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<blockquote data-quote="*Jay*" data-source="post: 14890017" data-attributes="member: 108453"><p>Time for an update, after some thought I decided to give the method below a try and so far I am very happy and I will call this project a success. </p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.fordmuscleforums.com/interior-articles/488907-budget-insulation.html" target="_blank">http://www.fordmuscleforums.com/interior-articles/488907-budget-insulation.html</a></p><p></p><p>During stop and go city driving the AC actually can keep us comfortable and not sweating our butts off. Today was hotter than the day I posted this and that day was mostly highway driving. Before lining my cabin at highway speed we were still hot with the AC blasting but as soon as we started the stop and go that day we really started cooking.</p><p></p><p>I lined my floor pan, trans tunnel and as much of the fire wall as I could reach with the foam/foil insulation. Two rolls of the foam/foil and one roll of aluminum tape later and my Cobra has been approved by the wife for heat wave cruising. Today the temp was in the mid 90's and the heat index was just above 100, after some running around, baking in the sun and lots of stop/go traffic my Cobra was nice and hot and and the AC was actually able to cool the cabin and keep us comfortable. This was all stop and go driving, I expect highway cruising will be even better.</p><p></p><p>When we got home I took out the temp gun and compared temps. The only noticeable drop was the trans tunnel, it read a max of 105F. The floor boards didnt change and still read around 100F. I started checking the roof, dash, doors and every surface except the seats read about the same 100F so I am assuming that this is just what happens when you park a car in the sun and the ambient temp is so high.</p><p></p><p>Hardest part was getting the E-Brake boot off and figuring out how to remove my center console but all in all I would say that the end result was worth the 6 hours I spent sweating in my garage.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="*Jay*, post: 14890017, member: 108453"] Time for an update, after some thought I decided to give the method below a try and so far I am very happy and I will call this project a success. [url]http://www.fordmuscleforums.com/interior-articles/488907-budget-insulation.html[/url] During stop and go city driving the AC actually can keep us comfortable and not sweating our butts off. Today was hotter than the day I posted this and that day was mostly highway driving. Before lining my cabin at highway speed we were still hot with the AC blasting but as soon as we started the stop and go that day we really started cooking. I lined my floor pan, trans tunnel and as much of the fire wall as I could reach with the foam/foil insulation. Two rolls of the foam/foil and one roll of aluminum tape later and my Cobra has been approved by the wife for heat wave cruising. Today the temp was in the mid 90's and the heat index was just above 100, after some running around, baking in the sun and lots of stop/go traffic my Cobra was nice and hot and and the AC was actually able to cool the cabin and keep us comfortable. This was all stop and go driving, I expect highway cruising will be even better. When we got home I took out the temp gun and compared temps. The only noticeable drop was the trans tunnel, it read a max of 105F. The floor boards didnt change and still read around 100F. I started checking the roof, dash, doors and every surface except the seats read about the same 100F so I am assuming that this is just what happens when you park a car in the sun and the ambient temp is so high. Hardest part was getting the E-Brake boot off and figuring out how to remove my center console but all in all I would say that the end result was worth the 6 hours I spent sweating in my garage. [/QUOTE]
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