While I have my trans and tcase removed to swap in my rebuilt t18 I want to apply some kind of coating on the underside of the transmission tunnel and floors to reduce the amount of heat (and hopefully noise) that make it into the cab. Do any of you have experience with any products for this purpose? It needs to either be a waterproof coating or be able to apply on top of a water proof coating or to have a WP coating applied on top of it.
Some possibilities:
1.Pep Boys has a rubberized coating I used in my wheel wells to make them easier to clean. It reduced the amount of noise, but I doubt it did much for heat. I might could use this for a base layer (to reduce noise) and apply a radiant heat barrier coating (shiny!) on top to reflect radiant heat, but it wouldn't do anything for convection/conduction. I need to check about the compatibility/price of the two products.
2. Use a rubberized product to coat everything. Then put a heat shield to block radiant heat from just the exhaust. Obviously this leaves a lot of area for heat to still get to the cab.
3. Use an undercoating product of some sort that claims to reduce heat and noise - these tend to be expensive, and some require spray application.
I wanna stay away from any products that go on the interior. I have bedlined the interior of the tub and want to keep it that way.
What other methods or specific products should I pay attention to?
Thanks!
-Gareth
Some possibilities:
1.Pep Boys has a rubberized coating I used in my wheel wells to make them easier to clean. It reduced the amount of noise, but I doubt it did much for heat. I might could use this for a base layer (to reduce noise) and apply a radiant heat barrier coating (shiny!) on top to reflect radiant heat, but it wouldn't do anything for convection/conduction. I need to check about the compatibility/price of the two products.
2. Use a rubberized product to coat everything. Then put a heat shield to block radiant heat from just the exhaust. Obviously this leaves a lot of area for heat to still get to the cab.
3. Use an undercoating product of some sort that claims to reduce heat and noise - these tend to be expensive, and some require spray application.
I wanna stay away from any products that go on the interior. I have bedlined the interior of the tub and want to keep it that way.
What other methods or specific products should I pay attention to?
Thanks!
-Gareth