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Tom's (awesome) Farina thread in the RR section made me think - i wonder what other unusual gassers there are out there  From a little searchy I found the following:    ;D Anyone else seen anything else unusual? |
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"Mechanical Power Subduing Animal Speed" (Robert Trevithick, 1808)
'72 BMW 2000 Touring
'99 TT 180 (mrs)
'72 BMW 2500
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Seth
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MorrisOxford TriumphMirald HillmanMinx BorgwardIsabellaCombi
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Follow your dreams or you might as well be a vegetable. |
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Unusual Gassersjettadeluxe
@GUEST
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Brian, you need to make this render a reality! |
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joda
Part of things
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joda
Part of things
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oops posted same post twice ;D
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Last Edit: Feb 4, 2010 11:41:32 GMT by joda
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Last Edit: Feb 4, 2010 12:35:32 GMT by bigkris
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OK, n00bish gasser question - is the Moon tank out front for purposes of weight distribution?
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OK, n00bish gasser question - is the Moon tank out front for purposes of weight distribution? Not really. When it's up front the lines can be much shorter, plus you get an inertial "ram" effect when accelerating hard. On a quick enough drag car this effect can actually be quite significant, helping the fuel get to the fuel pump much better. Also, gassers tend to run mechanical injection pumps which I believe require a positive pressure head of fuel (ie. gravity fed). Does anyone know if that's correct? |
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Davenger
Club Retro Rides Member
It's only metal
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Unusual GassersDavenger
@dminifreak
Club Retro Rides Member 140
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love the thread I had one very similar when I first signed up but noone replied with any results lol. loving the bond bug lol ;D   This is still around It lives in Ipswich, it's owned by Sniper on here |
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Taunus:  Kadett:  |
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Nice work, peeps! BigKris - what a quality selection of snaps you have  I think you're more worthy of starting this thread than I with that sort of a collection! |
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"Mechanical Power Subduing Animal Speed" (Robert Trevithick, 1808)
'72 BMW 2000 Touring
'99 TT 180 (mrs)
'72 BMW 2500
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g40jon
Posted a lot
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another daft question......
whats the reason for the raised ride height? looks cool, but surely i cant be good for stability?
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The front end's raised to allow the fitment of a beam axle from a truck, which is lighter than an independent front setup - doesn't do anything for handling, but they're only going to be going in a straight line anyway.
I think that's right. Anyone?
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The beam axle's only there to assist with the stance. The front end is raised to increase weight transfer on launch.
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1953 Minor (Long term project)
PT Cruiser
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Raised ride height at the rear also allowed fitment of bigger tyres with less cutting of the body. There were some rudimentary theories going around at the time I believe which suggested that there was greater weight transfer to the rear at that height, thus improving 60ft time or something. At the end of the day it's not actually the optimum set-up, but that was what they thought would work at the time.
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Kris, some awesome stuff you've found there  What is this?  It looks kind of Hillman Minx, but kind of not. I like it. I want it. |
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1989 Peugeot 205. You know, the one that was parked in a ditch on the campsite at RRG'17... the glass is always full. but the ratio of air to water may vary. |
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chaps all the pictures i posted were stolen from gassermadness.com/^ go on....you know you want too |
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