Quit an engine

[Peter Fearing]

Gentlemen: Before I rebuld my 2.8L, I6 in my 97 C280 I wonder what damage would be caused if I where to merely cover the engine, the best I can, with some 1/8" aluminum backed insullation that builders sometimes use to insulate water pipes? This project looks easy enough because there are a lot of flat spaces on this engine. Also the intake runners could easily be wrapped with this the same material. I know this won't solve any potential mechanical problems but wonder if doing so would cause more, quicker? What say you? Oh, does anyone think by doing this it would even make the engine seem to run quieter?