Anyone Ask About Interior Noise?

[ElioDigger]

can't be noisier than my smart.

 

[Durk Jenkins]

I was wondering how EM is going to keep interior noise down. I have used a material used for roof flashing in my full size van, works great. Similar to dynamat but a lot less money. Once it sticks on almost impossible to remove. It has foil on one side and adhesive on the other anout1/8 inch thick.

 

[Edward]

Most cars these days seem to acoustically dampen the engine compartment with plastic panels. I can barely hear my wife's Nissan Versa running. First time she got in it, she thought something had to be wrong with the car!

 

[JEBar]

they have stated (and it makes sense to me) that having the front tires outside of the body of vehicle provides considerable sound reduction

 

[NSTG8R]

I was wondering how EM is going to keep interior noise down. I have used a material used for roof flashing in my full size van, works great. Similar to dynamat but a lot less money. Once it sticks on almost impossible to remove. It has foil on one side and adhesive on the other anout1/8 inch thick.

Hmmm....Get any strange odors using that when it's hot outside? I'm assuming it's asphalt-based. I do like the idea though.

 

[karl]

I was wondering how EM is going to keep interior noise down. I have used a material used for roof flashing in my full size van, works great. Similar to dynamat but a lot less money. Once it sticks on almost impossible to remove. It has foil on one side and adhesive on the other anout1/8 inch thick.

How much does a roll of it weigh?

 

[BlioKart]

I was wondering how EM is going to keep interior noise down. I have used a material used for roof flashing in my full size van, works great. Similar to dynamat but a lot less money. Once it sticks on almost impossible to remove. It has foil on one side and adhesive on the other anout1/8 inch thick.

I've seen people using it as a cheap form of Dynamat and other similar products. Elio is small shouldn't take much product to insulate if its too loud

 

[ElioDigger]

Your better audio places will have this king of sound reduction material

 

[pistonboy]

Hmmm....Get any strange odors using that when it's hot outside? I'm assuming it's asphalt-based. I do like the idea though.

I have used the same thing as Durk Jenkins has used, but on the underside of the engine cover in my 1961 Corvair station wagon. The heat of the engine is directly below it, I have gone a complete summer with it on, and I live in the desert of southern California. So far I have never noticed any odors.

 

[NSTG8R]

I have used the same thing as Durk Jenkins has used, but on the underside of the engine cover in my 1961 Corvair station wagon. The heat of the engine is directly below it, I have gone a complete summer with it on, and I live in the desert of southern California. So far I have never noticed any odors.

First off, very cool car Pistonboy! Always dug Corvairs (Dad had a Monza when I was a kid). Now I 'believe' their intake air is ducted from outside the passenger compartment, but after you shut down the engine, all the heat would definitely put my concerns about fumes to the test. No way there'd be that kind of heat in the passenger compartment of an Elio. Sounds like a pretty good recommendation. Thanks for the input!