The Gasser question thread.

[tigran]

Righto peeps, need to ask a couple of questions regarding gassers, more than anything some technical questions, and more specific than that how is that stance of theirs achieved? If anyone has any technical drawings of a generic gassers suspension it would be all the better, but even an explanation would be cool. Really just pondering out ideas of which way to go with a certain viva, the usual slammed route or do something different with it...

Thanks for any input (not on what to do with the HC but on the techie question).

Oh also - has anyone actually driven a gasser on the road? They look like deathtraps to drive around - is the suspension all wibbly wobbly on them (it looks like it on launches) or is it just all that power squatting them down on the strip and the suspension is quite solid?

Some pics for your perusal as well.

[sammm]

Stance comes primarily from a straight axle front end

Like this;


People have been known to drive all kinds of death traps on the road

[rod]

OOOOOOOOOH! Gassers......Just love 'em!

[Deleted]

I don't drive a gasser but I do drive a tall narrow car with the factory fitted beam front end and buggy spring. It wanders about quite a lot and I can only imagine a car that has been deliberately raised up further can only be a lot worse.

[markbognor]

You know you really ought to build a Viva gasser.

[v8ian]

How about a real British Viva Gasser,

[tigran]

Mark awesome find! Like that (down to the colour even) but with four doors and not quite as extreme. That HC looks as if it's on struts at the front!

Cool HA n'all.

[paulcoltech]

markbognor said:

You know you really ought to build a Viva gasser.

how cool is that !
you know that is the way to go tig ..
see you soon paul..

[tigran]

Aha - knew you couldn't stay away for long dude! Well as soon as you get the time it's on.

I'll come down and chat to you about it when i'm back.

[diff]

guess whats going on in my garage

Bought a pro streeted HA about 4 years ago and its finally being transformed to a gasser.
will try and find a picture of our car when it was prosteeted.

[rod]

You own ITSAVIVA?

[diff]

no bought a pro street ha about 4 years ago and am transforming it into an itsaviva replica. not much chance of owning itsaviva it was destroyed years ago.

[Stiff]

Can't forget Henry Hirise.

[ThePollitt]

This Olds belongs to a friend of mine in Arizona....




(one on the left in the bottom pic)

[giggles]

We've got Street Addicit, the yella Super Snipe and a friend is building a Gasser Pop.
Took a couple of photo's of SA in the snow, not much room on the driveway hence the photo's aren't very good.


I think you can see what Samm was talking about with the front axle. (if that's what you call it, I don't do oily bits!I leave that to Sniper & his brother)





I feel sorry for the poor thing in cold, it's not used to the snow. Been tucked up in a dry garage for the past 15 or so years! (Sorry for being a bit girlie there)

[giggles]

Sniper's not driven Street Addict on the road yet, only had it a couple of weeks and still needs to check a few things out. But a friend of the chap that built it said that it didn't handle too bad, probably a bit like driving our other Snipe in snow.
We'll let you know once Sniper's tried.

[MartinC]

mate of mine had a gasser style Mk2 Consul done very simply.

Rear - Original sagging leaf springs and 14" yank steel wheel/tyre.
Front - tall springs from a Zodiac, stock 13" Consul wheels/tyres, no bumper

Budget 'look'!

An easy equivalent on your HC would be a pair of new springs on the front (or maybe Victor FD ones). I put new stock springs on a HC I used to have and it was a high-rider! I ended up cutting a coil out to get it to sit right. Couple with 4.5x13" Viva steels fitted with 5.90x13 crossplies at front with wider/lower radials at rear, job done!

[bodieanddoyle]

for a mild and cheap gasser look, you could probably space the subframe down and extend the steering column shaft.
get some 14" stock minor steels on the front and 8x13 wellers out back

[MartinC]

ooh Moggie wheels of course!

[B-8-D]

YES gasser the viva tig... go fr it!!
be real cool...
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