Tell me about Trabants

[GJM]

Anybody know much about them?

2 stroke, duroplast, change head gaskets in 10 mins, can look the dogs danglys.

Parts availablity in the UK?
Can they be tuned at all?

[BenzBoy]

I like Trabbi's, but know virtually nowt about them other than what you just said.
Seriously doubt whether any 2-Stroke tuning bits are available. Much more fun could be had chucking in something small, light and screamacious... I'm avoiding the RR standard response "hayabusa" but that would be fun.
Are they RWD? I bet they are. A Toymota 4AGE would be a hoot. Or something really daft along the lines of that Minor on a 200SX floorpan - shorten an e30 BMW 325i floorpan and gaffer tape the Trabant body to it in a kind of East-meets-West duroplast nut-job-mobile...

Time for my medication...

[Russell]

i know nothing about them but here is a few
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thats more like it!

[GJM]

Front wheel drive sadly I've found a few German websites/firms that do tuning parts, well... 'sport' single carbs, 'sport' exhaust but all look much like the original parts. Because theres no cam or valves i suppose your very limited as to what you can actualy change/modify.
Very late cars came with a 1.1ltr Polo engine which could be amusing in a 600kg car ;D
LHD, colum gear change, no fuel guage (fuel warning light insted ) how cool can you get?

droolage:

[BenzBoy]

gjm said:

Very late cars came with a 1.1ltr Polo engine which could be amusing in a 600kg car ;D

Oh man! G60 FTW in that case! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[skoda_norman]

that 1st wagon you posted is the damned nuts - i loves it ;D

I love these things - we nearly bought one once.

look on eBay though - they don't come cheap.

i believe that as standard they are great runabouts and probably a lot of fun, but don't think you're getting anywhere soon.
Modification wise - well, the world is your oyster

[penski]

CR500 engine tbh.

*n

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I wonder if that feller in the peak district has still got his orchard full of them.

[GJM]

I wonder if that feller in the peak district has still got his orchard full of them.

You ring 'the lads' and i'll make up a hot wiring kit

edit:

More of that shexi wagon: Sorry about the size, just coped and pasted

[skoda_norman]

that IS perfect

[RetroMat]

[RetroMat]

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DDR stickers, love it!

[bodieanddoyle]

gjm said:

I've found a few German websites/firms that do tuning parts, well... 'sport' single carbs, 'sport' exhaust but all look much like the original parts. Because theres no cam or valves i suppose your very limited as to what you can actualy change/modify.

I'd love to know if anyone has put expansion chambers, slide carbs, reed blocks and some increased crankcase compression in a trabbi. I'd love one

supremely cool cars, more info needed. hydraulic brakes?

[bodieanddoyle]

gjm said:

this is wearing e21/'02 steels! cool.
or is it a p'shop?

[skoda_norman]

the rear of the car (rear arch especially) looks very photoshop to me...

[GJM]

don't think so, all of the 601's rear arches seem to be that shape

[Ratdat]

All I know about Trabbi's is that I had to drive one once and it was really bloody awful ;D

Aside from that they look pretty cool.

[TerraRoot]

found this while looking up lowride's. no i don't know why it came up either



I'm a fan of all two-stroke's, so simply so fast, some one mentioned that there are no
hopup parts for the the two-stroke engine? get out a file, raise exhaust port lower the
inlet port. who needs to buy parts to go faster!

[avtovaz]

yes, agree with a lot of the above but...


THEY HANDLE VERY WELL...

they left fgoot brake very well to as from factory...

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