OutkastBoss
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The heat from my trans hump has been an annoyance for years. Early on I flooded the carpets a few times. When I took them out to clean I cut them so they are easily removable in sections. In not much time I was tired of taking them out before wheeling trips and they have been left out for years. With the Husky mats I don't mind the look of them out.
As many of you know without the carpet the trans hump heat can get extreme. Over the years we have had a backpack, and a cell phone melt against the trans hump during a few all day runs. One time a female friend wearing sandals burnt her foot on it and cried.
This last trip out I decided to put in the front pieces to cover the trans hump up front where it is the worst. It worked great but I did end up getting those carpets wet again. Also underneath the front passenger seat (no carpet there) we had a bottle of lotion melt and make a mess.
After returning home from this latest trip I took some temp measurements for reference. Btw I have a trans cooler and upgraded cooling system that does a good job of keeping my engine and trans in good operating temps. I do not think the heat is abnormal just annoying. I do have the original exhaust (2001) but the numbers I got didn't make me think the exhaust is abnormally hot either.
Here's what I came up with , Highest exhaust component temp 350, Inside floor/trans hump 150-170. The trans temp gauge was reading at 160. If the trans temp is 160 It would make sense that over a long drive that trans hump being so close would equalize in temps. So I don't think anything is wrong.
As many of you know without the carpet the trans hump heat can get extreme. Over the years we have had a backpack, and a cell phone melt against the trans hump during a few all day runs. One time a female friend wearing sandals burnt her foot on it and cried.
This last trip out I decided to put in the front pieces to cover the trans hump up front where it is the worst. It worked great but I did end up getting those carpets wet again. Also underneath the front passenger seat (no carpet there) we had a bottle of lotion melt and make a mess.
After returning home from this latest trip I took some temp measurements for reference. Btw I have a trans cooler and upgraded cooling system that does a good job of keeping my engine and trans in good operating temps. I do not think the heat is abnormal just annoying. I do have the original exhaust (2001) but the numbers I got didn't make me think the exhaust is abnormally hot either.
Here's what I came up with , Highest exhaust component temp 350, Inside floor/trans hump 150-170. The trans temp gauge was reading at 160. If the trans temp is 160 It would make sense that over a long drive that trans hump being so close would equalize in temps. So I don't think anything is wrong.
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