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 Sound Proofing
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simonds1
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Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 11:18 am

This is quite possibly the daftest question EVER to be on this site, but I was just wondering if there was such a thing as like a sound proofing material that you could buy to put on the underside of the bonnet or somewhere just to quieten the sound of the engine a bit? I'm only askin cuz my boss was lookin at his audi at work, and it was lush, just sat there hummin away, and he opened the bonnet and whoa.....sounded like a bag of nails lol. Shut the bonnet again and "hmmmmmmmmmmm" just sat there purrin away again.......magic! So I was like "hmm....I wanna do that!" But what the hell could u put there that wouldn't catch fire with the heat from that damn engine lol. doh
mals
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Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 11:32 am

Egg boxes are good for sound proofing!

(You did say it was a daft question)

But seriously, my old XR2i used to have this black carpet like material under the bonnet, I dont think you can get it for the 19's though. Chris?
simonds1
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Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 11:55 am

Haha yeah, egg boxes are good! Don't think I'll go with that idea tho lol. Am just waiting for someone to tell me to wear ear muffs.

I spoze if u could buy that carpet stuff and then cut it to shape? But hell knows how u stick it to the underside of bonnet Confused
schakal
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Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 11:58 am

wear ear muffs Wanker!
Neal
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Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 12:01 pm

What do you want to get rid of the sound for?

RRAAAAAAARRRR RRAAAAARRRRRRR VVRROOOOOOOOOOOOMMM!!!!

Cool
huwwatkins
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Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 12:09 pm

Right, go to the scrap yard, find a diesel/turbo diesel and open the bonnet, you shall then find the exact soundproofing you are looking for.
simonds1
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Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 12:11 pm

hmm.......I dunno actually lol. Thought it would maybe sound smoother with more exhaust sound than engine. I dunno. My fuel pump doesn't help either. When I'm sat there idling, all I can hear is "buuuuuuzzzzzzzzzz" I'm sure it's fucked. Or nearly fucked. I just want it to sound.....'nice'
Neal
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Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 12:23 pm

nah they all whine like that.
huwwatkins
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Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 12:28 pm

I kinda like the fuel pump noise, sounds sort of 'furtureistic'
schakal
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Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 12:30 pm

yes they do apparently ,i thought something was wrong when i heard the fuel pump going on constantly .

i also found out my aux water pump is working as well.

engine and the exhaust sounds great ,i would not soundproof them if i was you .
Chris H
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Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 12:49 pm

marks 1.8 RT also has the standard underbonnet sound deadening.
simonds1
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Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 12:53 pm

But my fuel pump was always silent.....and then not long after I had the car I noticed a slight leak in the fuel tank (towards top of tank, so only noticed it when I filled it right up) but anyway, had it in garage for new fuel tank and pump's been noisey ever since then. So I assumed garage had fucked it up or done something to it? No idea
schakal
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Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 1:04 pm

Chris H wrote:
marks 1.8 RT also has the standard underbonnet sound deadening.



i dont have one of them on mine ,may be some butcher wanted to play with it Evil or Very Mad
JB
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Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 2:24 pm

i cant hear my pump ...only if i remove the rear seats
huwwatkins
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Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 3:32 pm

Neither can I JB, only when standing round the back of the car. Does the sound deadening make much difference on the 1.8's? My current bonnet doesnt have any and I certainly noticaed a difference on my TD.
mals
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Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 12:04 am

I can hear my pump, It's rwlly fukin loud, specially with the roof down
Chris H
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Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 3:59 am

your all deaf i can hear every cars pump!
SpeedFreak
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Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 4:18 pm

Only pump i can hear is out of my arse after a fine chinese! Laughing
roddy21t
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Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 5:18 pm

When i worked for Parco Autostores years ago they used to sell sound deadning pads, but i think they are a little bit heavy and may add unwanted weight to the car Confused
red19rt
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 2:10 am

Yeah - mines got underbonnet sound proofing - it's held on by plastic clip thingys that clip into holes in the bonnet.

Have a look in the scrappys I think the turbo diesels all have them to quieten the diesel sound - you'd probable need to cut a hole in it for the valver vent though.
Chris H
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 2:15 am

on a valver its gonna make it super hot under there as well.
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