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YOUR RESEARCHEngine bay insulation vs no insulation
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Combined work: Use high temp adhesive + Use some home depot hvac silver tape
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Used some Home Depot HVAC silver tape for the edges to have that clean look. Then again used the high temp adhesive to spray glue the two thermal sheets sandwich to the chassis and the heat resistance and sound damping issue solved, IMO.
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Then again used the high temp adhesive to spray glue the two thermal sheets sandwich to the chassis and the heat resistance and sound damping issue solved, IMO.
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Used some Home Depot HVAC silver tape for the edges to have that clean look.
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Used some Home Depot HVAC silver tape for the edges to have that clean look.
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A cleaner look is to use DynaMat - peel & stick - or similar product.
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Used some Home Depot HVAC silver tape for the edges to have that clean look. Then again used the high temp adhesive to spray glue the two thermal sheets sandwich to the chassis and the heat resistance and sound damping issue solved, IMO.
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Then again used the high temp adhesive to spray glue the two thermal sheets sandwich to the chassis and the heat resistance and sound damping issue solved, IMO.
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Used some Home Depot HVAC silver tape for the edges to have that clean look. Then again used the high temp adhesive to spray glue the two thermal sheets sandwich to the chassis and the heat resistance and sound damping issue solved, IMO.
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While doing some engine out work on my 2001 996 I got to looking at the engine compartment insulation and decided to replace it as it was looking a little worse for wear and I was getting tired of having little black pieces of pad all over when I worked on it, so after taking the old pad out and cleaning up most of the glue I was thinking it sure does look a lot cleaner with no pad and the pad appears to be very cheap thin foam, so has anyone removed it and driven their car without it, how much noisier is it ?
It's probably more sound deadening than insulation. A cleaner look is to use DynaMat - peel & stick - or similar product. Jeggs and other high performance shops carry it.
The foam totally deteriorated in my black 6TT. I removed it all which is not an easy task and used something called "Thermoguard FR" which is fire resistant mineral wool with one side aluminized. I glued it to the top and back of the engine bay with 3M 90. I sealed around the top and side edges with aluminum tape to try keeping water/oil/etc out. I left holes on the bottom seam to act as drains.
The Thermoguard FR is about 1/3 the weight of the factory foam and seems about as efficient at noise reduction. Although I don't have carpets in the car anymore so it's hard to tell.
I have an idea and it's what I did with mine since the I did not want to wait for a delivery from Germany nor pay the $400 sticker price for Porsche original foam insulation. Anyhow I jumped on Amazon and bought some Thermo-Tec 14125 sheet of 4 ft x6 ft (thermal silver blanket) for about $93 bucks. The also bought some Design Engineering 010490 Hight Temp Spray Adhesive ($20) on Amazon or Summit racing. Then turned to removing the old foam and tracing the pattern on to the new thermal blanket stuff. I was able to make two full sheets and still have some left over for other projects. Anyhow I double up and glued two blankets to equal out about 3/8 to 1/2 on an inch. Used some Home Depot HVAC silver tape for the edges to have that clean look. Then again used the high temp adhesive to spray glue the two thermal sheets sandwich to the chassis and the heat resistance and sound damping issue solved, IMO. Also, I like the space age silver look inside the engine bay instead of the black foam. It paired well with my Porsche silver 996. So got a nice-looking engine bay firewall insulation at a decent price. It stopped the disintegrating foam from raining down on the motor when doing anything back in there and still protects the rear part of the 996 from any engine heat dissipated by the engine.
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