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Old 03-07-2008, 03:05 PM   #12 (permalink)
brucepick
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Thanks guys.

Hinge at front = good idea.
Hood front edge is wider than roof - so when you open it as basjoos says, it is wider than roof and will slide back onto roof.

Good to hear about the leak-through and condensation problem. Forewarned is forearmed, so they say.

I also thought about the lack of air to the cabin sanity system. Maybe openings at front corners of the false windshield to let air in - run it thru some kind of drip can like in a pcv system and let the air pressurize the chamber just a bit.

A-pillar thing should be OK. (I'm talking about the first pic idea.) What the pics don't show is that there's a very non-aero rain gutter running up the A-pillar, with the edge facing forward. Right along the outer edge of A-pillar. The gutter continues up and just curves to become the roof side gutter. Anyway that gutter edge becomes the lip that holds the Lexan side panel's rear edge in place. Should be no vortex along the pillar, or only due to side window being a bit recessed.

Maybe some turbulence where false wndshld meets the roof. But it should be a lot better than what it is now. I'd have to make it match the existing curve well so the air just glides across...
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