Nissan delta wing. Narrowed beams?

pete wood 23 Windows of Awesome

6,828 posts · joined Jan 2004 · 12 Nov 2012, 12:53 pm

#930826

Thought you'd all enjoy this...

Mmmm, I have an idea.... [heads off to the shed to find his BMX wheels and narrow the beam 24"] 🤓

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BiX Veteran Volks Folk

2,499 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 13 Nov 2012, 12:21 am

#930930

I have a raqce enginering article on this car. Will dig it out.

They found the narrow front end worked, but it was a very different suspension setup in terms of springs and roll bars etc.

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pete wood 23 Windows of Awesome

6,828 posts · joined Jan 2004 · 13 Nov 2012, 2:45 pm

#930977

Yeah, it's totally counter intuitive to most cars. All the roll control is at the back of the car. The front has "mountain bike" springs and shocks.

"stoopid is stronger than axles"
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waveman1500 Also rides a Honda

1,346 posts · joined Dec 2009 · 13 Nov 2012, 3:40 pm

#930986

If you're going to follow the suspension tuning logic of the Delta Wing on a bug, then I think you would need 10" wide tyres at the back, and probably move the fuel tank to the back as well to get weight off the front end. It is nice to see someone trying something genuinely different though.

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