Looking for a rear 348 heat shield. Anyone?

99% sure I got one PM me your email address and I'll send you pics if I have it. It would be from a twin can model

 

If Fatso doesnt, I know I still have a few sets on the shelf in the barn.

 

I think Oz was making them in CF, IIRK.

 

Don't drive without it, once saw some melted rear lights.

 

Todd, #60 is for early cars only, if your car is a '91, you have the bumper with heat-resistant backing, this part is not required and your car didn't come with that piece from the factory.

That part doesn't protect the taillights, #59 does that. #60 protected the bumper on early and Euro cars.

 

Sorry to hi-jack the thread, so as long as TCannon is sorted, i'm looking for the upper rear heatshield, number 59 in this diagram:

http://www.eurospares.co.uk/userImages/078/Large/078_014A.gif

If anybody has one and is willing to ship to the UK (at my risk), please let me know prices etc

Thanks


Paul

 

I have one, in mint condition. PM me with a fair offer if you're interested.
I'll ship to the UK if you obviously cover the cost.

 

My rear bumper heat shield is trashed (see pic). Is the quoted info above correct? Do I really not needed it? I have a Spider that obviously has a heat shield, but it also seems to have the heat resistant backing that is mentioned above. Ricambi does show a heat shield in the Spider diagram.


Can I just remove it and move on, or is that a bad idea? A new one is absurd expensive. If anyone has one they are willing to part with, please let me know.

Dan
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When I had a problem like this on my 95 F355, I took a sheet of thin Aluminum bent in a flange attachment, gently rolled the sheet until it fit the same ontour as the original, and thn pop riveted some 900dF heat blanket (insulator) to the sheet and have been using it (just fine) for 8 years now.

ETA: This one cost me 2 hours of work (myself) and $35 in parts.

 

Hi guys, had same problem with my 1991 348ts it was trashed and even melted the cover over the rear tail light where the fibreglass had failed. Took heatshield to a local fibreglass boatbuilder who repaired the fibreglass and put a flowcoat of high temperature epoxy over the whole lot and repaired the melted tailight cover with epoxy, total cost $150. Worked quite well.
regards Larry in Sydney Australia

 

Can someone confirm that #60, the bumper shield, was replaced by reflective insulating material adhered to the inside of the bumper on later models? What year was the bumper shield eliminated? Mine is a 92 ts and appears to have reflective material on the bumper.

 

I have a 90 and it has the reflective material. I assume the heat shield got lost with service or what not over time. The reflective material becomes unglued and frankly is inadequate. I found a used heat shield one and put it on so I have both, I have spider exhaust on the TS.

 

I am swapping out the aftermarket exhaust that came on the car for an OEM single can. There is no bumper heat shield but I do have reflective stuff on the bumper. The aftermarket exhaust is WAY too close to touching the reflective insulating film. The paint on the bumper peeled and the reflective sheets are pretty beat up. I am getting the bumper painted and don't want it to happen again. I am thinking that the correct muffler at more than a mm of distance from fresh, high quality, reflective sheets should work.

 

Thinking of using these:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07YLHG97R/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_dx2MFbHBXP1BJ?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

Can withstand radiation from a 2000F object and direct contact with a 1200F object.

 

And maybe wrapping the muffler in this:

https://www.summitracing.com/parts/hsp-177102

 

When you say inadequate, what do you mean? Did you observe damage to the reflective material or damage to the bumper?

The more I think about wrapping the muffler, the more I don't like it. The heat has to go somewhere. It will conduct out to the pipes and it will come out through the exhaust itself as hotter air. Hot tips plus hot air exiting the tips could, itself do damage.

The reflective material I posted above looks exceptional. High temperature resistance of the adhesive and a thick fiberglass backing for insulation. That plus a properly located muffler should do the trick, I think.

 

The only reason I bought the used shield is because I found one. It is easy to make these things and I would put in front of the muffler as well actually.
Here is a 30 min heat shield/splash guard I built for my alternator, wraps around and behind, and a more professional fan shroud with PWM controllers.
An exhaust should that mounts up top with the oem shields and extends down would be fairly easy.

 

Look at this guy what he made for a F355, excellent built, should be similar to the 348.

https://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/posts/147441020/

 

That is some pretty good sheet metal work. I don't think I could come up with stuff as nice as that.

Couple of questions. First, do you have a rough estimate of the distance between the single can muffler and the inside surface of the bumper? Are we talking 5mm? 10mm? 20mm? 50mm?

Second, why did you needed a better fan shroud and better controller?