Chris' car (aka, "project on back burner, building Ark")

[Chris V]

I haven't had a chance to use mine yet - but it should work if it moves enough air. We use a marine bilge fan (like sold in under-the-seat fan booster kits) and hose to de-fog the inside of the windshield in my Buddy's circletrack car. I have heated-air plumbed to the center vent - well if I fixed the heaterchannels I made a little video of the fans blowing around some bubble-wrap I had laying around - but Photobucket isn't working for me today.

[TimS]

I see, thanks. I didn't see the center vent. Mine doesn't have one.

[Volksmeister]

That is very clever with the cigar lighter mount and all. Well done!

[Chris V]

Thanks, it was a stab in the dark, originally was planning on using a suction-cup GPS mount or something of the like...then I went to epoxy the fans to the alumimum only to find it had kicked-over, so I wound up slapping it together with double-sided carpet tape

[Chris V]

Got the Baja going this afternoon...nut & bolted the few things that got swapped-out and wound-up having to pull the passenger carb off and clean it to get it to play nice again. I was worried the new tires would be louder - but so far upto maybe 45/50 they seem excellent - and the server fans seem to help keep the windshield clear too. Now I've got to start thinking of those trans mounts seriously...after I find the CD player screen I tucked-away months ago - whoops.

[Volksmeister]

Glad to hear its back on the road!

[Chris V]

Well, finally put a few miles on it - and the dash fans certainly do help clear the windshield, even with no HE's plumbed-in

I'm still getting used to the higher front suspension setting even when driving - coming out from the grocery store earlier it was easily several inches taller than anything parked around it

Still thinking about having the roof rack powdercoated, hopefully before too long I'll be able to bolt it on and drive up to the paint shop.

[turbobaja]

Glad she's back on all 4s again Chris. Defrost is nice to have isn't it . I wish I could keep my side windows clear, ...front and rear side glass are usually steamed up if it's cold and wet outside, even when it's toasty warm inside.

[Marc]

My car is nice and weathertight (Chris put in all new seals, everywhere) and wouldn't have any window-fogging issues except for the fact that I've managed to add to the interior humidity load by dumping several cups of beverages into the cushions of the passenger's seat when briskly accelerating
Every night that I can park in the garage with the windows down to let some evaporation happen makes things better, but what I really need to do is go by an RV supply store and pick up some of the silica-gel dessicants of the type I used to use to good effect when I owned a motorhome.

Google Dri-Z Air or Damprid for some examples of these products. Amazon offers several kinds.

...I'm really glad this topic came up (since I keep forgetting to go to the RV store). Think I'll buy a couple of these and try them out - supposedly they can be reused/revived again & again simply by popping them in the oven for a bit, and they could be double-sided-taped or Velcro'd above your knees or simply tossed under the front seats:

[turbobaja]

Google Dri-Z Air or Damprid for some examples of these products. Amazon offers several kinds.

I've gone through my share of that Dri-Z-Air stuff. It does work pretty good, but I switched to a small electric heating element that draws only 1amp @ 120volts and creates a small amount of airflow in the process. I'm talking covered outdoor boat storage in this lovely PNW weather, though...

My baja is as dry as it gets inside. It's all the people breathing and bringing in the rain on our clothes that steams up the side glass. I need some of those PC fans mounted to the cage on each side to get some air flow over the glass .

[Chris V]

OK, so when I went out today the Baja had a sheet of ice on the inside of each window...after putting a heater in it and cleaning the windows off for an hour or better I finally put a few miles on it since having performing a front-end alignment - seems better. First time I've had it upto 50 since the wreck and everything felt sorted and nice Now I need to see about getting some short heat-exchanger-to-body conduits, our spares are all much too long - brrr

The dash fans certainly do keep the windshield clear, it was the only window that didn't fog by the time I got home



Karl, BMW's have some mighty cool looking ECU/amp fans that you might scope-out...tiny little squirrel fans.

[Steve Arndt]

20,000 BTUs/hour keeps my cabin dry and warm.

I plumbed the gas heater into four defrost vents plus a floor discharge. I'm working on posting all the pics and info to the forum.

S

[Chris V]

Right on, we've got a few gas-heaters...but the only one I've ever had installed & running was a 12V BN4 in a Bay. The others are more or less basket cases, with the majority of that 6V Dad just retired, maybe he'll get bored and fix them up I'd sooner convert to a new Espar cab-heater.

[Ol'fogasaurus]

I've had my share of boats and now motor homes; besides the dri-ez, Jack's Air-drier (no fan but it works by convection; warm air rising and cool air coming up from under it) other things I have small electric heaters with fans that I place so they circulate the air. By that I mean I aim them more or less sideways along the walls; one facing more or less forward and one facing more of less to the rear to you get a circle of air drawing moisture from the whole vehicle. I also make sure that the one on the passenger side flows across the doorway and the warm air acts kind of like a shield for the cool air coming through the door seals.

Granted a MH is larger but it is something to think about on a smaller scale. After all, that is part of the function of wing windows, to direct the air flow in the car… suiting the situation.

Lee

[Chris V]

Haven't got much to report, but the transmission mounts are definitely beginning to be very problematic - the shift pattern has been changing a bit, only giving me third and fourth when I'm in most turn-lanes, lol. Also the OE `67 turn-signal switch is having some continuity issues...I think the terminals have light corrosion, making them intermittent - but they seem to be 'waking-up' with use...I have a cheap replacement in the glovebox now - but it's got issues with the hi/low function and is generally of sketchy construction.

I did pick-up some very tough ~2-1/2" commercial dryer hose we use as ducting on the circletrack car - I'm thinking of drilling through the luggage tray a couple of 3" holes to route the heat-exchanger hoses over the trans...but it seems most of our cold weather has come & gone.