Hood Insulation

onerare39

Anyone know where to get a piece of material for hood insulation? I need one for my 54 sedan.



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I've used carpet pad in both cars and trucks for many years, works best when covered with another less porous material , canvas works good. Want it thicker just stack it up, have to develope your own way to keep it in place according to the application . ---BUD

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onerare39 wrote:

Anyone know where to get a piece of material for hood insulation? I need one for my 54 sedan.



Thanks

Try these 1/2 or1 inch thick:



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Dave, keep in mind that a lot of insects go in the hood opening so you might want to use something that you can hit with a pressure washer. My 54 wasp gets a lot of bugs on the underside of the hood on a warm day.

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Should have been more specific, after yrs in a truck with a big ole deisel growling at me I wanted some cool in summer/ warm in winter and NOT SO DANG MUCH NOISE , fiberglass has very little sound deadening effect . Look at what HUDSON used behind the panels in your car. Yup, looks like batting material or carpet padding of that type, AND IT WORKS. Carpet pads come foam rubber{no good for this use} jute {ok for this} and fiber that looks like what HUDSON used. Best for this use . This is the type I always used. For a hood glue it and it will help stop vibration which transmits noise, then cover it to keep water off of it. Canvas works good . Same deal if putting in doors and such, glue it .to the sheet metal to deaden vibration .---BUD

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Aren't jute and canvas flammable?

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Dave53-7C wrote:

Aren't jute and canvas flammable?

--and fan belts--heater hoses--air filters--spark plug wires--rubber grommets--and believe it or not ANTI-FREEZE and the gases from the battery. If you get your hood insulation on fire it would likely be caused by gas sprayed up on it and you got a host of other things gonna burn with it. Sure it will burn in a fire but it won't be the cause of it . I have used both in truck engine compartments for years with no problems where temps are far greater than in a car, and if you want to see an oily mess peek under the hood of something with one of the old Detroits in it . BUD

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37 Terraplane#2 wrote:

--and fan belts--heater hoses--air filters--spark plug wires--rubber grommets--and believe it or not ANTI-FREEZE and the gases from the battery. If you get your hood insulation on fire it would likely be caused by gas sprayed up on it and you got a host of other things gonna burn with it. Sure it will burn in a fire but it won't be the cause of it . I have used both in truck engine compartments for years with no problems where temps are far greater than in a car, and if you want to see an oily mess peek under the hood of something with one of the old Detroits in it . BUD

Good points, but why did vehicle manufacturers decide to go with fiberglass? If jute or canvas came loose and fell on a hot exhaust pipe or manifold and caught fire, wouldn't they be the cause of a fire? I guess the solution would be to make sure that whatever insulation you use is securely installed.

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Instalation : I have assumed that whatever one used it would be properly installed . As to why car makers use what they do there is cost, govt regs. , durabilaty , many factors involved and I certainly don't know why they do a lot of things. So in our choice of what to use we are not incumbered by those matters. Our goal is the first to consider, heat,noise,appearance , what will the material achive all being factors,our abilaty to devise a good system on our own , cost for many of us. If one is concerned that their installation might fail there are fire retardent products readilly available and easy to apply to treat the material and highly recomend to use in these cars we cherish so much. So in the end it is up to the the individual what they should use considering all these things .