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So last week after purchasing the stubby 8" antenna, not coincidentally, I pulled the hoodliner out of my Mustang as it had frayed due to custom install of the CDC Shaker hood...........

Attached to the hoodliner and running from it to the area near the antenna, there is an alumminum strap ( bolts to the inside of the engine bay wall )

After removing it, my reception seems to suck.

Does anybody know if that alumminum strapis part of the antenna system???

Sxynerd

It's part of the vehicles electrical system. It helps complete the grounding circuit and provides insulation from engine noise through your radio. Taking off the liner can effect the Reception also. And, of course a shorty antenna is again another possible cause of reception problems. MECP basics.

You did a bunch of crap and now your feeling the effects of crap. Try putting your stock antenna back on first. Get a crimp ring connector and re hook up your frayed grounding strap.

cliffyk

The strap is tinned copper (aluminum would break after opening the hood 10 or 12 times).[/align][/align]The back of the hoodliner is aluminum, and as syxnerd said provides an RFI shield to containEMI and RFI from the engine--mostly RFI from the spark plugs.[/align]