Belly tank help

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if you had a problem with that you should have said something...
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Sounds a bit like when I changed to a strut front end in the ute and all the pain of getting all the angles and no bump steer and caster and on and on and go to close the bonnet and the hinges run smack into the new strut towers,
But mine turned left but when you turned left. :?

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I think he did say something...he was being bombarded with sms's and I think he said " this shouldn't be happening to me,I'm fat , forty and I've got a fu***d leg":lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:...

it's just that it didn't have ANYTHING to do with the steering....... :roll: :wink: sort of like what we were doing.

So, is this the new Hot202 thread or what?......didn't someone start this to ask questions about Belly tanks?
...few understand what I'm trying to do , but they vastly outnumber those who understand why..
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Most of our threads disintegrate into dribble, why should'nt this one be any different?

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C Hanlon wrote:Most of our threads disintegrate into dribble, why should'nt this one be any different?

Chris

DRIBBLE = incontenance , no not that far yet :shock:
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Clearly these guys have way too much recreational time on their hands :roll: :roll: :roll:

Besides the mindless dribble and all that; I have come to the morbid realization that no one likes me (or ever did for that matter :!: ) and I still haven't got my newsletter :( :( :( :(
So why should anyone get any helpful advice from this forum anyway :?:

Gordon D. where are you when your country needs you :shock: :shock: :shock:
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C Hanlon wrote:But mine turned left but when you turned left. :?

Chris


Except when Kath drove.... then it was rear steer :wink:
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yes was a classic steer HEY KATHY , gees wish I had video , it was a beaut
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GEES Cookey , we all going to need anti depressents soon
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Reverend Hedgash wrote:if you had a problem with that you should have said something...


I did!
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Geez Tony ,I like you, Did ya pay ya 25 Sheckles,to get the newsletter??,
or did you waste the money on more old Valiant parts?
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Re: he did

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Dr Goggles wrote:So, is this the new Hot202 thread or what?......didn't someone start this to ask questions about Belly tanks?


Did we ever get to an answer for flat bottom verses round bottom?
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yes was a classic steer HEY KATHY , gees wish I had video , it was a beaut


It's etched into my memory...! That and the look on her face when she nailed it again when we pulled up next to her!

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we digress

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nitro-nige wrote:
Dr Goggles wrote:So, is this the new Hot202 thread or what?......didn't someone start this to ask questions about Belly tanks?


Did we ever get to an answer for flat bottom verses round bottom?


For aero purposes( as opposed to porpoises which are for water) the is no question , a round bottom is better.BUT, that is not taking into account a lot of other factors........

Just one I'll mention is "hiding things".....if you can work out a way of having angled axles so you can hide steering and diff in the body then you can make use of a round bottom by getting it high enough off the ground ......it's an equation with lots of factors :roll: :roll:
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Post by grumm441 »

So Scott
Getting back to a point, but not the point
We (I) found that a VW steering box works well in the front of a belly tank,
mainly beacuse the early torsion bar mounted ones clamp onto a tube and they are small

which reminds me. one more thing to add onto the list
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