DimitriL
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Great idea, I actually have an IR heat temp gun and will for fun take some temperature readings all over after a run, as it is now and make a video
Technical Engine Performance Due to Heat
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Great idea, I actually have an IR heat temp gun and will for fun take some temperature readings all over after a run, as it is now and make a video
ilgrilleto
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Hey Everyone,
For anyone who was curious, attached are the photos of the heatshield that I made up. It's made of clad stainless steel, cut, bent, and ground to size/shape, and fitted with some small "L" brackets which are mounted into factory locations. It's painted as close as I could get to the actual colour of the car (not many options at Home Depot), and it works perfectly! The coil is warm, but far from hot! While not as OEM looking as I would like, it does the job, maybe this winter I'll make up something a bit more official looking.
For anyone who was curious, attached are the photos of the heatshield that I made up. It's made of clad stainless steel, cut, bent, and ground to size/shape, and fitted with some small "L" brackets which are mounted into factory locations. It's painted as close as I could get to the actual colour of the car (not many options at Home Depot), and it works perfectly! The coil is warm, but far from hot! While not as OEM looking as I would like, it does the job, maybe this winter I'll make up something a bit more official looking.
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the hobbler
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Very neat---well done.
lazylobster
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Looks good, can you make me one 
ilgrilleto
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Looks good, can you make me one
Haha, if you don't mind waiting a few months for international shipping right now!
Good job! Looks like it goes up a bit higher than mine. I bet installing these heat shields will help many that are experiencing similar issues to what we had.
Mr Fiat and other companies should start fabricating these or a small heat blanket to go around the coil.
Putting an insulating blanket around the ignition coil will cause the coil to get too hot , due to the heat produced by the current flowing through the resistance of the primary windings not being able to escape from the coil.
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That one looks pretty nice Toshi! I'm with Labman, it would be pretty nice if someone like mrfiat was willing to manufacture one, I bet it would be a "hot" seller!
