Whats that black padding under the hood? Whats it for?
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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. :(
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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
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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. :(
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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
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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
