No, this isn't gonna be on stage any time soon, and, no, I'm not just trying to look cool. This is just my daily driver / rallycross beater.
My '85 Celica suffers from a severe lack of head room. With a helmet on, I can brace myself in the seat with my neck -> not good obviously. I have a lower profile fixed-back seat that I can install, but it's upright enough that it puts my head further into the headliner. So I'm cutting out the sunroof and welding in a fill panel that I already cut out from a non-sunroof car (will give me ~1.5" ). The cabin is small enough that it gets baking hot easily & the sunroof is/was an excellent way to get rid of that heat, so in its place I want to install 1 or 2
roof vents from Mill Supply.
So my questions for those who have more experience than myself (probably everyone):
- 1 bigger vent in the center ("G" 12"x5" door) or 1 smaller ("A" 9.5"x4" door) on each side? From what I've read, if you're going to the trouble anyway, 2 is better. Opinions?
- Which brings up another question, how to align them side to side? If I go with 2, should I center each one directly in front of the driver & passenger?
- How do the vents
flow generally? With it open to the front, will it blow right in my face (meaning I should offset it from directly in front)?
- Aluminum or steel vents? Steel seems like it would be more durable, Aluminum more likely to get bent or distorted - am I wrong?
And just because every thread is better with pictures (thanks to the respective photogs)