[Azzurri GTV]

Here's one.

 

[fafner1]

Three wheeling results when the roll stiffness is concentrated at one end. It is standard practice to try to concentrate the weight over the drive wheels (front or back) and then balance the car by cranking up the roll stiffness at the other end. The resulting cross loading also increases the traction the inside drive wheel can provide while accelerating. Increasing the roll stiffness at the non-driven end is usually done by putting on a stiffer sway bar, which counteracts roll by trying to pick up the inside wheel. At some point a stiff bar will exert enough force to actually lift the inside wheel. Once the inside wheel is in the air the sway bar is in effect maxed out, it can no longer contribute any additional roll stiffness. It looks a little strange, but my VW GTI feels completely normal cornering while carrying the back inside wheel several inches of the pavement.

Sir John Whitmore used to be able to lift the front wheel on his Lotus Cortina high enough to clear the rumble strips on the inside of the track. This gave him an advantage by allowing him use a tighter line through the corners.

 

[Sprintn]

Schuey,
I have a painting of that picture you just posted! It is titled "Dancing Alfa" and done by Bill Stroud.

those are all nice pics! But I hope they are not stolen from other sites or Joecab is going to be all over you guys!!!

Keep'em coming! I personally like all of them!!!

 

[chasking]

I've been trying to find a better shot of this, especially from the front: Gabriele Tarquini's 155 in the British Touring Car Championship in 1994, at Donington in the UK.

I saw this on a video, and it was truly amazing. He managed to keep in under control, land and continue racing.

It reminded me of the end of The Gumball Rally when Gary Busey's character put that Camaro up on two wheels to go between lines of traffic on an L.A. freeway.

 

[smestas]

I saw this on a video, and it was truly amazing. He managed to keep in under control, land and continue racing.

That shot is just nuts!! We got to find some footage of that for all to see. Anyone?

 

[DonBeeson]

If i might say....thats quite the wing on that Alfa!

 

[chasking]

That shot is just nuts!! We got to find some footage of that for all to see. Anyone?

I'm afraid all I have is an old VHS tape my dad loaned me, and I don't think I have the necessary hardware to download it to a computer. But it looks like it was a commercially-produced program from British TV.

 

[Azzurri GTV]

here's some more

 

[nicke]

2 wheeling Alfa on video: http://www.cloverleaf4.co.uk/videos/Tarquini 2 Wheels.wmv

PS. That's the footage from the still a page back.

 

[boggissimo]

2 wheeling Alfa on video: http://www.cloverleaf4.co.uk/videos/Tarquini 2 Wheels.wmv

PS. That's the footage from the still a page back.

BRING BACK MURRAY WALKER!!!

 

[papajam]

Sooooooo close.

Maybe at Pocono in a couple of weeks.

 

[smestas]

Here you go Jim.

 

[101/105guy]

Please excuse my poor Italian, but I think that the phrase is:
Tre route sono basta (three wheels are enough)

 

[spannerman]

Mercedes Rubber Saver

Hi there

This is a recent meeting I took the merc to....

 

[spannerman]

Three wheelin for the girls

Not only something that boys can do...

I have hijacked his post name and thought you guys might like to see what a girl can do......AKA Alfa Nut at work at the track..

 

[spannerman]

Sud we dance??

Recent meeting here in Adelaide...

Please visit http://www.maximumattack.biz

for more photos..like these!!

 

[papajam]

Good stuff, spannerman! Are those Yoko A032Rs on the Merc?

Thanks for the wallpaper, Simon!

 

[gt601]

I was pulling my Alfetta out of the garage last night to go eat and my wife said that she thought it was cool how one front wheel lifts off the ground as I back out. I guess that the big front sway bar is doing it's job.

 

[spannerman]

They were A032Rs. After 3 half hour stints, wire showing through the tyres and steel backing plates for front brake pads. Had a ball. 3 wheel'n isnt reserved just for Alfas.

 

[Luis]

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