Noise levels for a 2.0 L FI set up - interior vs exterior padding Options

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Good morning, hope everybody’s having a good week so far. I know that from the factory there was padding in the engine compartment as well as having an interior back pad. My question is if I put additional sound deadening on the inside and then the back pad is that roughly equivalent to the sound pad that was in the engine bay originally?

I’m sure not having the pad in the engine compartment does lead to increased noise, but not sure how dramatic of an increase that would be with a fuel injected car.

I know this is a subjective topic, but looking for experiences and thoughts if you don’t mind sharing them. I’d like the car to be civilized and usable for fall day driving without feeling overly fatigued ( which I am comfortable doing another vintage cars and don’t feel the need to have a modern vehicle to do ).

Thanks!

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Just to follow this up with the experience I shared yesterday of driving a couple cars back to back - while the '73 1.7 with FI is definitely quieter the '74 2.0 with EMPI dual carbs isn't overly loud. Neither car has an engine side pad so, but both do have a driver side pad.

So to my ears anyway you can "get" away with running just the interior sound deadening. Now on a 914/6....I suspect it will get pretty loud with just the interior pad.