novacaine
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| posted on 25/1/07 at 08:25 PM |
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Locost suspension
anybody use a torsion beam on a locost?
ive got some beetle parts in my garage, could i use them? any ideas on how this will effect handling?
cheers
Matt
And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but its sinking, Racing around to come up behind you again, the sun is the same in a relative way but
your older, shorter of breath and one day closer to death
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roadrunner
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| posted on 25/1/07 at 08:39 PM |
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Try it and let us know what its like, i dare you.
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goodall
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| posted on 25/1/07 at 08:52 PM |
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i often think of using a rear beam axle i have, even has holes drilled though the mounting brackets, just have to get bearing caariers
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macnab
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| posted on 25/1/07 at 08:53 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by novacaine
anybody use a torsion beam on a locost?
ive got some beetle parts in my garage, could i use them? any ideas on how this will effect handling?
cheers
Matt
I hope that's not a front beam your talking about
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flak monkey
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| posted on 25/1/07 at 08:54 PM |
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Nah, what you want is a transverse leaf spring and swing arms.  I know someone who used to have a dragster with that set up. Friction dampers too.
Fantastic apparently!
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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novacaine
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| posted on 25/1/07 at 09:05 PM |
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its off the rear of a bug, technicaly its a torsion tube, i got my wording mixed up lol.
seems alright on the beetle but on a locost i dont know how it will be.
And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but its sinking, Racing around to come up behind you again, the sun is the same in a relative way but
your older, shorter of breath and one day closer to death
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Simon
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| posted on 25/1/07 at 09:16 PM |
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Make a nice paperweight!
For a very large piece of paper
ATB
Simon
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Chippy
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| posted on 25/1/07 at 11:19 PM |
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Its crap on the car its designed for, so what makes you think that hanging it on a Locost would make it suddenly improve. Best advise "BIN
IT" Ray
To make a car go faster, just add lightness. Colin Chapman - OR - fit a bigger engine. Chippy
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andyps
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| posted on 27/1/07 at 03:56 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by novacaine
anybody use a torsion beam on a locost?
ive got some beetle parts in my garage, could i use them? any ideas on how this will effect handling?
cheers
Matt
There are only two things to do with them - scrap them, or build a beach buggy
Andy
An expert is someone who knows more and more about less and less
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