interceptor Posted April 20, 2013 Report Share Posted April 20, 2013 I've read a couple of buried posts about guys removing the hood blanket to hear a little more engine/turbo noise. I have a 2013 F150 Ecoboost that I drive for work. The turbos sound amazing on the F150. I can't hear anything at all on my SHO. I was wondering what the ill effects may be of removing the hood blanket and/or engine cover. I noticed they are pretty thick, and I'm assuming the ecoboost gets pretty hot. Any performance losses due to heat by removing the insulation? Any hood paint worries due to the heat if I take the blanket off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timeless Posted April 20, 2013 Report Share Posted April 20, 2013 Would be interested in knowing this also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpd1151 Posted April 21, 2013 Report Share Posted April 21, 2013 I removed my hood blanket for a short period of time (after hood vent install) and didn't notice a lick of difference in performance with it removed. My IAT's remained the same, & I didn't notice any more noise either. It was so incredibly hideous looking with that thing removed, that I actually chose to reinstall it. Sent from my DROID3 using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeB Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 It was so incredibly hideous looking with that thing removed, that I actually chose to reinstall it. Just curious, but was it hideous due to the work of your vents or just that general area on stock hoods is hideous? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpd1151 Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 Just curious' date=' but was it hideous due to the work of your vents or just that general area on stock hoods is hideous?[/b'] Ha! My hood vents are a thing of beauty and functionality tyvm. But as far as what it looks like underneath when the engine hood blanket is removed...... This is what I mean by hideous....... :fear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
interceptor Posted April 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 Wow that is ugly. Not that anybody will be looking under my hood I guess. I may pull mine off for a while and see if I notice any difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve142857 Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 Better with the blanket indeed Mike... Before shoman04 makes a Star Wars comment, here is what it remembered me of: lol [ATTACH]2364[/ATTACH] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHOdded Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 Better with the blanket indeed Mike... Before shoman04 makes a Star Wars comment, here is what it remembered me of: lol[ATTACH]2364[/ATTACH] Glad I am not the only one that thought of a DeathStar scenario Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpd1151 Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 Steve! That new racing outfit of mine was supposed to be a secret! Geezuz, I can't believe you posted that, that was going to be a special reveal for this year as it coincides with my overall blk/wht theme. Sent from my DROID3 using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crash712us Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 Good one Steve! Honestly I true don't understand what the big deal is IAT's are. Trust me I know how works, before we go there. It's seems most are worried about the IAT's at idle which quickly rises due to ambient air near by which is hot. Especially in summer time your sucking hot air of the road and heat soak from engine. But these temp are pre inter cooler and only inlet temps. While cooling inlet temps increase performance that just goes with out saying. But the focus should be on the intake manifold air temp, which I believe is not readable by any of our devices at this time. But the only way your going to drop intake air temp is with a air-h2o inter cooler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighBarSHO Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 Leave the blanket on. BTW, talking inlet temps does anyone run a Aeroforce Scan Gauge on one these? They read like 80 plus parameters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpoolinX2 Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 I've considered taking the engine cover off before, but from what I can tell, it keeps a lot of dust/dirt/crap off of the more intricate engine parts that covers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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