Exhaust Heat Shield Ideas

[JohnJohn]

This will be my first summer driving my EB and I am all ready getting hit with the heat inside the cab.
I just ordered the BC Broncos heater core shut off valve after noticing hot air was flowing into the cab from the air box.
I have the firewall insulation but no bed liner yet.

I have a 2 inch body lift but my dual flowmasters are still heating the rear floor up pretty good. They are mounted at an angle and there is about 3" of clearance from the floor.
It’s worse at stop lights and traffic but I know it is going to be worse on a trail in the summer.

I was thinking about bending some sheet metal and spacing it an inch or so off each muffler and tack welding it in place to act as a heat shield. Has anyone done this or have any good ideas?

 

[904Bronco]

Yes, I just made some last week... California is requiring me to have 4 cats, just like the donor 89 mustang had in order to make my EFI conversion legal in their eyes. (So I can pass Bi-annual smog and get my tags) So I got them on... and needed to protect the fuel filter and fuel lines...

I made two out of some stainless that I had lying around. Flowmaster makes heat shields that strap on to their mufflers... I have them on my 88 Mustang track car, back seat does get warm when the air is not moving under the chassis and mine are really close to the body pan. (Sorry no pic's of that)

 

[phred]

Basicly the same thing I did but used a piece of galvanize I had laying around.

 

[Scoop]

Yes, I just made some last week... California is requiring me to have 4 cats, just like the donor 89 mustang had in order to make my EFI conversion legal in their eyes. (So I can pass Bi-annual smog and get my tags) So I got them on... and needed to protect the fuel filter and fuel lines...

I made two out of some stainless that I had lying around. Flowmaster makes heat shields that strap on to their mufflers... I have them on my 88 Mustang track car, back seat does get warm when the air is not moving under the chassis and mine are really close to the body pan. (Sorry no pic's of that)

Nice job! I need to do something similar where my passenger side header goes by the passenger floorboard. It's been so hot at times that it has melted my wife's sneakers!

 

[trlblazr]

Here is what I did:

 

[SSDDBRONCO]

Nice job! I need to do something similar where my passenger side header goes by the passenger floorboard. It's been so hot at times that it has melted my wife's sneakers!

now that is crazy now you know where to cook your eggs when you when out of propane when your camping;D

 

[StnePny]

May be an Inconel wrap (or sheild) around the exhaust may be better for heat retension & dispression

 

[Jakedog]

Yes, I just made some last week... California is requiring me to have 4 cats, just like the donor 89 mustang had in order to make my EFI conversion legal in their eyes. (So I can pass Bi-annual smog and get my tags) So I got them on... and needed to protect the fuel filter and fuel lines...

I made two out of some stainless that I had lying around. Flowmaster makes heat shields that strap on to their mufflers... I have them on my 88 Mustang track car, back seat does get warm when the air is not moving under the chassis and mine are really close to the body pan. (Sorry no pic's of that)

That is the exact reason I want to go with a 75 or older Bronco. When I had my 75 in the 1990's it was always a PIA to get it smogged. Atleast the 75's are exempt now!