Allen,
My '72 GT had a booming resonance in the cabin at certain speeds.
Fitting the underdash covers helped a lot! Padding under the carpets
helped too. Valve noise was never a concern, but after the covers were
added there was no valve noise audible inside the car.
Bob
On Fri, 2 Apr 1999 22:18:51 -0400 Florrie & Allen Bachelder
<bachldrs@swva.net> writes:
>I have not tried this, but I've heard that correct under-dash covers
>(as
>many of our cars had when new) reduce engine noise considerably. Can
>somebody else verify this?
>
>Allen
>
>From: Skye Poier <skye@ffwd.com>
>>
>>Hello,
>>
>>I'm looking for ways to hear less of the tappets and more of the
>wonderful
>>burbly exhaust when I'm driving, and the first thing would probably
>be to
>>install the two pieces of black sound deadening material under the
>bonnet.
>>
>>Any other quieting suggestions would also be appreciated.
>>
>>Does anyone have a cheap alternate source of the material? I am
>going to
>>have to tear it out in a year or so to repaint anyway, so I don't
>want to
>>drop a bundle of money on it. Think Home Depot.
>>
>>Skye
>>
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