FWIW, I have a similar whistle with my car. I have wire wheels, windows,
and no antenna. I do have wing-mounted mirrors, but it seems to be coming
from the vicinity of the vent windows. It inconveniently refuses to change
pitch or SPL when I move the window, cup my hands over any part of the car,
or any other attempt to fool this noise. I think it may be coming from the
inside of the doors... maybe. I don't know if the top would affect it,
because in order for the top to be up it's raining too hard to go 65 mph!
Please lemme know if you find any results.
BTW, thanks all for the advice on the brake pressure switch. I spent a
whopping $0.38 to get a plug for it, and it'll be back on the road this
weekend!
Frank Clarici wrote:
> Fellow side curtain drivers
>
> I have a whistle in my Bugeye that starts at 45 mph and goes away at 60
> mph.
> This is a whistle that sounds like it is coming from the right side.
> The top is off and no side screens on. I can not find it. My wife tried
> blocking the antennea, cupping all corners of the windscreen, door
> opening, even what she could reach on the back side of the bonnet. Still
> whistles. It is not coming from under the windscreen rubber.
> It was not there last year, it has been there since I installed the
> sloted wheels.
> Could it be the slots? That is the only difference to the car but why
> only one (right front) wheel if it is the wheel?
> It sure sounds like it is coming from the antennea but I would think
> cupping hands all over it would find the whistle.
> For a cure I just go faster then 60 but I have to go thru the 40s and
> 50s to get there and sometimes traffic does not allow 65+.
> It is driving me nuts, it is a high pitched whistle most annoying @ 55
> MPH!
> Any Ideas?
> --
> Frank Clarici
> Toms River, NJ
> Bugeye Sprite
> 67 Sprite
> 59 A40
> http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut/
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