C0cking a wheel

[Vish]

Nothing rude! How easy is it to get a rear wheel in the air, and would you feel it happen? I'm on coilies so is suspension travel short enough?

Not something I'm going to go and attempt to find out on the roads but just wondering if I ever would have done it as was watching the TG review of the cup-packed 182 and it was tripoding quite a bit.

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[rob_clio197rs]

ive done it in my 172 ph2 with apex springs and standard shocks, aslong as you have decent tyres for grip its pretty easy, i didnt really feel it tbh

 

[Timmay]

that top gear vid is epic!

tripodding is quite easy tbh

 

[Vish]

Is it is easy to do when trying or is it easily done (unintentionally) when driving quick around corners?

Got Eagle F1s and PE2s on mine. Also wondering if its likely I've done it without knowing, if as you say, you didn't really feel it.

 

[BenStanley]

LMFAO at the shopping list

 

[DannyR]

^^^ Looks so bad, although think I've seen it on here?

Tripoding is easy, just go into a big roundabout hard turn, brake if you really want, just have enough room to understeer into! I do it on the reg!

 

[Da]

LMFAO at the shopping list

All press cars had them IIRC, not sure why though.

 

[Vish]

I did wonder about the shopping list but assumed it was somebody's car being borrowed lol

^^^ Looks so bad, although think I've seen it on here?

Tripoding is easy, just go into a big roundabout hard turn, brake if you really want, just have enough room to understeer into! I do it on the reg!

Ah right, I do have a few favourite roundabouts, wonder if I've been doing it then lol

Can you feel the difference?

 

[rob_clio197rs]

All press cars had them IIRC, not sure why though.

has a painted front badge too, wonder who owns it now

 

[DannyR]

I did wonder about the shopping list but assumed it was somebody's car being borrowed lol

Ah right, I do have a few favourite roundabouts, wonder if I've been doing it then lol

Can you feel the difference?

You will feel the back end starting to come round as it loses traction. Usually going in hard and letting off will do the trick!

I'll see if I can get som videos!

 

[TimR26]

has a painted front badge too, wonder who owns it now

Think there was a thread a while back with pictures of it in a scrapyard.

Foxy told me I had a wheel foot or two off the ground at Cadwell but I didn't feel it.

 

[Tom@JMS]

Can you feel the difference?

You can feel it lift all right, bit of a wobble us the corner moves up and down and then a thud/bump when it is tamed by gravity!

 

[sideways danny]

tripodding....piece of piss. I had my 1.7 diesel astra estate doing it, all the way up the slip-road onto the M1 (junction 9 north)

 

[S2 PTH]

My old 1.4 used to do it a treat with -40mm and eagle F1s. Best time was on the way to trax 2004 - I was in the inside lane on the rbout cocking my rear inside while my mate was overtaking me in total control in his GTiR! Memories! Unfortunately my E55 doesn't do that! The kitcar however loves some twisted chasis action!

 

[DMS]

I think mine spends more time on 3 wheels than it does on 4.

 

[Greeny.]

Tried to do mine the other day and the rear end flew round as my current rear tyres are dire!! Was fun though

 

[H182]

I've been told before I've done it, but you can't really feel it.

 

[Poopensharten]

Not sure id want to

 

[Russ_16v]

Easy to do whatever suspension set up you have, though you might not always notice it, you can feel the rear wheel hit the ground if its a quick fast lift, but you cant always feel it, all depends on road, etc


This is a small lift from me,it did raise more apparently, if i had turned tighter it would have cocked higher

 

[alanc1000]

i did it by mistake in my 182, was going around a small tight roundabout and i only knew i had done it when i heard a thud as the back wheel landed!

I reckon it would be impossible to do in my Z4, its just too long.

 

[jesus]

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=435345 ftw!

 

[c__w]

i did it by mistake in my 182, was going around a small tight roundabout and i only knew i had done it when i heard a thud as the back wheel landed!

I reckon it would be impossible to do in my Z4, its just too long.

I would say it's more to do with a 50:50 weight distrubtion.



The reason the inside rear lifts is good front end grip and stiff rear roll resistance, it doesn't suddenly lose traction when it lifts as that wheel is completely unloaded anyway. Normaly you can't feel it lifting "hear" it thud back down either.

 

[kevo66]

Easy!! Doesnt need to be fast either!

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o248/kevo66/4510_87359487738_664627738_1888863_.jpg

 

[-J-]

My Car on a recent wales Trip (Running Coilovers)-

Even My Mates Golf GTI was at it -

 

[Russ_16v]

impressed with the Golf, though the incline will help it, what suspension is that running mate?

 

[-J-]

Eibachs (Spelling?)

 

[Russ_16v]

Correct Ah cool, nice to see a MK4 that looks like it handles well! lol

 

[Stakkabo]

 

[-J-]

Correct Ah cool, nice to see a MK4 that looks like it handles well! lol

Even More impressive when you know its a MK4 GTI Diesel !

 

[Greeny.]

That is awesome Stakkabo

 

[Gaz_]

i've got an awesome pic on my desktop at home, i'll get it later

 

[Tav]

impressed with the Golf, though the incline will help it, what suspension is that running mate?

Same rear beam config. as the Clio though isn't it. All old VW's will lift the inside wheel relatively easily.

 

[Tav]

Oh 182 Cup ftw btw

 

[Stakkabo]

That is awesome Stakkabo

Thanks this was taken at a WRX owners club skid pan day. I came second for the day, but tbh most of the rex guys did twice the distance I did, there was a lot of fun being had.

 

[rich-6]

Apparantly me just pulling into the works car park is enough for mine to c**k a wheel. One of the sales lads accused me of been a loon, I didnt realise it was off the floor B)

 

[kevin.s]

i was on my way to burton with my mom in her tomcat the once and she flew past me as i wernt going for it but then thought "im not having that" so shot past her and flew round round an island and my brother in my moms car said that the back wheel lifted off the ground but i didnt feel or hear it. i was chuffed with myself though lol.

 

[Vish]

Cheers guys. Never felt a thud/bump Tom, so maybe if I have done it its not been that high up? Might have to get a mate to check one day, rather save it for the track though.

Alan, c**king the rear wheel in a Z4 would be something else!

 

[Tav]

Alan, c**king the rear wheel in a Z4 would be something else!

It's RWD...it's not the idea...

 

[kev182cup]

Just find a tight round about turn in a little later than ya normally would and it's up. Lol 182s seem to do it more than my 172 cup used to. I was showing my mate and I had my 182 on 3 wheels and sliding, on the road. Lol yeah i meant to do it ofcourse. Sniff.

 

[Vish]

It's RWD...it's not the idea...

Yeah I know, but also because as said it near 50:50 weight distribution and set up, it'd be pretty impossible if even possible at all I'd have thought, hence something else.