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It will take a couple of weeks for the tires to arrive from Hong Kong, but I'll post details of the build as soon as I can. |
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Eureka, it worked! Using the proline compatible inner rings I was able to use the RC4WD stamped steel wheels easily with the repro tires. I used the leftover front steering hubs from the B tree and some axle shafts from a Bush Devil II. Everything came out perfect. I think it looks 100x better than the balloon tires on the Wild Willy 2.
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Agree, it looks awesome!
And the "white Spoke wheels makes me nostalgic.... I had a set of those on my first car, a black beetle 1302.
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Very nice wheeles! I love the effect.
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Oh ya!!
That's much better looking I am now re-thinking my earlier statement about not needing another project But really that look amazing far more like the WW1, glad to hear the tires work on those whitespoke wheels too From somewhere out in the wilds of central Ontario.
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A couple of side effects:
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OK, that's good info to work with and not completely unexpected either......
#1 You could add weight aft of the rear axle, perhaps a bit of lead hidden in the gas can or better still in the wheelie arm. Lower placement would be better in regards to your last point. #2 The heavier wheels and tires is " un-sprung weight" in suspension terms so being softer might help a bit. Also removing the foams will reduce a little bit of weight from the front too helping with point #1. The best modification I made to our WW2 was to add oil filled dampers, this also allows you to adjust the spring pre-load but the oil filled shock really helps eliminate the Bounce. However the original WW1 had very poor swing arm type front suspension with no dampers and it came down hard too, resulting in strange camber angle changes and horrible bump steer. The WW2 is much better in this regard. #3 The reason most old WW1's you see have body damage is they roll over really easy in a corner So really you have made the WW2 much more like the WW1, Great job!! From somewhere out in the wilds of central Ontario.
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I plan to experiment with adding aft weight. To clarify, it still wheelies very well, just not quite as well as with the stock tires. I almost always replace friction dampers with oil dampers on my models. I this case I was considering not doing so since suspension isn't very important on a wheelie machine, but you have me rethinking that decision. I will give it a try. I have plenty of CVAs lying around. My goal was to make it more like the original so I succeeded!
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I still think it looks better then any WW2 I have ever seen!
Really excellent, good luck with your experimenting From somewhere out in the wilds of central Ontario.
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