Simplify and add lightness

"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile) 02/09/2017 at 14:11 • Filed to: None

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Now, I’m not saying somebody needs to make a stripped down racecar on a GMC Motorhome chassis... but I’m not saying they don’t, either.

Mercedes Streeter > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/09/2017 at 14:15

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Step 1: Build cabover.

Step 2: Build box.

Step 3: Store smarts in box.

Step 4: Have awesome car carrier/mobile gehrige.

Step 7: Profit.

Ash78, voting early and often > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/09/2017 at 14:16

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One more battery pack (where the wastewater tanks are) and you’ve got a Tesla Model RV.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Mercedes Streeter 02/09/2017 at 14:18

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Since you mention it, it does seem kind of odd that GM didn’t do more things with the setup. They got as far as doing *one* truckish thing with it, and then stopped. I mean, I guess the suspension wasn’t actually built for that heavy a load and favored comfort, but even so.

As to cabovers with Olds/Cad FWD drivetrains, there was a bit on TTAC a while where a guy was in the middle of Toronading a ‘46 Ford cabover...

Comes over to help work on your car and only drinks beer > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/09/2017 at 14:18

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Front wheel drive, though...

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Ash78, voting early and often 02/09/2017 at 14:19

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but big block tho

Milky > Comes over to help work on your car and only drinks beer 02/09/2017 at 14:19

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Noticed that too. Toronado drive train?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Milky 02/09/2017 at 14:20

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Yes. That is what it has.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Comes over to help work on your car and only drinks beer 02/09/2017 at 14:21

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Yes, but big block Olds in something with four rear wheels that would weigh less than a Toronado complete and is >20ft long. thisbonerswrongandidontevencare.jpg

Jcarr > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/09/2017 at 14:22

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What do you call that rear suspension type? Cantilever?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Jcarr 02/09/2017 at 14:27

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More or less. There are kits out there that introduce a center brace, so that there are travel limits and reduced “jump” from one to the other (and two bags per side) , but in essence it’s a self-leveling thing and similar to a very simplified Citroen front/rear link on a 2CV. They’re adjustable and allow you to level it when parked, and the design of the links allows for a certain amount of passive steer. It’s quite nice.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Jcarr 02/09/2017 at 14:39

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I found the technical term... at least, as used on a tank:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horstmann_suspension

Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/09/2017 at 14:57

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It would certainly be the world’s only FWD 6-wheel racecar.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig 02/09/2017 at 15:03

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Somehow, I don’t think that’s a bad thing.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/09/2017 at 16:41

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So much understeer.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 02/09/2017 at 16:45

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I’m picturing a race version of this with drag skinnies on all four rear wheels and some kind of ludicrous giant radials up front. Kind of like the Eyston Thunderbolt except running backwards and completely stupid.