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Old 11-01-2012, 10:38 AM   #84 (permalink)
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Snake Oil - '10 Factory Five Racing Mk4
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Well, with no roof on the car, I don't plan to drive it in nasty weather! It's strictly a fair weather car.

Factory Five Racing, the kit manufacturer, also offers the 'challenge' car, which has a tiny windshield like in the catalog page below. Given what I have learned in recent weeks about the aero of this car, I'm not surprised that Shelby made the windshield change for that reason.

I have considered removing the windshield just to run a few wh/mi tests. If/when I do, it will get posted to the fuel log on this site.

At the moment, it is off the road again as I am preparing to double the battery voltage, bringing it up to 240V.

Wayne

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Originally Posted by RE_Farmer View Post
Wayne,

Here's a radical idea; if you just want a fun car (i.e. not driven in nasty weather), you could swap out your "bill board" windshield for a couple "Brooklands Type" racing screens:

MG, Triumph, Austin Healey, Sunbeam Tiger iCatalog - Victoria British, Ltd.
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