Originally Posted by Sniper
Originally Posted by jbc426
Originally Posted by Sniper
Originally Posted by jbc426
I've done with both my cars and my truck with Dynamat Extreme in bulk packs. I found it on sale on Amazon for about 1/2 off with free shipping. It is heavy. I do two layers on the wheel tubs, and one the entire floor, ceiling and doors(some strips inside and on the panel).

The key to insulating airplanes or cars is that products like dynamat are designed and are very good at reducing panel resonation, and not so much at reducing heat transfer. You actually don't even need to cover the entire surface, just use enough to stop the resonation of the panels.

For best sound deadening, heat and fume rejection, you must use a double sided foil covered insulating blanket type material on top of it. I get mine from Speedway Motors. Its very reasonably priced there.

I cocoon the entire interior from glass to glass with individually cut pieces that I tape together at the seams with that aluminum foil duct tape that has the peel off wax paper backing..I also do under the headliner, dash and doors.I tape down the edges just out of sight of the interior trim etc. By '70 E-Body sounds like you are sitting in a bank vault when you close the door. I swear it is as quiet as a Bentley rolling down the road. Most people are shocked at how much of a difference in terms of sound reduction/deadening and heat and fume rejection this technique provides. I learned how to do it this way reading about how they insulate small planes.


I cannot begin to imagine how much added weight that is.


It adds 15lbs for each full bulk pack of Dynamat Extreme.. I used 3 packs on my '70 E-Body, The foil insulator adds a couple pounds too.


Thanks, I think what was confusing me was the cocooning statement. Didn't realize that it was foil backed jute you were referring to in that statement. I had thought it was all Dynamat, lol.


Its interesting how much better the foil covered jute is at both sound and heat rejection than Dynamat or Fatmat type products, and drastically less expensive too. Together they are amazing too, but the self adhesive butyl sheets by themselves are only marginal at best as far as insulating against heat and noise. Dynamat and Fatmat really only dampen panel resonation and slow down the heat transfer. they will get just as hot as the panel in a short amount of time. Not so with the foil covered jute. Thats what a lot of guys get wrong when trying to insulate a car. You can read it here.

The word cocooning just came to mind for some reason. I basically cover every square inch with taped together sheets and custom fitted cutouts of the double foil sided jute mats. the aluminum duct tape seals very well at all the seams. The entire form fitted covering can be removed from the car, and it looks like it was molded to the interior. When installed, I tape it down at all the edges, just shy of where the interior will cover.

Here's a picture of my Vintage Air evaporator with the foil, and Dynamat underneath it. I used to have a lot more photos of my '70 while insulating it, but my hard drive got destroyed.

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