Minimum turning circle

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Minimum turning circle

Post by daveblueozzie » Thu Jun 09, 2011 10:39 pm

According to the fact of the month on the front page of fury the minumum turning circle is 5.5 metres.
According to this its 11metres. :shock:
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Re: Minimum turning circle

Post by Poohbear » Thu Jun 09, 2011 11:06 pm

It can't possibly be 5.5m can it? :roll:
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Re: Minimum turning circle

Post by Dabs » Thu Jun 09, 2011 11:07 pm

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Re: Minimum turning circle

Post by jaylee » Thu Jun 09, 2011 11:11 pm

By comparison to the new Honda civic, in reality my wagon had a tighter turn.... :D
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Re: Minimum turning circle

Post by scanner » Thu Jun 09, 2011 11:14 pm

5.5m is the turning radius, 11m is the "wall to wall" turning circle.

5.5 happens to be half of 11 - strange coincidence that.
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Re: Minimum turning circle

Post by jaylee » Fri Jun 10, 2011 12:11 am

scanner wrote:5.5m is the turning radius, 11m is the "wall to wall" turning circle.

5.5 happens to be half of 11- strange coincidence that.
I kind of worked out there was a correlation.. :lol: in my opinion not that scary on the corners with an AFT on top... Had the pleasure of driving P reg 4x4 2.5 derv auto one yesterday... Though i thought my N 4x4 2.5 derv auto had just a little mo poke! :wink: :-# Not planning on a change.... :mrgreen:
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Re: Minimum turning circle

Post by nelshaun » Thu Jan 05, 2012 10:27 am

According to some reviews, the minimum turing circle can be enhanced with the help of honda civic lug nuts. I haven't tried it yet personally but I'll go for it next time.
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Re: Minimum turning circle

Post by Poohbear » Thu Jan 05, 2012 10:35 am

What are lug nuts?
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Re: Minimum turning circle

Post by jaylee » Thu Jan 05, 2012 10:45 am

Lugnuts....
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Re: Minimum turning circle

Post by Muzorewa » Thu Jan 05, 2012 10:46 am

Probably wheel spacers to allow your front wheels to turn further before they scrub on the chassis. But not for long before your wheel bearings collapse due to the increased loading :D
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Re: Minimum turning circle

Post by jaylee » Thu Jan 05, 2012 11:05 am

Is it possible "wheel spacers" could put undue premature wear & stress on the steering components too?
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Re: Minimum turning circle

Post by briwy » Thu Jan 05, 2012 7:06 pm

jaylee wrote:Is it possible "wheel spacers" could put undue premature wear & stress on the steering components too?
I would have thought so as you are increasing the distance from the the centre of the tyre to the steering arm point. Thus a bigger moment, more force required to operate it.
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Re: Minimum turning circle

Post by mikeonb4c » Fri Jan 06, 2012 9:02 am

V pleased with the Bongos turning circle, but is 2wd better than 4wd?
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