I just got my Weber fitted and its sitting right in front of the hole were the speedo goes (like they all do). The sound just feeds straight through, so Im thinking of putting some sort of foam or cover over the hole in front of the Webers filter. Ive seen minis with this in use but whats the best material to use and how to go about it.

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Morgs

In my Cooper S i have 2 big bits of foam jammed into the back on the speedo then i just have the standard sound proofing mat on the firewall, seems to work ok, keeps the noise down a bit.

doogie

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How can you not love that sound

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Mine's like Doogies at the moment but I'm going to screw a sheet of 1.0mm aluminium on there, then belt the **** out of it with a VBFH for filter room.
Yep I do like the noise but with a 1360 breathing through 38mm chokes it's too bloody LOUD!!
Firewall might actually be one if I plug the bloody hole up.. another reason.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

You can just get a nice plastic cover off a Clubman (I don't know which models exactly). I used to have a nice orange one on my Red mini, not a great look.

I've got an early Clubby cover in my wife's roundnose, all the wires were lengthened and an early Clubby speedo cable fitted by the PO. I can sit in the car, undo speedo cable and dismantle the Mk2 S binnacle.
(Unfortunately, my car previously had the hole hacked out to fit a Ramflo filter on a Russell Eng manifold (now removed) so a Clubby cover won't work now. )

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

Kev. I've got an allum. one like that. I made a cutout for the wiring loom with a grommet that sits on the plate and a thin slot above it so that it could still be removed w/o cutting the wiring loom. Has some foam on it that Clarks Rubber advertised as sound insulation but the whole setup doesnt seem to do much. Plus you can still smell the fumes. I might seal the whole thing better and use some decent insulation eventualy.

I'm going to put a grommet in the firewall for the wiring, then screw the sheet on and seal it. I had a plate screwed on there once before but it nearly cut the wires going into the big hole....

I don't have an engine smell problem, the Smiths PCV valve is mounted on the Redline Weber manifold into both ports, it works great on the road.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

I dont know what to do. I was thinking of just puting some felt, and some how sticking or screwing it over the hole. Or using foam. Any suggestions.

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Morgs

I've picked up some 1" thick foam that has a thin layer of lead material through it and aluminium layer bonded on one surface - weighs a ton but enough to cover the whole firewall only cost $8 at the reverse garbage shop

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David L


My greatest fear in life is that when I die my wife will sell my Mini and tools for the price I told her I paid for them!

i screwed the cowl back in after stuffing the foam in ... be careful as i went through the wiring and .,., "burn baby burn" ... lucky i had the fire Extinguisher in the beast, came in handy .. i never leave home without it now.... MINI SAVER....