REFLECTOR: firewall protection

[Matt Bucko]

Lighter... and it melts almost instantly in a fire.  I saw some info on an
aluminum air box and one made out of SS. In a fire, the aluminum box melted
completely, the SS box held together fine. The box was a hot air diverter
for cabin heat. Good demo on why a  heat shield should not be aluminum.
Fire could be from burning fuel or oil, electrical, or an exhaust leak
spewing hot gas onto the shield.
Matt
  -----Original Message-----
  From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org]On
Behalf Of Douglas Holub
  Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 9:03 PM
  To: reflector at tvbf.org
  Subject: REFLECTOR: firewall protection


  Why wouldn't I use 1/16" aluminum instead of 1/16" stainless steel to
cover the fiberfrax on my firewall? It's lighter.

  Doug Holub
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