Recommendations for reducing heat/noise inside vehicle....

[rocketrod]

One of the winter projects I have for my 69 Camaro is to remove the front/rear seats and carpet, strip the floorpan and apply POR-15 as needed. In addition, I would like to install Dynamat, or a similar product, to reduce the heat/ noise inside the vehicle and was looking for any recomendations or tips.

Thanks in advance,
Rod

[Flyboy]

A good Dynamat alternative...

http://www.fatmat.com/

I'm going to use their floor liner in my 67.

[dennis68]

Andrew just did an article in PHR I think about this. He will probably chime in on this. He did massive work to reduce NVH. There are tons of products for this purpose out there.

[KWIKND]

Rod,

My guy (Tim) recommended Lizard Skin. It is a spray on product. It is both a thermal insulation and a sound deadener. Tim does some nice stuff so I have to trust him on this one. I should be getting my car back within a couple of weeks for wiring and I'll see the product then. I'll let you know how it looks. I saw one of the Nova guys had some pix on a thread I'll see if can find it. www.lizardskin.com
http://www.strangemotion.com/html/whats_happenin.html
Dan

[DLinson]

Pics of my Nova interior

Above is the link to my Nova interior page. It shows the finish of the lizard skin sound deadener/insulator. It can be sprayed on, brushed on, or rolled on. I used a 4 inch roller to apply it to my center console and it went real easiy. Spraying it on does provide a better finish. I still don't have the car running so I can't tell you how it sounds.

I got it not only to cut down on noise but also on the interior temps. I applied it to the roof as well as on every panel and floor. I installed Vintage air so I'd like to make it as efficient as possible.

[Steve Chryssos]

Recommendations for reducing heat/noise inside vehicle....

Drive naked (heat) and turn the stereo up (noise). Works every time.

[baz67]

Thanks Steve. That is a very bad mental image. The bad part is in my job I have seen people drive neeked.
Brian

[gc67]

I like to use liquid deadeners. There are easier to work with since you can just paint them on. Here is the one that I used:

http://www.edesignaudio.com/edeadv3.htm

I also used some heat isulation from Lowe's, it was a kind of double sided foil with air pockets in between, and some fireproof home capeting padding. The car is signifigantly quieter and i no longer feel the heat coming through the firewall or transmission tunnel.

It took 2 gallons of the liquid to do the floor in my 67 camaro. A tip if you go with liquid:

get some disposable gloves and make sure you out any bolts that go in the floor in before you start, you don't want to get anything down in those threads

[bbc427]

How much prep did you have to do to apply a liquid product? Did you have to remove all of the seam sealer as weelas the old tar paper? Thanks
Eric

[boodlefoof]

I got a 100 square foot FatMat Fat Pack and did my '68 last summer. Reduced noise levels substantially. Doesn't reflect heat all that great though. Overall I was very pleased with it.