Thank you sir! I’m chomping at the bit to get her purring. Coming along! I just got hydroboost lines made up and installed, now I’m fabbing mounting brackets for my power steering cooler and making lines. Magnefine filter installed and made two more layers of Tesa heat tape on regulated return fuel lines and some wiring and hoses I have access to right now.

 

I used the same holes that the AC cooler to mount my redneck brackets. A piece of 1/4” thick rubber between for vibration. I will paint them satin black along with the crossmember later. Just wanted to have it there to figure hose length and routing. I’m making my own hoses with some black braided hose and AN fittings.

 

Smackdaddy, I used Fatmat on the firewall of my truck when I did this about 10-12+ yrs ago it may have been even longer I just don't recall rightnow. Anyhow, I did not apply it to the bare metal as you did, I applied it over the OEM heat barrier. I used Simplegreen to clean up the surfaces, I then ran the Fatmat begining from the bottom at the transmission bellhousing area and or body seal up behind the turbo & and up the cowl to the hood seal, and from the AC/ heater box over to the Hydro boost area width wise more or less. Thru the years 3-4 years more or less with the heat from the Trubo and uppipes, it began to peal. It started on the cowl, and down behind the turbo/Uppipes. The heat is so intense there, that the sticky asphalt backing melts, dripping down and all over the turbo, the uppipes and down to the transmission. Several times when I opened my hood, the Fatmat was laying on top of the turbo and it makes a big mess. I used a propane map gas bottle to set I back in place, and again it would hold for accouple of years, then I'd have to do it again. So over the last 12 years, I had to do this about 5 times, and like I said, my turbo, pedestal and down the valley under the pedestal have the asphalt drippings stuck to them. I had a 38R turbo in place thru out this time. In the picture below, 4 months ago I removed the 38r and did a T4 & SXE472 installation, This gave me the room to do the partial Fatmat removal and install the Megablock.
But at these points, on the cowl and down towards the top of the Turbo, I didn't have any clips or anything else holding the fatmat in place either. It was just installed using the sticky asphalt backing to the bare metal. Now, Behind the trubo on the firewall, I did as you did using the threaded bolts that are protruding thru the firewall. I attached the Fatmat here as you did, and used some 2" flat washer to help hold the Fatmat in place down the firewall, and for the most part, the fatmat did stay in place down the firewall and towards the seam at the transmission. What I ended up doing about 4yrs later, because the fatmat kept peeling off in those areas I described, was I fabbed up some 5"X8"Aluminum diamond plates that I shaped to the area behind the turbo and 2 more to either side of the turbo, drilled holes in them and again using the bolts that are protruding the firewall, I set the Aluminum plates in place. This helped to cover a bigger area of the fatmat and this did hold the Fatmat in place. The other idea I had was to make the Aluminum plate/plates much larger, to go the entire length from bolt to bolt say about 6"W X 24"L +/- or so because I don't remember the length of this area rightnow, but to cover from bolt to bolt, and install this aluminum diamond plate on the firewall right behind the turbo area. This to will hold the Coolitmat in place.
Lastly I'm not sure if you decided to reinstall the OEM heat barrier over the Coolitmat, but I didn't see where you did. I believe I saw that you had applied the coolitmat to the cowl above the turbo area, and unless you use some sort of clips or plate's to hold it in place, it will peel off. Here in the last 4 months I ended up removing the Fatmat from the cowl and down to just behind the turbo. It was a pain in the butt to remove the black asphalt adhesive to clean metal as well. I then applied the Second Skin mega block (Amazon) from the hood seal-Top cowl all the way down to the transmission bellhousing, to cover the Fatmat as well. This seems to be holding in place very well.
In the picture below, from about where the nuts and washers are to the cowl/hood seal is the point from where I had to remove the Fatmat, because it kept peeling off. From the nuts and washer's down to above the Transmission I left the Fatmat in place under the MegaBlock.


I apologize for the long post, I only wanted to share some info with you about this type Coolitmat/Fatmat etc. It's great stuff for sure, It's just not going to hold up in the areas I described. About the same time, I gutted the interior of my truck and installed the Fatmat thu-out. I also did inside of the 4 doors and it made an amazing difference in the road noise, as well as to my stereo system. It sounded as though I had installed a new stereo system bigger, thicker, tighter bass, and the highs are just amazing too. Again, sorry for the long post. I'm in West Texas, Pecos to be exact.

 

How is Pecos these days? I used to run winter tests out at Smither's test track, long gone I understand.

What I bought but haven't installed is Thermo-Tec Cool-it mat. I'll be using the existing clips on studs to hold it in place. The melting issues may have been why Ford did not use an adhesive mat. But without history, I can say how it would hold up.

 

Thanks countrycar. I did not stick it to the firewall, I removed the factory insulation and put two layers of Cool-It on the back and one on the front and wrapped it around to seal the edges. I test fit it and it was perfect. I ordered an adhesive backed heat barrier made my the same company Thermo Tec and it will be here tomorrow. I spoke to the rep about it and he assure me one layer over what I have and wrapping it around the edges would work fine. He did the same thing I did in his Duramax and it’s been installed for several years. The heat barrier material above the turbo is made by DEI, it’s been there since last April and has been fine. I will post photos tomorrow.

 

It's a great place to be if you work in the O&G field. It's little slow rightnow, but by next month as it always does, it'll pick back up. I'm not familiar with the testing ground that you worked at. I had to google it to find out what in fact it was. I guess it is closed now and has been for some years now. Anyhow, I did almost buy the thermotic as well, which is also very impressive material. With the experience I'd had with the Fatmat, I knew the that the Megablock would work great. It has just a slightly lower Operating work and heat range than the thermotec, but again it worked fabulous. The SXE turbo line is extremely quite anyhow, but with the megablock installed I don't hear it hardly at all, only when I lay in to throttle hard, and I pull out hard and PSSHHHH. The tape that I used in the seams within the picture I posted is Thermotec.

 

You've got a different version then I do.

 

I got the cooler lines done and everything is ready for the engine except for the firewall. I’m ready to get it in and start buttoning her up.



This stuff is like Frank’s Hot Sauce...I put that **** on everything.

 

PERFECT!!!! I'm glad to see that your going to install the Thermotec heat barrier over this stuff.. Great job as you've done thru out the entire build. I think I read somewhere with in your post that you were waiting for the Thermotec material to drop. My mistake, in my haste I kinda sped read thru the thread, and missed it. My Apologize Pal... Well, I guess forget everything I said then. Carry On Fellas, nothing to see here..

 

Hey brother, I gloss over things people post all the time. Earlier in this thread I did the same thing when a guy asked what sealant I used on my bedplate and I totally missed it.
I post the Thermo Tec product I am using on the face of the firewall barrier I post earlier in post #224


Thermo-Tec 13590 24" X 48" Adhesive Backed Heat Barrier

 

Smither's abandoned it and I think gave it away to the county or a university. I thought it was a neat track and had a lot of history. There was good track activity there at the time, mostly tire testing, but oil was hurting. I was running tractor-trailer tests.

Truck next to the building ..






The big 10 mile circle, and everything inside.

 

I’m in the oil and gas business as well. I operate over 60 wells in the Eagleford Shale.

 

sOh Wow. In 2012-2014 I worked in Kenedy for COPC as a Pipeline Inspector to include projects in Victoria/Beeville/Three Rivers areas. Just wrapped up 2.5 yrs for Anadarko Pecos/Kermit areas as a Facilities and Wellpads Inspector. I might be heading to Hebbronville for a big Pipeline project, just waiting on the call. If I do, I'll try to hit yah up at some point. I grew up in Zapata if your familiar with this town.

 

This would be a great place to get in to and rip around in my truck. See if I can't shred the tires LOL.....
Sorry for the derail guys. Smackdaddy back to you pal.. Look forward to seeing the completion.

 

Yessir, I am always around!