Engine Covers

[Mathius]

I realize that some people don't care for engine covers. They like to see the muscle. I feel like they clean up the engine bay.

The building of an engine cover doesn't seem too difficult to me whether I go with steel or fiberglass, but my question is, do they generally have any kind of insulation or foam underneath them?

Mathius

[toxicz28]

If you're talking like the factory ones on some of the late model cars, no.

[Mathius]

If you're talking like the factory ones on some of the late model cars, no.

Yeah, basically. Like the covers on the escalade 5.3/6.0 whatever, or the LS1. Those type deals.

Except I always figured the factory ones were plastic, so I didn't know if they had some kind of protection from heat under them.

Thanks.

Mathius

[toxicz28]

It's a pretty tough grade of plastic. If there's anything, it's a thin foam layer of crap that doesn't do much insulating.