My truck came from the factory without it, as did many many other trucks. There are no issues with removing it.

 

I was wondering about that with the lower end trucks. No bashing intended of course. I seem to remember that a lot of the work truck rams had that pad deleted.

 

Ya, my truck was an ST model. Not sure if that is why it didn't have it. I know i've seen some SLT's that did have it.

 

My SLT came with it and I need to replace it. It's probably for sound proofing, which us higher end people would come to appreciate

 

If you pull that insulation off, wear a face mask. I pulled mine as it was rubbing the belt and God knows what toxins I inhaled when that thing came loose.

 

Yea my ST it's M.I.A.

 

The sound insulation can be too good, or over done. Point in case is the 2010 Mustang. They made the engine so quite and the insulation so thick that you couldn't hear the engine. On a muscle car that is not a good thing. Ford innovated around this problem rather quickly. The hooked up a hose from the intake leading into the passenger cabin to carry some rumble inside where people could hear it. It is strictly for noise enhancement, no toxic gases are transfered. If you think I'm BSing you, just look it up.

 

I just looked up the hood liner/fire blanket thing and it appears that on many cars they are designed to help in the event of fire.

http://www.asbestos.com/products/aut...-hoodliner.php

 

I read that same article. When Ford could have removed some of the sound proofing which would reduce weight and production costs, they chose instead to increase weight and production costs to artificially project engine noise.

 

Have u ever seen a car fire? I have seen a few for training and for real. There is so much other stuff under the hood I don't think they do anything but feed the fire.