Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 7:15 pm
i thaught it was pirate, was trying to find it but lost interest lol.Hekta wrote:Yer, I've read about it before. Can't remember if it was on here or Pirate, probably both.Shadow wrote:its been done.
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Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 7:17 pm
I doubt it'd have much driveline strength, but the front end of the LADA NIVA ( Hah ) looks pretty well designed, nice long arms & coil springs, ( anyone know how much travel it has ). I think they have a strange diff mounting arrangement though. If you could get your hands on a Haflinger ( there's still some around ) I think they have Portal hubs?
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 7:18 pm
It's too hard to find shiat without a star eh ?Shadow wrote: i thaught it was pirate, was trying to find it but lost interest lol.
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 7:31 pm
yeh :(Hekta wrote:It's too hard to find shiat without a star eh ?Shadow wrote: i thaught it was pirate, was trying to find it but lost interest lol.
google is good, but not good enough :|
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 8:02 pm
The old ford broncos had a really long-travel IFS system where the arms crossed over in the middle. The diff was attached to one arm, so one side was almost like a solid axle (only a CV at the wheel).
Anyone have practical experience with it? If it can stand up to a bronco with heaps of weight and a big V8 it should be OK on something smaller and lighter.
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Anyone have practical experience with it? If it can stand up to a bronco with heaps of weight and a big V8 it should be OK on something smaller and lighter.
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Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 8:14 pm
early broncos and F100s had twin I beam set up they ran uni joints at the wheels and a uni joint in the middle on the left had axle to alow for it to pivit they had little travel and were hard on tyres
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 9:02 pm
It's also unbalanced - the suspension needs to control more weight on one side than the other. I'm not convinced the minimal advantages over a live axle are worth the reduced articulation and the extra parts count.ISUZUROVER wrote:The old ford broncos had a really long-travel IFS system where the arms crossed over in the middle. The diff was attached to one arm, so one side was almost like a solid axle (only a CV at the wheel).
Anyone have practical experience with it? If it can stand up to a bronco with heaps of weight and a big V8 it should be OK on something smaller and lighter.
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Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 7:43 pm
WTF is that abortion ???jimbo jones wrote:heres a real custom ifs set up on a vit
jimbo
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 10:19 pm
Thats GOLD --- custom Vitaras all round 
Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 9:25 am
no he's right it'a a abortion he went to the trouble of fitting in that but a sas would have been better
jimbo
jimbo
Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 10:15 am
He already has a lwb Vit with SAS and 37" rubber. This is a work in progress that he is playing with for some UK events.jimbo jones wrote:no he's right it'a a abortion he went to the trouble of fitting in that but a sas would have been better
jimbo
Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 4:27 pm
would have been better for what? you have know idea what the intended purpose of the vehicle is.jimbo jones wrote:no he's right it'a a abortion he went to the trouble of fitting in that but a sas would have been better
jimbo
Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 5:46 pm
Well why don't you enlighten us rather than being all secret squirell about it ??