All,

What is the best location for a V1 in an 85 vete with a Broadway rear view mirror that would be out of the visible area for any coppers looking in or outside drivers? The only place I have thought of and fabbed a bracket for is just behind the seats mounted in the center of the car looking out the back and through the front windshield.

I had one other thought for radar avoidance...Since radar needs a solid reflection from a metalic surface, it seems that the only areas prone to radar on the vette except for the rear is actually the engine block. If you added one layer of metallic tape to the fins of the electric fan in front of the radaiator, I think it is possible to actually counterreflect and confuse the radar (very similar to stealth technology). Just a thought....

Thanks
Richard

 

Mount as high as possible without being obstructed. Read V1s site they ahve some suggestions. I mount mine right under the rear view mirror.

 

You can do anything you want to the fan blades and it won't do squat to the reflection of radar. The a/c condenser has a much larger area and since it is set at an angle, the radar signal is not directed straight back to the radar gun! Also, Corvettes have the smallest radar reflection coefficient of all cars!

 

Re: Vette Stealth
Car and Driver years ago did a study on radar reflectivity. As expected, larger frontal areas gave larger radar returns. The radiator, with its closely spaced fins is an almost ideal reflector at microwave wavelengths. On any Vette with an angled radiator, the reflection is skyward. From a frontal perspective, the large metal masses visible to radar are the wheels (rounded) and the radiator (tilted). The engine block is screened by the radiator. With headlamps down, only the fog light reflectors offer any significant return. The result was that a semi was seen and clocked at 3/4 mile, a Chevy Caprice sedan was tagged at over 1/4 mile, and the vette at under 100 feet. Not Bad!!
With no front license plate, Laser reflectivity is similarly chiefly from the fog lamps.

Re: Stealth mounting of Radar unit.
When looking at the dash from outside the car, anything on the dash or the lower windshield is super-visible. The area behind the tinted stripe at the upper windshield is relatively hidden. So a spot at the windshield header to the left of the mirror would be ideal from that perspective. Fairly good rear visibility also. Wiring can be routed along the header and down the sides out of sight. If Velcro-ed, the unit can be removed quickly to the rear compartment completely out of sight, and the power cord disguised at the mirror. If the mounting is done well, the sunvisors work as usual.
Only thing not ideal about this high position is the Laser sensitivity.
Laser has a small cone of dispersion, and when aimed at the license plate area, may not disperse enough to set off a high mounted detector. Solution is a separate Laser detector remote mounted at the plate, but this is expensive.
Watch out for overhead airplanes!