So I was watching my videos from my last track day and noticed at speeds above 80 my VIS Mugen Rep hardtop starts to lift in the middle at the windshield frame... What can I do to stop the top from separating from the windshield frame besides some duct tape? Never noticed this before, I will have to go back and watch past videos but don't ever remember seeing anything on the vids. I am using my factory soft top latches and have Izzy Race rear brackets.

Thanks for any advice/suggestions!

 

Opening your windows will help significantly, up to a certain speed.

 

Both Windows fully open...

 

Get izzys front mounts. Should help. And re grease the front seal when you do it.

 

Shows how much lift the hard top is generating. I used to fly a prop trainer aircraft that had a bubble canopy shaped something like the S's hard top. It had only one latch in the front center above the windshield. At high speed both left and right sides would lift away from the body of the aircraft. It was scary and we did have one slam back into the open position once but we never lost a canopy. The S's hardtop does generate a lot of lift.

 

Need to adjust the latches so it spreads the top as you latch it down

 

Why oh why do tracks require windows to be fully down? I know why, but come on..

 

Resurrecting, I know... but I'd rather not start a new thread.

Doesn't opening both windows increase drag? Is there a solution that allows the s to retain both benefits of having a hard top and reducing drag considerably?

 

Remove the rear window of the hardtop??????? Maybe?????? Just a thought.

 

Should just take some adjusting to figure it out ,,,,my Mugen did the same thing above 80mph. After I did some tinkering, its great.