This reminds me of a near death experience i had years ago.

Hammering along the motorway on a very cold night doing about 80mph in an old diesel astra van and heater is on full blast onto the windscreen to keep warm and to stop it freezing. windshield/windscreen whatever starts to get a bit dirty after passing a truck so reach for the screen washers and hit the button. Now unbeknown to me the pipe has popped off screen washers. So hit the button and water from popped pipe shoots straight down the fan intake for the heater hits the heater matrix and turns straight into steam hits the screen and instant fog up. This is while hammering past a lorry in the middle of the night on an empty motorway.

Yikes not fun.

At least it was an empty motorway....

At eighty miles per hour rain would have to be dropping at a "suicidal" rate to give you any problems.

I was on the PA Turnpike during part of the time the remnants of Hurricane Hugo were passing by....

How the hell do I quote in the other color so people know I am referring to our empeg-biker-woman listmate?

There may be a better way to do it, but I just use [orange][i]text here[/i][/orange]

I just put [ i ] and [ \i ] tags around what I'm quoting...

THe only thing is that on the CJ, my dash didnt get wet.
It gets a little wet in the TJ. Like someone said, if you are moving, you wont get drenched.

Also, when you are moving in a straight line, it's alright, it's when you hit the breaks or try to turn that you realize that you are hydroplaning.

Thants why i didnt honk lol

If anything a semi-sealed box under the hood is a better environment as long as the amp has a fan to cool it.

Allow me to quote from the owners manual for my a/d/s P-850 amplifier in the "mounting locations" section:

ENGINE COMPARTMENT MOUNTING
Don't even think about it. The PowerPlate (tm) was not designed to endure the harsh chemical and heat environment of the engine compartment. Failure to obey this warning will void your warranty.

Well, DO think about it. The under-hood air temperature in a modern car can exceed 300 degrees F. There are lots of chemicals in close proximity (anti-freeze, gasoline, lubricants, etc.) and despite the best efforts of the EPA, some of the more volatile constituents will escape into the under-hood environment.

You, as a human being, can actually survive a more absusive environment than your amplifier. Would you be willing to spend 10 hours in a box inside your engine compartment with a fan conveniently placed to blow 300 degree air onto you?

tanstaafl.

Next time on Fear Factor:

Would you be willing to spend 10 hours in a box inside your engine compartment with a fan conveniently placed to blow 300 degree air onto you?

Well, DO think about it. The under-hood air temperature in a modern car can exceed 300 degrees F.

On the last season of Top Gear (a UK TV car show) when they had a TV chef on as a guest, they did a funny piece on cooking under the hood of a car. They took various meat and fish dishes, wrapped in foil and placed them under the hoods of various cars. They then drove the cars hard round a race track for an hour or so and then sampled the results.

Looking at their faces when trying the food the results weren't good...

Apparently some has written a cookbook on cooking stuff under the bonnet, for camping / survival type enthusiasts

I kid you not ...

That would be, unfortunately, Manifold Destiny. Hah! Get it?

Thats why jeeps have drain plugs.


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Apparently some has written a cookbook on cooking stuff under the bonnet, for camping / survival type enthusiasts

I can just see the first two instructions of every recipe:

Step 1: Run over small mammal.
Step 2: Scrape up animal and wrap in tin-foil.

i got a underhood welder..
i want to get a underhood shower