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Nelsthebass
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 Re: Atrocity exhibition But whyyyyyyyyyyy............
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ChrisW
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ken
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Re: Atrocity exhibition Unsprung?  ChrisW wrote: Must be slow as f--k with all that weight in the wheels. Also the suspension must be taking a hammering with the sprung weight...... (DOES LOOK COOL  )
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ken
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Re: Atrocity exhibition RT, if by 'cleverly engineered', you mean 'Heath Robinson' style, that might be closer to the mark. The engine and gearbox are mounted high up, facing the wrong way, then drive is transmitted to that upside down gearbox at the front via a pair of chains running on sprockets bolted to the brake drums. Reduced frontal area compared to a 2CV might explain its turn of speed, a low CD certainly doesn't. Mind you it's been seen at Geoff's place, so maybe a spare race engine has found its way under the bonnet. When I saw this machine next to the Lomax stand at the only kit car show I've ever attended, first thought was that David Low had completely lost the plot... ken Rhythm Thief wrote: This I actually quite like ... it looks the part, somehow. And from what Terry says, it's quite cleverly engineered too.
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Terry
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Re: Atrocity exhibition ken wrote: When I saw this machine next to the Lomax stand at the only kit car show I've ever attended, first thought was that David Low had completely lost the plot...
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 He f'kin lost me on the A1 ......  T.
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ChrisW
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Re: Atrocity exhibition ken wrote: Unsprung? ChrisW wrote: Must be slow as f--k with all that weight in the wheels. Also the suspension must be taking a hammering with the sprung weight...... (DOES LOOK COOL ) Missed the - UN but you knew what I meant.....
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ayjay
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Rhythm Thief
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Joined: March 10th, 2010, 12:37 am
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Location: Alone in my polytunnel with my pitiful competition onions
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Re: Atrocity exhibition ken wrote: RT,
if by 'cleverly engineered', you mean 'Heath Robinson' style, that might be closer to the mark.
The engine and gearbox are mounted high up, facing the wrong way, then drive is transmitted to that upside down gearbox at the front via a pair of chains running on sprockets bolted to the brake drums.
Does sound a bit Heath Robinson ... mind you, if it works, why not? Sounds to be more in the spirit of the 2cv world than those horrible pretend Veteran cars or a GT40 mock up ...
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ken
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Re: Atrocity exhibition ? That carb stuck onto the extra gearbox (aka supercharger) must be part of the joke... Rhythm Thief wrote: Does sound a bit Heath Robinson ... mind you, if it works, why not? Sounds to be more in the spirit of the 2cv world than those horrible pretend Veteran cars or a GT40 mock up ... 
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Rhythm Thief
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Re: Atrocity exhibition ken wrote: ? That carb stuck onto the extra gearbox (aka supercharger) must be part of the joke... Yes, not sure what that's all about. Maybe the dashpot's filled with EP90 and it drip feeds onto the drive chains.
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