Jack H (P2164)
Jack...Belated Thanks...Going to polycarb (Lexan) vs std plexi (lucite) solved the heat deformation problem I was having (if I was stopped at idle speed/ no air movement over the plexi plate it would deform around the high header even with my heat plate and high header wrapped).
Original plate by Olthoff was OK untill I was playing with improving the AC system and stupidly ran the car at 2,000RPMs stopped with the clamshell closed during AC charging that caused a lot of static heat (no air flow like running on road...BTW no engine temp issues so the coolant system/larger fans and Olthoff shroud work great) and that deformed what was evidently Polycarb originally Olthoff installed.
I made new plate out of plexi from Lowes that deformed with just a little ideling time at low RPM.
So Jack was correct about the higher temp tolerance of polycarb.
Steve P2125
Steve
Jack...Belated Thanks...Going to polycarb (Lexan) vs std plexi (lucite) solved the heat deformation problem I was having (if I was stopped at idle speed/ no air movement over the plexi plate it would deform around the high header even with my heat plate and high header wrapped).
Original plate by Olthoff was OK untill I was playing with improving the AC system and stupidly ran the car at 2,000RPMs stopped with the clamshell closed during AC charging that caused a lot of static heat (no air flow like running on road...BTW no engine temp issues so the coolant system/larger fans and Olthoff shroud work great) and that deformed what was evidently Polycarb originally Olthoff installed.
I made new plate out of plexi from Lowes that deformed with just a little ideling time at low RPM.
So Jack was correct about the higher temp tolerance of polycarb.
Steve P2125
Steve
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