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Russell
Firing on two.
Joined: November 29th, 2008, 10:05 pm
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 Re: Maximum Tyre Size I think you're going to need more than bigger tyres to counteract the hideous handling. On my/spanners sidewinder it also understeered badly but even with 145 tyres it didn't go round corners. I reckon some modified front arms with a bit of negative camber might help, and some smaller tyres with stiffer sidewalls, maybe from a smart car or similar will be a better bet for grip than just putting big tyres on.
I migh be wrong, but having used smart tyres on my current 2cv, it's remarkably good, but I don't think a stock 2cv has enough weight to take advantage of them.
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ken
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Re: Maximum Tyre Size  < http://ssl.delti.com/cgi-bin/rshop.pl?d ... P&dsco=110 > or perhaps < http://ssl.delti.com/cgi-bin/rshop.pl?d ... sowigan=So > ken Nelsthebass wrote: They are for the sidewinder - it understeers like a pig with 145 Firestones and any 145 x 15 are a real pain to source.
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JRW_91
lovin' the snatch
Joined: January 27th, 2009, 8:10 pm
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Location: Northampton
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Re: Maximum Tyre Size Toyo do their 330 tyre in 155/70/15 i was going to buy them for mine but i ended up with 135s, they are around £25-30 each depending where you buy from!
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Matt S
Firing on two.
Joined: December 9th, 2008, 7:52 pm
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Location: All over the road.
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Re: Maximum Tyre Size To just mention something thats sorta come up about the narrow rear ami super track. I understand t was accepted practice back in the day to mount a 2CV rear axle to put the track back to normal.
How badly does that sidewinder understeer with 145's on then? The three ive driven/owned or whatever seemed fine on 135/145's respectively. Has it got a 5 speed box putting more weight forward at all?
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Nelsthebass
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Joined: October 5th, 2009, 8:22 pm
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Location: Stone, Staffs
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Re: Maximum Tyre Size To be fair - it is probably no worse than any other sidewinder, its just not a 2CV and the current tyres are somewhat old.
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