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Offraoding in Iceland..!!

  • 08-08-2006 09:07AM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,670 ✭✭✭✭




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  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 3,467 Mod ✭✭✭✭coolwings


    Now that looks like a fun way to spend the day!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,123 ✭✭✭muckwarrior


    Seen them do that on Top Gear. A guy drove the whole way across a lake IIRC!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,763 ✭✭✭g5hn710m4xpdwy


    Are they hitting it with speed so they scim the water?

    they also look they could wheelie :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,670 ✭✭✭✭vectra


    Flunked wrote:
    Are they hitting it with speed so they scim the water?

    they also look they could wheelie :D


    Yes.
    Its basically the speed of the wheels that keep it afloat..:D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,042 ✭✭✭2 Espressi




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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,042 ✭✭✭2 Espressi




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,248 ✭✭✭Plug


    I saw that on topgear a while back, t'was good. I want to try put my truck across water like that on a smaller scale. OK off topic but did anyone see the bugatti on topgear?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,763 ✭✭✭g5hn710m4xpdwy


    bugatti veyron? nope:mad:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,042 ✭✭✭2 Espressi


    Plug wrote:
    ...I want to try put my truck across water like that on a smaller scale...
    I reckon you could do it with a set of paddle wheels and a completely stripped out and waterproofed chassis. Dump the 2 speed/reverse/etc, seal the tyres and rims, no foams, stiff shocks (as few as possible), swaybars, (if applicable)

    Therea re a load of TG Veyron vids on youtube, here's one:
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=_YAdKOTPw9Q


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,670 ✭✭✭✭vectra


    2 Espressi wrote:
    I reckon you could do it with a set of paddle wheels and a completely stripped out and waterproofed chassis. Dump the 2 speed/reverse/etc, seal the tyres and rims, no foams, stiff shocks (as few as possible), swaybars, (if applicable)

    Therea re a load of TG Veyron vids on youtube, here's one:
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=_YAdKOTPw9Q

    I would be thinking on the lines of leaving the 2 speed in there as when it kicks into second it would give faster spin to the wheels?:confused:


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,248 ✭✭✭Plug


    Flunked wrote:
    bugatti veyron? nope:mad:

    1001hp
    0-60mph in 2.5 seconds
    top speed 256 mph
    fastest car going but really emptys your back burner:o
    2 Espressi wrote:
    I reckon you could do it with a set of paddle wheels and a completely stripped out and waterproofed chassis. Dump the 2 speed/reverse/etc, seal the tyres and rims, no foams, stiff shocks (as few as possible), swaybars, (if applicable)
    Na I recoan it would do it anyway, I often drown my electronics and they never failed:) Going 40mph why those big tires would make it across...i hope:D
    vectra wrote:
    I would be thinking on the lines of leaving the 2 speed in there as when it kicks into second it would give faster spin to the wheels?
    Yeap like the way they inflate like ballons.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,123 ✭✭✭muckwarrior


    Plug wrote:
    Na I recoan it would do it anyway, I often drown my electronics and they never failed:) Going 40mph why those big tires would make it across...i hope:D
    Let us know how you get on :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,248 ✭✭✭Plug


    I cant try it for a while now cos I had a little/bad crash today, funny what 2 screws can do to set it 25 mph into a curb:rolleyes:


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