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Deuche Fester Dropped
Joined: 17 Apr 2008 Posts: 102 Location: Hilversum, The Netherlands
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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 4:06 pm Post subject: |
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Olli wrote: | Some people in this forum are driving cars with only one front wheel!
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I just hope they are not going faster than 50km/h _________________
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Olli Soviet-Finn Photoshoper
Joined: 25 May 2007 Posts: 2146 Location: Soviet-Finland
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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 4:28 pm Post subject: |
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I'm afraid they go.. They have even bigger engines than most of us
-Olli _________________ www.ollierkkila.com |
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Etienne Hoodrider
Joined: 25 May 2007 Posts: 2829
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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 4:56 pm Post subject: |
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Dennis wrote: | This modification makes the car look really good indeed, but what does it do to the driving characteristics? You would think a narrower front would make the car more manouvrable at low speeds but less controllable at higher speeds. |
My experience with my Dyane -3cm/a wheel was :
- no difference on the road
- turning radius a bit big in some very old french center town ( ) and in underground parking ! _________________ www.super2cv.com |
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backfire Dropped
Joined: 14 Nov 2007 Posts: 346 Location: NL, 's-Hertogenbosch
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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 6:00 pm Post subject: |
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Olli wrote: | I'm afraid they go.. They have even bigger engines than most of us
-Olli |
Yes but they tend to tip over in tight corners :) As mr bean always is testing. _________________ 2CV, with Visa turbo charged |
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björn Lowered
Joined: 19 Jun 2007 Posts: 1695 Location: hillywood(hilversum)/holland
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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 8:23 pm Post subject: |
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i'm thinkin of nerowing my front to
goes my tyers hid the fender and it looks sweet
whats beter 3cm or 6 in total???? _________________
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JoZeF Grave Digger
Joined: 25 May 2007 Posts: 1734
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Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 2:30 pm Post subject: |
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Dennis wrote: | Olli wrote: | Some people in this forum are driving cars with only one front wheel!
-Olli |
I just hope they are not going faster than 50km/h |
I reach top speed on the speedometer in my 3 wheeler (160 km/h, which must be around 140 real km/h)
_________________ "That bumper fits there like sunglasses on pig" O.E.
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Etienne Hoodrider
Joined: 25 May 2007 Posts: 2829
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Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 5:17 pm Post subject: |
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JoZeF wrote: |
I reach top speed on the speedometer in my 3 wheeler (160 km/h, which must be around 140 real km/h)
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And you don't even show a picture of your "toy" as you said when you bought it...
You were so happy ! Remember, I took this pic of you last year in Swiss when you finally drive it back home...
_________________ www.super2cv.com
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Jasu Dropped
Joined: 30 Sep 2007 Posts: 211 Location: Finland
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Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 11:16 pm Post subject: |
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I don't have speedometer, or any meters at all in my three-wheeler...
_________________ Make it today, tomorrow it's probably illegal... |
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stefan Dropped
Joined: 25 Aug 2007 Posts: 257 Location: holland
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Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 9:41 am Post subject: |
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björn wrote: | whats beter 3cm or 6 in total???? |
etienne did 6cm total and i did 12cm total... mine isn't better becauce it is narrower than etienne, it only looks different.
so do what you like most _________________
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JoZeF Grave Digger
Joined: 25 May 2007 Posts: 1734
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Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 1:20 pm Post subject: |
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Etienne wrote: | JoZeF wrote: |
I reach top speed on the speedometer in my 3 wheeler (160 km/h, which must be around 140 real km/h)
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And you don't even show a picture of your "toy" as you said when you bought it...
You were so happy ! Remember, I took this pic of you last year in Swiss when you finally drive it back home... |
That's not a three wheeler, Etienne, it's a trike _________________ "That bumper fits there like sunglasses on pig" O.E.
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jopro Snailer
Joined: 13 Aug 2009 Posts: 59 Location: England
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Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 6:04 pm Post subject: |
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When you narrow the front what happens to the driveshafts?
Do you have to narrow those also? _________________ Lowering the tone since 1983 |
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Shedspeed Dropped
Joined: 13 Jul 2007 Posts: 446 Location: kent, England
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Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 7:02 pm Post subject: |
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Interesting point.
I know it's possible to mix driveshafts as there was a long inner/short outer and a short inner/long outer combinations. If you mixed them and had short/short they will drop apart when the wheel is fully down, and if you had long/long they would prevent the wheel from going fully up. (and probably bugger the diff?)
If you're running low, then I'd imagine you're unlikely to have problems using a mix of short outer and short inner, espescially if you have narrowed the front axle, although i guess you make sure the front arm runs through its full movement with no problems beforehand, if it doesn't, then I can't see why you can't simply take a couple of cm off the splined end of the outer shaft?
Again, only guessing here, as I've never tried it. _________________
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Etienne Hoodrider
Joined: 25 May 2007 Posts: 2829
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Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 7:29 pm Post subject: |
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On my ex-Dyane I just took off 3 cm of the male part of the driveshaft. _________________ www.super2cv.com |
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jopro Snailer
Joined: 13 Aug 2009 Posts: 59 Location: England
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Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 8:28 pm Post subject: |
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Etienne wrote: | On my ex-Dyane I just took off 3 cm of the male part of the driveshaft. |
Did you take 3 cm off each arm?
Its a bit hard to think about these things when i dont have a snail yet!! _________________ Lowering the tone since 1983 |
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Etienne Hoodrider
Joined: 25 May 2007 Posts: 2829
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Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 12:13 am Post subject: |
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Yep -3cm on each arm. _________________ www.super2cv.com |
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