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vplukas101 08-13-2012 05:49 PM

Window fog
 
How do you guys that have stripped cars, no hvac systems keep your windows from fogging? I want to keep my car as light as posible but still be able to see when i have to drive the car in the rain or when it gets a little colder.

Savington 08-13-2012 05:52 PM

Rain-X or drive faster.

vplukas101 08-13-2012 05:58 PM


Originally Posted by Savington (Post 914809)
drive faster.

Driving faster when you cant see is kind of hard dont you think?

shanem 08-13-2012 05:58 PM

Scotts no fog cloth, it's the only thing i ever found that really worked for preventing fogging inside motorcycle goggles.

ZX-Tex 08-13-2012 09:24 PM


Originally Posted by vplukas101 (Post 914813)
Driving faster when you cant see is kind of hard dont you think?

Some say that he navigates the track by feeling where the clag is, and he is so good at it he can set track records even when his head is up his ass. All we know is, he's called The Hustler.

I have been using a Rain-X like product, on both sides of the windshield, and that does the trick. Granted this is in South Texas and not San Francisco but it works.

matthewdesigns 08-13-2012 10:40 PM

Rain-X no fog stuff. I've been using it for a couple years and it lasts about 4-5 months at a time, provided you don't clean the inside of the window for that long.

On a related note, how much can that plastic possibly weigh? The PO of my car stripped the hvac tubing out of my car, presumably for weight savings, but I figure it can't amount to more than 6-8lbs. Frankly I wish I had the ducting back in there.

ZX-Tex 08-13-2012 11:12 PM

Well this is within the context of a stripped down track car, that is nothing stays unless it is absolutely essential. Removing all of the HVAC items is a lot of weight reduction. I removed it from my current track car, and will be removing it from the next one, along with the entire dash.

rlogan 08-13-2012 11:33 PM

Timely subject...I am debating this as well. To me it's just ugly when the dash is no longer there...all that nasty hvac crap! Having said that, I may still leave it...

NiklasFalk 08-14-2012 03:24 AM


Originally Posted by matthewdesigns (Post 914928)
On a related note, how much can that plastic possibly weigh? The PO of my car stripped the hvac tubing out of my car, presumably for weight savings, but I figure it can't amount to more than 6-8lbs. Frankly I wish I had the ducting back in there.

The fan and empty heater don't weigh much, but add the water and all the small things around it. The cooling system becomes so much "purer" with only the engine and radiator (maybe a oil/water heater/cooler).

Stuff that is not in there will not break :)

Personally, I'm too fond of a heated windscreen to be able to see better in the rain races. For some reason open top racing makes the inside see some spray too... (and it's not me, I have the visor down :) )

Savington 08-14-2012 03:30 AM


Originally Posted by vplukas101 (Post 914813)
Driving faster when you cant see is kind of hard dont you think?

Catch22. If you drive faster, the airflow over and around the windshield will defog it, but in order to do that, you have to drive faster without being able to see. I'm really only half-joking here - driving faster will legitimately defog the windshield.

The solution is to simply never drive slowly. :party:

Serious answer: Rain-X, or leave the HVAC in for the defroster.

Leafy 08-14-2012 07:34 AM

That hvac tubing weights nothing. its paper thin abs. I just had a 90 dash apart to clean all the junk yard dirt out of it, then refoam and space tape everything to seal better and rattle less. I think emillio has the real anti-fog/frost solution with the defroster of doom.

cucamelsmd15 08-14-2012 10:12 AM

Wipey stick.

matthewdesigns 08-14-2012 12:42 PM


Originally Posted by ZX-Tex (Post 914942)
Well this is within the context of a stripped down track car, that is nothing stays unless it is absolutely essential.

Well then that makes sense. I'd pull that crap out, too, in a track car.

vplukas101 08-14-2012 06:54 PM

Maybe just leave some of the tubing, and put a fan with a on and off switch? Hmmm dam you chicago weather.

bellwilliam 08-15-2012 10:49 PM

run a hose from any high pressure area to inside windscreen.

all you need is air blowing across the inside of windshield. do not need to be hot air

psreynol 08-15-2012 11:51 PM

I know some racers who use dawn dish soap on the inside of the windshield wipe it on, and wipe off all you can with a clean rag.

AkaZero 08-16-2012 02:37 AM

A naca duct in a corner window and some tube would work good I would think.

Or rainx anti fog.

hatecity24 08-18-2012 06:41 PM

Crack a window and quit yer bitchin. Lol. I like the corner window idea but for now I use rain x. Saved me in my younger days via
paintball masks and saves me now in my miata.


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