On ANOTHER SITE there is a post talking about a "display model". I assume that means a dealer car for their showroom.

This '05 has

• Intake Manifold Cover
• No hood blanket

I wonder if that's a hint of production, OR if it's simply a matter of early mules/pre-production being put into service as display models.

Thoughts?

 

it looks like a mule but cool pics

 

OK That does it! After just seeing the 05 In Orlando without the Intake Cover, and seeing the Intake Cover in this pic', I HAVE to Get the Intake cover!

 

Yup!

Heeeelllloooooo first aftermarket purchase!

 

That is one nice cover. Probably will be able to get it through Ford Racing.

 

Definately need that cover if the car doesn't come with it.

 

I don't know why, but I just think it would have been nicer if it was factory rather then aftermarket.

 

Secondary question:

Is the hood blanket primarily for noise reduction, or for heat reduction? Is there a danger of accelerated paint fade/damage if we remove our blankets... ?

 

Ford probably looked at the part and said "we could give it to them for free, or....make them think they get it and when they realize they don't they will be willing to pay for it "

 

I always thought hood blankets were a fire suppression device. They are usually fastened on with plastic buttons or rivet type connectors so in the case of an engine bay fire the plastic melts and the blanket drops on the motor and smothers the fire.

 

Do you think the aftermarket will make one with a pony on it?

 

Interesting, but almost all non-loadbearing connectors are plastic these days.

Also, where is it going to fall? It's not like there is any room for it to drape around anything. It could drop all of 1 inch and sit just like it is, supported from fender-to-fender by cables, hoses, wires, intake, etc.

 

I always thought it was just insulation for the hood. The amount of heat being produced from the engine + the heat from the sun would crack the paint over time. Wouldn't it? My 77 mustang had this on it (as well as my 90 and 97) and since it was so old it started falling apart. I don't see this as a device that would be used to snuff out a fire.

 

its mostly sound deadening the mach one doest have one neither do saleens or roushes

 

Then I know what I am going to do with mine on day-one. Pull it off and throw it into storage!

 

 

Someone else feel free to pipe in on this, but I recall hearing that blankets also served the purpose of regulating the hood temperature. Something about the long term exposure to engine heat (w/o the blanket) discoloring the hood's paint relative to the rest of the car? Any takers?



EDIT: Doh! Need to read better. Adrenalin commented on this...

 

i think a shaker would look better than the intake cover. but thats just me.

 

Actually most of you are right about the "hood blanket" It is used for sound insulation, heat dissipation and fire supression. Legend is right about the buttons melting at a certain point and the blanket dropping down into the engine compartment.

I'm not so sure chucking it out would be in one's best interest IMO. I'm not sure about this either, but there may be warranty issues involved with damage caused as a result of a missing "blanket."

 

The "Blanket" serves several purposes. It's 2 main purposes are: Insulation for the Aluminum Hood to protect the Paint on the Hood from the Excess Heat from the Engine, and As a Fire Supression Device. All new cars use a material that drops and Melts to cut off oxygen to any potential Engine Fire. I don't remember anyone postiong this but there are 2 Ponys embossed on the Hood Blanket.