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Old 02-12-2013, 11:32 AM
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Unfortunately Patrick has a point - why else would I be 3 years this month into my ERA build and still looking at probably 6 more months to complete. Oh-well, it was a retirement project (before I went back to work).

At a minimum insulate the inside of the transmission tunnel. Old factory Corvettes had tunnel insulation because of the heat from those aluminum body Muncie transmissions. A cast iron Toploader (if that's what you are using) will warm up to be a big chunk of hot steel and heat from it will radiate right through that aluminum tunnel metal. Anything else just depends on your objectives for the car and what you feel comfortable with.
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