The silly question thread

[GeeYou8]

someone already said electric motors but i think it would be the best way servo controled of the accelarator peddle with the formula one tech now coming down in price ...

What about measuring tow bar tension for assistance & compression for braking?
Graham

[mudnut]

What about measuring tow bar tension for assistance & compression for braking?
Graham

Too easy. Just use an old style master cylinder for braking and a micro switch to a relay when power is needed. compression spring could give the unit a bit of flexibility.

[GeeYou8]

Too easy. Just use an old style master cylinder for braking and a micro switch to a relay when power is needed. compression spring could give the unit a bit of flexibility.

I was thinking similar with a strain gauge for proportional control.
Graham

[Makka]

hmmmmmm i remember dads old Boat trailer behind the hitch on the trailer had a slidy dovalacky with a peice of angle iron welded one side and a master the other side and drum brakes on the trailer. so under brakeing the dovalacky would allow the weight of the trailer to push forward causeing the brakes to work on the trailer. and he had a little lever that he flicked over to stop the brakes appling when reversing....... 70's tech

[Touses]

Why don't chickens have lips?

Obvious! So they can't backchat the Oracle!

[Touses]

What would a chair look like if our knees were on the back of our legs?

(If you can name the TV show that was asked in you get a choccky frog)

Taking a punt here. Ally McBeal?

[mudnut]

Is it possible to fit all of the running gear from a wrecked GU TB 45 / 48 into a Q, but run a carby (Cheaper and easier) instead of the injection?

[Winnie]

Don't know about the TB48, but it is definitely possible with the TB45.
Patrolapart do a kit for it, I think they use the TB42 carby on the 45.

[BigRAWesty]

I'd say a loom change and plug in ecu is much easier to tune in a carby to an engine it's not made for..
And the benifits are beyond worth it imo..
If you going to the length of a tb into a rb then I'd do the loom, efi and ecu too..

[mudnut]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M603ytZ2PUM

On the Patrol, there is a space, about 800 mm by 500 mm space between the chassis rail under the rear D/S passenger side. I saw this guy's track build and it has me thinking.
Hmmm. a tank tread ( a bit more heavy duty) just off centre, so if you belly out, just hit a button and the tread pushes down and you creep along. I wonder if it would work?