Dynamat is a good material when redoing an interior, but for someone who
already has carpet fitted and the thickness of Dynamat would be a problem, I
would like to suggest an alternative I found. Fiberfrax is a ceramic cloth
insulation, used commonly in aviation. Pilots out there may be familiar
with it. It provides excellent insulating properties up to something like
2000 degrees. I have 1/2" thick batting "insulation" under my carpet, which
basically provides zero heat insulation. I put 1/16" Fiberfrax cloth under
the batting, using 3M trim adhesive ("yellow snot") on the vertical surfaces
of the foot well and 3 sides for bell housing area. I also insulated the
back side of the bell housing cover. Because it is only 1/16", all the
carpet snaps in no problem. You buy it by the foot, 24" wide, which,
coincidentally, is just about perfect for the foot wells and floor pan. I
bought it from Aircraft Spruce and Specialty
(http://www.aircraftspruce.com/). About $50 worth would do both sides.
Bruce Steele
1960 BN7
Brea, CA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark and Kathy" <mgtrcars@galaxyinternet.net>
To: <healeys@Autox.Team.Net>
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 8:03 PM
Subject: [Healeys] Cockpit Insulating revisited
> Gary Anderson had a nice article in the Moss Motor Mag. this latest issue
> and
> brought up some great tips and ideas on insulating our Healeys. One
> question
> that comes to my mind is the installation of the Dynamat products.
>
> I believe that Gary was referring to the non adhesive backed Dynamat and
> suggested applying glue to the foil side and gluing it to the floor to
> help
> reflect heat away from the cockpit and this makes complete sense.
>
> But what about the Dynamat Extreme that goes on with the foil side up and
> the
> tar surface down. Isn't this product defeating the purpose of reflecting
> the
> heat away from the cockpit?
> What would the use of the foil backing be in this case?
>
> Mark
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