Ideas for driver cooling modification?

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Re: Ideas for driver cooling modification?

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My Vintage air unit should be up and running soon. Pictures of the set up when complete.
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Thanks BigTaku. I want to see those pix. Shannon also put a vintage air in his SR converted car - with the evaporator unit down in place of the original heater box.

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To bad the triangle glass doesnt spin/rotate (vent window) to grab a flow of air at you. Like 64-66?
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I found most of my heat issues stem from the exhaust and road seeping into the cabin. I put a layer of heat shield between the body and exhaust pipe and cooled down the cabin significantly. I went from feeling like I had heated seats to about the same as sitting in a park.

As for airflow, I know miatas have a vent that clips to the windshield frame and funnels air into the cabin. http://www.coolbreezescoop.com the version for the NC looks like it could be modified to work on a roadster?
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