[Tigers] Wind Diverter behind the seats---does it work in a Tiger?
e.coiner at cox.net
e.coiner at cox.net
Tue Aug 3 21:38:51 MDT 2010
Yes I made one. It does do the job. on a cool day it can be quite comfortable with the side windows up.
I have a roll bar I mounted it to the forward side of the bars. I used 1/4 inch thick Plexiglass. I bolted a 3/4 inch leg Al angle to the bottom edge for stiffness.
The sheet is attached to the roll bar with a combination of velcro strips glued to the front of the bar and the plexi and some velcro straps.
I left a gap about 4 inches between the package shelf and the bottom of the diverter. At speed you can feel air blowing through the gap.
There are a couple of downsides to my set up.
1. I am 6 feet tall and I have the drivers seat all the way back. The top of the seat back rubs on the diverter and it wore a hole through the vinyl.
2. With the diverter in place, if you put the soft top up you cannot reach back to postion the soft top boot ( I have a Mk1a) Same would go for the solid doors on a Mk1.
3. The diverter is too wide to fit in the trunk so once you install it has to stay on.
If I had it to do over I would make it in two pieces with a couple of hinges so it would fold up and fit in the trunk, when you want to put the top up.
Erich
---- John Stithem <mai65tai at sonic.net> wrote:
> I would like to hear from anyone that has tried installing a wind diverter
> behind the seats in a Tiger to reduce the wind turbulence win the car when
> the top is off. It seems to help with the smaller roadsters like the Z4,
> Miata. Anyone ever tried it in a Tiger?---what were the results? Seems like
> it would be pretty easy to do, putting it between the seats and the
> roll-bar---but---why try to build a car with square wheels if we know they
> don't work?
>
> John
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