MHW100
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Pump hopefully shipping soon . Is there any mod required for the engine cover . In reading stealblusho's instal it sounds like it super hot under there.
Livernois Firestorm HPFP Installed
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StealBlueSho
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I cut back a section of the insulation under the cover and put reflective tape... seems to have worked.
MHW100
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Would it have been too hot otherwise?
StealBlueSho
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The Livernois pump sits up higher than the stock one. There is a foam surround covering the stock HPFP, so there was never any contact between the HPFP and the insulation under the engine cover. I have no idea if the Firestorm pump would melt/burn the insulation on the engine cover but being as ford didn’t intend them to touch for whatever reason, I decided to cut it back. Didn’t want to chance catching fire going down the road... I have no clue how heat resistant the insulation is. Better safe than sorry... but it has not warped or melted the engine cover the way I have it sooooo who knows.
MHW100
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Better safe than sorry, thanks .
Better safe than sorry for sure. I believe the foam was for sound deadening purposes.
MHW100
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Side question - is the engine cover even required?
StealBlueSho
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Absolutely it is, if anything it keeps more heat on the pump on. I just didn’t know enough about insulation on the back of the engine cover to trust it not to melt.
StealBlueSho
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No.
MHW100
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It seems more cosmetic than anything . I suppose it keeps some dust off it but i would think for cooling it would be better left off as compared to holding in heat .
StealBlueSho
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