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jopro Snailer
Joined: 13 Aug 2009 Posts: 59 Location: England
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Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 4:15 pm Post subject: Hello! |
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Hello everybody!
I have been a visitor on this forum for a while now and im enjoying it.
At the moment i dont have a 2cv... Im expanding my horizons from slammed vws.
At least its aircooled!
Im trying to find an early 2cv but all the ones for sale in England at decent prices are from the 80's.... Am i still welcome if im late style?
I hope to slam and channel one when i have enough money.
I just have few questions that i cant seem to find the answers to-
Can i get the chassis on the floor by just winding the rods out and welding in extensions and also turning the kinpin angle?
Im thinking 13" wheels will help too.
Or do i have to channel it?
Cheers! _________________ Lowering the tone since 1983 |
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backfire Dropped
Joined: 14 Nov 2007 Posts: 346 Location: NL, 's-Hertogenbosch
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Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 5:50 pm Post subject: |
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getting the chassis on the floor is no problem, getting the body on the floor requires channeling job. _________________ 2CV, with Visa turbo charged |
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jopro Snailer
Joined: 13 Aug 2009 Posts: 59 Location: England
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Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 6:35 pm Post subject: |
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Cool.
So looking at the Snail picture up at the top there, the dark green one has its chassis on the floor pretty much?
And the one on the left (on air?) is channelled. _________________ Lowering the tone since 1983 |
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max Dropped
Joined: 01 Jul 2007 Posts: 332 Location: England
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Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 7:00 pm Post subject: |
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bingo. |
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jopro Snailer
Joined: 13 Aug 2009 Posts: 59 Location: England
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Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 7:39 pm Post subject: |
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Channelling it is then!!
Cheers guys! _________________ Lowering the tone since 1983 |
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JoZeF Grave Digger
Joined: 25 May 2007 Posts: 1734
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Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 7:55 pm Post subject: |
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The dark green one is not channeled
The light blue one is _________________ "That bumper fits there like sunglasses on pig" O.E.
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Shedspeed Dropped
Joined: 13 Jul 2007 Posts: 446 Location: kent, England
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Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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This is about as low as you can go practically without channeling.
That's on race springs, turned kingpin angle and soon to have very hard shocks. It doesn't hit the floor too much. _________________
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SamClukkers Lowered
Joined: 23 Jun 2007 Posts: 774 Location: Belgium
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Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 10:51 pm Post subject: |
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That's a pretty cool Bamboo, Russ. Looks like it's almost ready to participate the next british 2cv racing season. |
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jopro Snailer
Joined: 13 Aug 2009 Posts: 59 Location: England
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Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 12:05 pm Post subject: |
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Shedspeed wrote: | This is about as low as you can go practically without channeling.
That's on race springs, turned kingpin angle and soon to have very hard shocks. It doesn't hit the floor too much. |
How far is this from the ground? What's stopping it go any further?
Im not bothered about practicallity ive got a 73 vw type 3 that im wearing holes in the floorpan going over speedbumps.
Do i need to buy anything to do a channelling?
What's the optimum amount for narrowing the front?
Sorry for all the questions _________________ Lowering the tone since 1983 |
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JoZeF Grave Digger
Joined: 25 May 2007 Posts: 1734
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Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 6:22 pm Post subject: |
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Hi
what stops it from going lower is the chassis.
If you channel a 2cv 5 inches (the thickness of the chassis) it will be 5 inches lower than a non channeled 2cv with same chassis/road clearance.
My car is 6,5-7 cm narrowed and it seems to be quite a good compromise. Some guys have done more, no idea how it reacts.
Don't forget that you can't go in as much as a Vw cause the wheels soon hit the rocker covers
If you channel a 2cv you will ideally need to buy much harder springs and shocks.
Don't forget that loads of stuff needs modifying (steering column, gear shift, engine ancillaries, bumper struts etc)
check out mine or acalex's topics in the recent ones, it will give you an idea of some options to take on how to do it.
It's super easy if you've already done a bit of car welding, just time consuming. _________________ "That bumper fits there like sunglasses on pig" O.E.
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Shedspeed Dropped
Joined: 13 Jul 2007 Posts: 446 Location: kent, England
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Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2009 2:13 pm Post subject: |
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jopro wrote: | Shedspeed wrote: | This is about as low as you can go practically without channeling.
That's on race springs, turned kingpin angle and soon to have very hard shocks. It doesn't hit the floor too much. |
How far is this from the ground? What's stopping it go any further?
Im not bothered about practicallity ive got a 73 vw type 3 that im wearing holes in the floorpan going over speedbumps.
Do i need to buy anything to do a channelling?
What's the optimum amount for narrowing the front?
Sorry for all the questions |
That car is about 30mm away from hitting the floor, it rides very well considering (better than some 'normal' cars I've driven) you can make it hit the ground easily if you drive it places when it'll obviously ground, speed bumps, cat's eyes, the white lines in the road, that kind of thing, but as long as you remember it's this low it's fine. I'm hoping to take it to Spa this year, so by all means come along and have a look!
I've never channeled a car so can't obviously comment on how they work compared to a conventional one, but as JoZeFs allready said, plenty of folk on here can help you there. _________________
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