bigdog Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 I found out the hard way yesterday that Caterhams don't make good U-Boats. Went to town and a hard rain started. All of a sudden on a busy main road the car just goes dead like I turned off the ignition. At least it was easy to push it off the road and onto the sidewalk. Luckily I'm a member of the German auto club (ADAC) and got a free flatbed ride to the shop. After sitting over night in the shop drying out. She's back on the road. I imagine that the coil being mounted to the front of the pedal box may subject it to far too much water along with the exposed K&N airfilters. I might need to move the coil or fashion a splash guard of some sort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MightyMike Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Glad you got it started again. Relocating the coil ought to do the trick. A little water down the intake doesn't hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdog Posted February 14, 2014 Author Share Posted February 14, 2014 Glad you got it started again. Relocating the coil ought to do the trick. A little water down the intake doesn't hurt. Many a turbo car has water injection. So your not wrong that a little water certainly won't hurt a thing. And of course. With the coil sitting directly aft & below of the Webers doesn't help either. Any fuel overflow or drizzling of filter oil will end up on the coil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcarguy Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 The wife got caught out in a hard rain in a Cobra replica that we owned a few years back (like most, no top). She was driving back from a car show and hauling trophies and door prizes for two cars. We had checked the forecast for the afternoon and new it was going to rain, but, at the urging of the host of the car show, we stuck around for the awards. I was following along with a buddy :iamwithstupid: in his Maserati Tipo Birdcage replica; nope, no top on that one either. Not too far from home, the bottom fell out and there we were. I'm talking the kind of rain that brings traffic to a crawl. My poor wife was doing all she could to see the road and at about a quarter of a mile from the house, she pulled off at a gas station; said she couldn't see. :toetap05: We traded places (me in the Cobra and her in the Birdcage) and off we went; we were already wet and almost home, so why not? I found out very quickly why she said she couldn't see. Turning on the windshield wipers revealed that the inside of the windshield was just as wet as the outside . . . I couldn't see either. :dupe: Fortunately, we made it home okay and the only damage was a bit of wounded pride from the show we were putting on for the folks around us and some extremely wet carpet. Yeah . . . I'd do it again. :jester: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBH Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 I would love to see the Birdcage replica. Did you build it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcarguy Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 I would love to see the Birdcage replica. Did you build it? JBH, No, I didn't build the car. It was built by, and belonged to (still belongs to), a friend of mine (Ron) who lives in Benton, AR. If I can round up a photo of the car, I'll post it. However, be forewarned, this car IS NOT what you have pictured in your mind. In fact, in hindsight, I should probably have simply said in my post that we were in another Cobra; everybody who saw the thing would ask, "Is that a Cobra"? Sorry to be misleading, but just wanted to add clarity to my story. He (Ron) basically purchased a FG replica body from a fellow named Bill Bonadio (producer of the Tipo kit at the time) and put it on a pro street chassis, and, it sports a V8. :svengo: What can I say, I simply run with a rough crowd who, at times (more often than not), tend to butcher any real appreciation for authenticity. :jester: For what it's worth, here are couple of photos of Bill Bonadio's car from 'the day'; the way I think it was intended to be built, at least to some extent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcarguy Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 I would love to see the Birdcage replica. Did you build it? Jeff, I did find a couple of old photos from, again, back in 'the day'. The blue Cobra in the background is the car my wife took for the wet-weather test hop. The red car (I can feel you cringing :jester:) is the tricked-out Tipo. :rofl: . . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MightyMike Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Was that Cobra in the movie Death Race 2000? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitcat Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Speaking of U- boats, anyone who has not watched : "Das Boot"(subtitles of course), is missing one of the great war movies of all time. Go to Netflix ASP:)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcarguy Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Speaking of U- boats, anyone who has not watched : "Das Boot"(subtitles of course), is missing one of the great war movies of all time. Go to Netflix ASP:)! Seen it!!! Thumbs up on this one!!! :iagree::iagree::iagree: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xflow7 Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 I found out very quickly why she said she couldn't see. Turning on the windshield wipers revealed that the inside of the windshield was just as wet as the outside . . . I couldn't see either. One of the first things I learned was to carry an old dishrag in the car with me specifically to wipe down the inside of the windshield and/or side curtains. Actually, once I used a relatively new dishrag that I'd borrowed from my girlfriend. I still hear about that 5 years later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcarguy Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Was that Cobra in the movie Death Race 2000? Mike, That car WAS Death Race 2000! :ack: That's the car I mentioned in the Handling Thread as being a beast in the turns; improper setup yielding lots of over steer. :banghead: But it was still fun . . . . . sorta. Needless to say, it didn't care to challenge wet asphalt. :jester: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanG Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Once upon a time at LOG my wife was riding with Kate in her Seven (no top) when the rain started. The windshield had water on both sides. Their eye glasses had water on both sides. They were soaked. A bit later in the drive the sun came out. Everyone and everything was dry by the time they got back to the hotel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcarguy Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Once upon a time at LOG my wife was riding with Kate in her Seven (no top) when the rain started. The windshield had water on both sides. Their eye glasses had water on both sides. They were soaked. A bit later in the drive the sun came out. Everyone and everything was dry by the time they got back to the hotel. Drying the carpet in my Cobra required towels, blow dryers and a liberal amounts of 'verbal' incentives. :banghead: :cuss: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanG Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Carpet? What kind of luxury barge has carpets? Dragging our portable dehumidifier into the garage and firing up the space heater did a good job on one of our other cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotus8guy Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 To get back to bigdogs original complaint, remember in all Lotus Sevens in Spirit (and the spirit runs very strong in Caterhams) the ghost of Lucas is never far away. All hail the Prince of Darkness! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdog Posted February 15, 2014 Author Share Posted February 15, 2014 To get back to bigdogs original complaint, remember in all Lotus Sevens in Spirit (and the spirit runs very strong in Caterhams) the ghost of Lucas is never far away. All hail the Prince of Darkness! Bloody hell! Did you have to mention the anti-christ of free electron flow.:sadangel: May your bottom area be made sore by engorged flatulent Wildebeests.:jester: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcarguy Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 LOL!!!!! Is Lucas a nickname for Lucifer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmustang Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 LOL!!!!! Is Lucas a nickname for Lucifer? Lucas, the inventor of warm Beer:rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucky dawg Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 And headlights whose candlepower is a real measurement of the flames they produce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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