are there methods of suppressing the road and engine noise, like spray on linings or padding? I have a Type R swap, so I get quite a bit of noise, even outside of VTEC. I only want to hear my engine when I am pushing it.

 

This is a great question. My hatch is way too loud over 65mph. I have to raise my voice and it's hard to listen to music.

 

Are you using aftermarket mounts, like HASports?

They transmit a bunch of noise into the car.

A friend has a 01 Civic with an 00 ITR swap. Those Civics can use all OEM mounts to hold a B engine. Her car is stock quiet. It makes me sick. It is sooo nice.

The best way to do that with our cars would be to do an old school style swap with DA mounts welded in.

Outside of that, I'd like to try an EF8 intake system instead of a CAI.

 

Mmm, it's less the revving and more the road noise. I can drive around revving as high as I do on the highway and as long as I'm not going over like 65-70ish, the noise isn't too bad.

 

dynomat, try that!

 

yeah, I am planning on installing sound insulators on the floor below the carpet and on the door panels... Try any sound insulator mat.

 

Running with the stock airbox versus a cold air intake doesn't seem to make much difference for noise

For my type-R swap, I found that the exhaust was really noisy before I installed a cat. It's still loud, but manageable.

 

use the spray on bedliner or spray undercoating in the wheel wells, works good...any parts store

 

So the best idea would be to spray down a rubberized undercoating, then lay dynomat?

 

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that spray on rubberized coating works wonders

 

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I have a couple bottles. Just strip my interior, sand the area I plan to rubberize, then apply?

 

i actually went underneath. no sure if its the recommended way but it works and i wouldnt want that stuff on the inside of my car

 

were can I get some ?

 

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Autozone.

 

make sure you get 2 or 3 bottles.

 

and how much do they usually cost ?

 

i think it was $7.50 at advance auto

 

What do you guys expect, our ef's are one of the lightest cars on the road, especailly after we are done with them. For 1800-2100lbs, the cars don't have the heavy sound dampening material. A fully gutted track ef is really loud, but in my ef it some times suchs, and other times I love it. It's just part of owning an ef, and for me a crx

 

It's another reason why ef's are so light in comparison to other cars on the road, less sound dampening material equals less weight. And by the way, dynomat is really heavy for it's size, and it takes a lot of it to work, and it's expensive. Rubberizing undercoating is lighter, more flexible, water proof, sound dampens, and is alot less expensive. So if you need to dampen sound, and waterproof, rubberizing spray works great.

 

thanks for the info. EFs are awesome! if only they were a little heavier, they could probably handle better, more weight over the wheels

 

go to walmart and lookin the auto section they sell a quart of roll in truck bed liner its like 20 bucks it works good

 

best way to cut down on the noise is to not drive it at all. I was suprised about how quiet it was just sitting there.