Engine Blanket Exposed Insight Gen1

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This one shows the bottom panel joined to the rear panels. I used the high temp hook and loop on the rear bottom edge. Not enough room to get a hold on a zipper back there.

Moving left, the bottom panel and the back panel now surround the exhaust.
The bottom panel is supported by the under body aero panel cross member. There are grommets installed to create holes for the studs on the cross member. Then more thumb screws hold the bottom panel in place on the cross member. These thumb screws are installed before the bottom panel is zipped together with the adjacent side and front wall panels. They remain in place inside the blanket during use.

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Still moving to the left under the engine.

And finally to the vehicle right side.

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The bottom panel is zipped up from both rear corners, around toward the front, where it is zipped to the front wall panel.

Once again starting on the vehicle left.
Looking from just inside the front of the wheel well.

From underneath the left front

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Coming from the right rear corner around to the front. The zippers start on the bottom panel, at the front of the axles. The hook and loop fastens the bottom panel to the back panels behind the axles.

Under the AC compressor and around the front right corner.

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The bottom panel is zipped to the front panel from the two sides toward the center.

Put your chin under the radiator, and look up.

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What we have seen thus far in the install pics, has been without the aluminum bubble insulation (one layer) and the outer protective Sunbrella material. All panels were verified to fit before the sandwich was sewn together. The yellow side of the material is the tough strata that the aluminum layer is adhered to.

Getting this thing in around the AC hoses and the vehicle right engine mount is fun. Takes both hands. I'll take some pics of that twist-ation. Although more layers of insulation could have been added to some of the other panels, the one around the AC hoses would have been too thick to get in place. The way I've done it anyway.

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I see that I don't have, or haven't yet found, a pic of the center aero panel I made. I call it that, and it may also serve that function, but it was created originally for protection of the engine blanket between the two factory panels.
Made from aluminum it covers the gap in the center. I'll get a pic next time I'm under there.

As I mentioned before there are other mods that I have done, some to protect the blanket from as much water exposure as I could, and also to keep the draft out of the engine compartment. Such as blocking the huge gapping holes in the wheel wells, and some rubber side shields between the frame and the aero panels. I'm sure such verbage is subject for another thread, so as I said, we move on.

Randall

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Found a pic of the thermocouple breakout board that I used to log the temps inside the engine blanket during testing. It was ziptied under the hood and the USB cable was ran over to the right side behind the open hood support, inside the fender, to the bottom of the door so it would'nt wick water, and up over the door seal. Wasn't going to be permanent, and didn't want to drill a hole in the Insight.

Of particular concern was the IMA motor temp. This was as close as I could find a hole. It also gives another view of the rerouted ground cable.

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Thanks for sharing. It takes the newer insight with a full grill block 5 miles or so of interstate driving to get up to temp.


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Added to first post. Same stuff as here.

EDIT 02/05/2012 added links to mediafire

I uploaded some of the files that were used for engine compartment temperature monitoring to Mediafire.

Engine compartment temps

OBD data

X is the trip number.
If the dates in the files don't match up with the file name, it is because when working the night shift, the trip in before midnight is saved as the first trip of the next calender day. Sunday night is Monday morning.

Thanks for pointing me to mediafire Tim from DH. I like it better than google docs.
Randall