5SFE vs 7AFE Engine Hoods, Lining vs No Lining Options

[Celicav]

Need your help. I am considering purchasing Jspec3sge's (Ryan's) mint condition stock red engine hood from his 1994 ST (7AFE). From the pics, you can see it has no lining under the hood (just bare metal). Is this standard on STs? Both my GTs have thick lining under the hood. Doesn't this help keep the metal hood insulated/cooler after running the engine? I think it would be hard to "transplant" the lining from one hood to the other. Thanks.

This post has been edited by Celicav: Jan 30, 2006 - 11:49 PM

[blu94gt]

the lining is a fire retardant.

It is held on by small plastic tabs, if there is a fire under the hood, the tabs melt and the lining drops to help put the fire out or at least help it from spreading.

it isn't hard to swap the lining, just be careful and don't break the tabs

exactly, so unless you plan on having an engine fire it won't do much. some cars have them some don't, i might take mine off since it's kind of droopy and stained

i tried to take mine out so i could wash it cuz its covered w/ oil, so i dont think it would HELP put out the fire any lol. Anyway, the tabs are hard to get out, idk how you do it.

As far as I know you just have to cut the tabs and buy new ones if you want to tack it back on. The guy at our shop who does paintless dent removal just cuts the tabs if he needs to take off the lining then has new tabs to hang it again.