Latest Pics of the Tin Can

[mikec]

whats the fun top off of ?....tunner, where in central IL are you ?.....i see your pics are showing the wind machines out there....man, they have installed a ton of them around lafayette, IN......how about around IL ?

[marinepolice03]

nice car and you going to levitan's meet?

[s_koray]

that's amazing.I want this one. please......

[freshtiva]

Nice, is the fun top really that much fun ?

[Wldfire]

I do like the looks of the top on this car! It would be fun in the good weather, but makes me wonder how good with water/snow/freezing weather it is? Would love to see one of these for real. Thanx for sharing.

[festivaWES]

I love it...got the same TF in my garage!

[Festiva_tunner]

whats the fun top off of ?....tunner, where in central IL are you ?.....i see your pics are showing the wind machines out there....man, they have installed a ton of them around lafayette, IN......how about around IL ?

Yeah you got two of our projects out there Foller Ridge and Medow Lake. Our farm is about 2 hours from there in Ellsworth 20 min East of Bloomington. we have 240 here at Twin Groves and theres talk of more going up.
Heres an interesting link about installed capacity

http://www.windpoweringamerica.gov/wind_installed_capacity.asp

Me thinks with a fun top, and having someone install it, your never going to get your money out of it, or possibly any money out of it.Just have to wait till gas spikes again, I guess.:p
Tunner,
Nice job with the fun top looks great!
Now just need to reinforce the roof infront of the fun top and you can mount some miniguns and a rear passenger can use them!
Anyone know how much electric power the miniguns need?

I did all the work myself - still need to finish the ditch welds, run the drain lines, and make a custom headliner.
I've thought about a potato gun stand mounted there lol

Nice, is the fun top really that much fun ?

I love driving with it open - makes me think twice about installing the A/C because I always have it open

I do like the looks of the top on this car! It would be fun in the good weather, but makes me wonder how good with water/snow/freezing weather it is? Would love to see one of these for real. Thanx for sharing.

I've been through some bad rain storms in it and its not bad at all - will see this winter although I'm looking into a winter car
The one down fall is it needs a front air dam - it lets a thin current of air in under the front lip - but I drove it through a absolute down pour and bairly got a mist in through the front - so I'm thinking once I get that dam in it wont have any problems - havent gotten any water accept though the drain lines

[freshtiva]

It would be cool to have your own personal wind turbine for your house.

[Pu241]

Fresh,
This is a start.
Don't know what kind of quality these are but fairly cheap!
But, might not last very long either.
And who know if parts are available.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss?url=search-alias%3Dautomotive&field-keywords=wind&x=20&y=16

[Festiva_tunner]

Heres a good link to the Turbine Buyers Guide

http://www.homepower.com/article/?file=HP119_pg34_Sagrillo

Bergey Excel
Rotor diameter: 23 feet (7 m)
Swept area: 415 square feet (38.6 m2)
Rated rpm: 300
Predicted energy output at average wind speeds (battery charging/batteryless grid-tie): 240/340 KWH per month at 8 mph; 520/680 at 10 mph; 900/1,090 at 12 mph
Application: Batteryless grid-tie; 48, 120, 240 VDC battery charging
Price (MSRP): $22,900 for BWC XL-R, 48 VDC; $21,900 for BWC XL-R, 120 or 240 VDC; $27,900 for BWC XL-S, 240 VAC with inverter
Warranty: 5 years

This one is a good reliable machine and has one of the best warentys out there
If you want I can email you the product brocheres - I looked into getting this one a while back

[Pu241]

Man, thanks so much!
Great article!
Didn't know "Home Power" had a .com version.
Looks reasonable for a subscription too!
Been reading the odd magazine at the bookstore for years, guess it time to pony up and pay for access to some good info.
20K is a bit steep, but I suppose the old adage still holds; "you get what you pay for!"

[Festiva_tunner]

Man, thanks so much!
Great article!
Didn't know "Home Power" had a .com version.
Looks reasonable for a subscription too!
Been reading the odd magazine at the bookstore for years, guess it time to pony up and pay for access to some good info.
20K is a bit steep, but I suppose the old adage still holds; "you get what you pay for!"

It should pay itself back in 5-10 years

[25Horseplay]

Looking good!

[Gforcefd]

Great shots of your car. Love the background you picked.

[Festiva_tunner]

Great shots of your car. Love the background you picked.

Well I see it every day here at work so it was fitting - I should post some up tower pics