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Hey guys - I just noticed something. On the driver's side of my trunk, the floor gets HOT as HELL after driving... I had some football equipment in there, and some plastic pieces actually MELTED from the intense heat. The floor gets so hot you can't touch it. I even have a layer of that reflective insulating blanket under the trunk mat to redirect heat AWAY from the trunk compartment, to no avail.

The passenger side doesn't get hot, so I'm assuming this is muffler heat.

Is there some sort of shield missing or do I have an exhaust problem?

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It does get warm from that muffler (still stock?), but never noticed that hot. But I haven't tested. Makes you wonder about the spare cooking on one side.
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That it does...

Still stock, but I'm thinking if it's gonna be that hot, it might be time to swap it out for a stainless Magnaflow straight-thru design.
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I've never noticed anything cooking in my trunk... is the heat shield still in place above the resonator?

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Is it normal to have a fairly hot middle console after driving for a while? I noticed that right where your right leg rests against the console (right below and to left of the radio/deck), it has gotten hot on both occasions that I was on long trips of a few hours.
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Just make sure you flip the spare. If there's anything i hate it's a spare cooked on one side and raw on the tother!
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I have noticed it is warm in the trunk, but never to the point of melting plastic! :eek: That sounds way too hot!

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Hmmm.

Time for me to get up under there and have a lookie.
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AZhitman wrote:Hmmm.

Time for me to get up under there and have a lookie.


Those Eibach's must make it tougher to look under the car! :)

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The blanket won't help quite as much if objects are in direct contact with it. The reflectiveness is to defeat radiation, but conduction is a much more efficient heat transfer mechanism. A layer of rubber or fiberglass would help more probably. Think high "R-value". I bet either the heat shield is missing or your exhaust is bent and it's touching the body.
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Hmmm. Good points.

The exhaust is definitely not too close to the body - Actually, I've been planning to go to a muffler shop to have them cut off and move the "hooks" that hang the rear muffler as I think it hangs a tiny bit too low.

Is there supposed to be a heat shield under there?
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mpoyner wrote:Is it normal to have a fairly hot middle console after driving for a while? I noticed that right where your right leg rests against the console (right below and to left of the radio/deck), it has gotten hot on both occasions that I was on long trips of a few hours.


That is the transmission... And I suppose it could be normal for a few hours of driving..... As long as its not too bad......
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mpoyner wrote:Is it normal to have a fairly hot middle console after driving for a while?


Normal... Remeber there's a lot of hot exhaust components in that area too.

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AZhitman wrote:Is there supposed to be a heat shield under there?


There's a big one on mine... I wouldn't think they'd change that on later models.

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Ill take a gander at mine later!
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Perfect to keep the SAKI warm and ready.
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No way, Dennis - This would BOIL the sake!

It's really, really hot.
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I have a heat shield...... Its about 2-5in above the top of the muffler......
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Don't know if you already solved the problem, but a catalytic converter that is beginning to clog can be the cause of increased heat.
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Well it won't matter soon.

I'm having a full-stainless 2.5" mandrel-bent BRM system built from the manifolds back with faux cats, an X-pipe and true duals with Flowmasters... :D WOO HOO!!!
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In the threaded bungs welded into the downpipes. :D
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I'll be asking for the blueprints when my cats start overheating.
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Better yet, just order the system - Mine's gonna be the first, then BRM will have them available in kit form.

Coming soon to a VH45DE near you! :D
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Is it going to have quick release for the cats so I can put some real cats in when I'm not "racing"?
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Actually, you can have it with regular cats in place. Better to either HAVE them or NOT HAVE them...

Mine will LOOK like it has them, but.... :firedevil
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Being from California I was concerned about passing smog every 2 years.
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Then keep your cats and go cat-back.

I'll post here when it's done.

(If your car runs clean enough you shouldn't NEED cats except for visual inspection... Mine will be "straight-through" shells...
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Hitman,

E-mail me the info for ordering, installing, etc if ya could. [email protected]

I'm already there!

Nick :)
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You got it brothaman.

I have a feeling they're gonna sell like hotcakes. :D
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