Whats that black padding under the hood? Whats it for?
04-24-2005, 10:47 AM
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Originally Posted by captainmiller
And even better cars (Bonneville SSE and SSEi) have the names printed RIGHT on them!!
I've got one of the BETTER one'* and mine doesn't have it. :(
04-24-2005, 11:32 AM
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Originally Posted by willwren
As far as I know, only the 92-95 SSE or SSEi got the silkscreened logo, but they BOTH said nothing more than SSE.
04-24-2005, 11:56 AM
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Originally Posted by opensourceguy
along with keeping the noise down [again, not sure how much noise that little pad can block, but whatever floats GM'* boat].
-justin
-justin
You'd be surprised at how much GM did to quiet the engine'* niosy sound. I guess many little things add up to a quieter sounding car. I know this was one of the main goals when designing the series II engines. :
http://engine.firebirdv6.com/3800history.html
04-24-2005, 12:30 PM
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Originally Posted by dbeast420
Originally Posted by captainmiller
And even better cars (Bonneville SSE and SSEi) have the names printed RIGHT on them!!
I've got one of the BETTER one'* and mine doesn't have it. :(
04-24-2005, 12:52 PM
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From what I've been told it is used to smother the engine when there is a fire. The plastic tabs holding on melt and then the pad drops acting as a fire blanket. Would be neat to see this in action
04-24-2005, 01:20 PM
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Originally Posted by silver98SE
From what I've been told it is used to smother the engine when there is a fire. The plastic tabs holding on melt and then the pad drops acting as a fire blanket. Would be neat to see this in action
