what would it take

[matt lewis]

hi me and a friend were worndering what it would take to make a capri wheele because we both want a car that wheelies were looking at my wheel chair and that can wheelie so how do i make a cpri wheele any ideas

[Supercharged Nat]

lots of torque/ revs and extremely light front end! have a search on google, people out there build them for comps etc so theres lots of info out there on whats needed. just gota be applied to the base car. but you may have to strengthen the chassis considerably for when it lands again !

[105Speed]

Helium in the front tyres...... 60 psi as side should do it

[matt lewis]

sounds good will it still be road legal was just thinking of a ford racig v8 a concreet lump in the back bigger wheels and tyres on the back and skiony ones on the frunt that would help and all right ???

[Nettles]

Helps if you've got any fat mates. Squeeze as many as you can onto the back seat and into the boot then floor it!

[Jimsiss]

hydraulics/air ride to make the wheels get off the ground initially, then lots of torque and a wheelie bar to maintain it

[Retromotorsport]

simple maths equation ...

 

its all down to "moments around a beam" and fulcrums.

 

if the weight at the front weighs 'X' then the force applied at the fulcrum point (the rear wheels ) must more equal or more than 'X'

 

The problem being its easy to get the power (ft/lb) at the wheels, its transmitting that power to the ground, because without the grip your power is only going to be equal to the grip (newtons laws) or .. a 1000ft/lb or torque going through wheels that are capable of only transmitting 100 ft/lb will only create a 100lb of lift

 

the lighter the front end the less grip required to do the lifting ... and its grip that does the lifting not power really, its easy to get the power to lift the front .. one man and long pole can lift the front end up

[escort21]

Have you seen the wheelie corvette at santa pod. Uses water tanks for balance weights...

[escortmad79]

http://www.gilchristbnw.com/GPC/WS-Gallery.html

 

Ooooooooooh yeah!!!!!

[Rick]

theres plenty of cars out there that dont just wheely, but take off

 

iv even seen a vid on u tube where it just backflips and lands on its roof

 

insane