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> ginther windscreen, bugs in my teeth?
plymouth37
post Sep 25 2007, 05:58 PM
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I am converting my teener into a street/open track day car. I have already done away with the side windows, rear glass, targa bar, and top. I am now thinking about a mini windscreen. if I was driving down the highway how crazy would the wind be? I still want to be able to drive the car around town, will a shorty windscreen just get annoying? is there any kind of "tall" gintheresque windscreen out there? if you had to drive a 914 roadster and rain or race class rules were not a concern, what would you put on it? thanks for your help!
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post Sep 25 2007, 06:32 PM
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check to make sure that would even be street legal?

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post Sep 25 2007, 06:35 PM
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I live in wyoming, street legality is not really a priority. I already have 11 potential violations that have gone un-noticed might as well make it an even dozen.
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post Sep 25 2007, 07:05 PM
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Lack of windscreen is something quite more noticeable though. Be sure before you're pulling your car out of impound...
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post Sep 25 2007, 11:34 PM
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just checked with my brother in law who is a wyoming highway patrol officer, according to him as long as the vehicle has a "windshield" no matter how big it is fine, or you can wear goggles instead, no s#it.
so, enough legal crap, how windy is a ginther 914 at say 80 mph?
any racers out there?
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post Sep 25 2007, 11:38 PM
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Dang Dana, I'm beginning to miss your car, what's left of it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

I still want to see a profile pic of it in "speedster" form. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
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post Sep 25 2007, 11:48 PM
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QUOTE(Rand @ Sep 25 2007, 09:38 PM) *

Dang Dana, I'm beginning to miss your car, what's left of it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

I still want to see a profile pic of it in "speedster" form. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)


In due time (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
Once the "cleansing" is done I will start a build thread.
Still trying to figure out if I want to rake back the stock windshield or go ginther.
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post Sep 25 2007, 11:51 PM
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Hmmm.... Shortened, raked windshield might be cool. Continuing the speedster theme.... Start there, and if you don't like it you can always cut it off and go ginther style!
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post Sep 26 2007, 12:23 AM
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I've raced speedsters with nothing but a little tiny piece of plastic right in front of your face.

Wind isn't too bad. Wear goggles.

What I have noticed, though, is both your lap times and the wind inside the car goes up hysterically without a tonneu (sp?) cover
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post Sep 26 2007, 12:51 AM
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You live in Wyoming now, 80 mph is nothing more than a slight breeze.
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post Sep 26 2007, 01:39 AM
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So wear a helmet.
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post Sep 26 2007, 04:26 AM
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I envy you... living in Wyoming..In Connecticut they would give you a ticket have your car towed away and then propose a new tax on cars with short windshields.
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post Sep 26 2007, 08:25 AM
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You could do what a friend did. Remove the windshield frame in such a way as to reinstall it like a 356 Speedster (pinned), and also use a Ginther screen. He claimed that there was little difference in lap times between them.
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post Oct 30 2007, 01:31 PM
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Dana, I am contemplating a speedster as well. Could you post what you have done with your targa area so that I (we) can get an idea of how things look in bare metal or what-not?
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post Oct 30 2007, 02:34 PM
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QUOTE(geniusanthony @ Oct 30 2007, 11:31 AM) *

Dana, I am contemplating a speedster as well. Could you post what you have done with your targa area so that I (we) can get an idea of how things look in bare metal or what-not?


Once I figure out what I am going to do with that area I will start a build thread. I am more of an impulsive builder, cut somthing then figure out how to make it look good!
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post Oct 30 2007, 04:18 PM
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Didn't Rich Bontempi's racer have Little or No Windshield?

You could try calling/PM/Emailing Rich at High Performance House in Redwood City, CA
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post Oct 30 2007, 05:22 PM
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One big june bug in the teeth at 80 mph, and you will think a windshield is a marvelous thing. You will need more that goggles.

I have thought about a ginther screen on the DE car, but honestly with the requirements for a roll cage I think they actually look better with a top in place.

I also know that without a rear glass, the engine noise cancels any conversation without shouting at each other.

Guess you can tell that I do DE events with a windshield and rear window and the top in place.

A car with a ginther screen and no roll cage, and the roll bar removed would be good looking for "cruse ins" but not for high speed driving.

Just my 2c worth.
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post Oct 30 2007, 05:22 PM
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mike zois had a 356 with a mini windshield....

i only got it up to about 55mph, and it felt like riding a motorcycle.
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