finish of the carbon fiber to fog up. I don't know if there is any truth to it or not though.

 

[dynatos]

speaking of actual "fire putter outters" - the new honda civic's i know have a seal of crap in the front of the engine compartment . When fire breaks out, it bursts and spreads a non-flamabe foam all over the engine bay to suffocate any fire. Something like that, i can see would work. Not a little insulation.

 

[ninjai_ruken]

Right now I am building a Fire Extinguisher System for my car, a fire breaks out in the engine compartment, Flip the Activator Switch, and push a button a series of pressurized Extinguishers put out the fire in the engine bay. My dad builds race cars. And he helping me design it on the CAD

 

[dsmturboawd]

that is the most retarded thing ever. what makes you think your car is going to catch on fire? maybe only if your neon motor was pushing 700hp and your grandma did all the wiring on it.

give me a break. this thread is rediclous.

 

[mitsutunerwh]

O K im tired of listening to you girls fight like cats and dogs over whether or not the (dynamat, heat insulation, tin foil) thingy is for putting out fires or not so I went to the top. I took the liberty of contacting mitsubishi northamerican headquarters at the following number

6400 West Katella Avenue, Cypress, CA 90630-0064, U.S.A.
Phone: 1-714-372-6000

After speaking with a tech on the design team I was told that the mystery metal was in fact a

HEAT SHIELD / INSULATOR

he said that it could not be for sound deadening because it covers so little of the hood also there is a giant hole in the bottom of the engine compartment to let sound out.

He laughed when I asked if it was a fire putter outer thingy. He said there is no way it could smother the fire due to the fact that fire is fed from air below.

He also stated that the heat shield is only non flammable up to 451 degrees. THE EXACT SAME TEMP AS PAPER!!!!!!

So in conclusion it is a heat shield to protect the paint on the oem hood and to keep from being sewed by people who burn themselves on the hot metal. So unless you have ever put out a fire by laying paper on it YOU EXTINGUISHER PEOPLE ARE FULL OF IT.

Thank you I will be here until saturday

 

[PaulPDX]

Like I said... it doesn't take a high school diploma to figure it out... or even a call to Mitsu. No way the material can abe a fire retardant or extinguisher.

"He laughed when I asked if it was a fire putter outer thingy. He said there is no way it could smother the fire due to the fact that fire is fed from air below."

And what did I say about the subject?

"He also stated that the heat shield is only non flammable up to 451 degrees. THE EXACT SAME TEMP AS PAPER!!!!!!"

That was also covered in a prior post.

"O K im tired of listening to you girls fight like cats and dogs..."

Yes, m'am... but why did you bother with the thread then? Not tiring enough appearantly.

 

[PaulPDX]

Originally posted by dsmturboawd
that is the most retarded thing ever. what makes you think your car is going to catch on fire? maybe only if your neon motor was pushing 700hp and your grandma did all the wiring on it.

give me a break. this thread is rediclous.

Because it's bling bling. To each his own.

 

[Warhead2k3]

Originally posted by dsmnate
I've heard people say it would be a good idea to put some sort of heat protection on the underside of your carbon fiber hood, especially the guys with turbo's, because all the heat from the turbo can cause the finish of the carbon fiber to fog up. I don't know if there is any truth to it or not though.

I fully agree with putting some sort of heat protection on the underside of a cf hood. The heat from my engine has damaged the finish of the carbon fiber. The center of the hood now has a "foggy" look to it. So in conclusion, protection is always a good thing.

 

[ninjai_ruken]

Originally posted by dsmturboawd
that is the most retarded thing ever. what makes you think your car is going to catch on fire? maybe only if your neon motor was pushing 700hp and your grandma did all the wiring on it.

give me a break. this thread is rediclous.

I have a 95 GS That I race in amateur GT series race events in my area, so if you would shut the #### up and not open your mouth before you ask why I am putting it in a car you would know. Some times it is better to ask why before you start talking shit. Any ways Ill have pictures if my Race car in my gallery sometime next month

 

[ninjai_ruken]

Originally posted by PaulPDX
Because it's bling bling. To each his own.

..thank you and I am putting it on my everyday driver, you never know when a fuel line will break, or someother nasty shit. And yes it is bling bling, I will put pic's up soon

 

[igs]

Originally posted by mitsutunerwh
O K im tired of listening to you girls fight like cats and dogs over whether or not the (dynamat, heat insulation, tin foil) thingy is for putting out fires or not so I went to the top. I took the liberty of contacting mitsubishi northamerican headquarters at the following number

6400 West Katella Avenue, Cypress, CA 90630-0064, U.S.A.
Phone: 1-714-372-6000

After speaking with a tech on the design team I was told that the mystery metal was in fact a

HEAT SHIELD / INSULATOR

he said that it could not be for sound deadening because it covers so little of the hood also there is a giant hole in the bottom of the engine compartment to let sound out.

He laughed when I asked if it was a fire putter outer thingy. He said there is no way it could smother the fire due to the fact that fire is fed from air below.

He also stated that the heat shield is only non flammable up to 451 degrees. THE EXACT SAME TEMP AS PAPER!!!!!!

So in conclusion it is a heat shield to protect the paint on the oem hood and to keep from being sewed by people who burn themselves on the hot metal. So unless you have ever put out a fire by laying paper on it YOU EXTINGUISHER PEOPLE ARE FULL OF IT.

Thank you I will be here until saturday

can someone make this a sticky?

 

[PaulPDX]

Originally posted by igs
can someone make this a sticky?

No need. If they can't figure it out on their own, they deserve to be... [diplomatic edit] in the dark. [/diplomatic edit]

 

[igs]

but people will keep asking over and over and over and over and over again

 

[PaulPDX]

But we need to be entertained.