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Old 29th October 2010, 08:25 PM
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Nothing wrong with Citroen hydraulic system and easily tunable if you get the old DS sphere's ( Sorry Ronnie )shoot me for this suggestion but what about seperate spring and shocker with some kind of rocker arm or dare I mention torsion bar and shock.
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Old 29th October 2010, 09:15 PM
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Nothing wrong with Citroen hydraulic system and easily tunable if you get the old DS sphere's ( Sorry Ronnie )shoot me for this suggestion but what about seperate spring and shocker with some kind of rocker arm or dare I mention torsion bar and shock.
I have to admit it Paul, the hydraulic suspension of those Citroens was quite awsome, when they wern't leaking .... But then, that's the hazzard of running an ederly car

Not being a driver, driver I do not know if any of those Citroens had the same sort of success on the WRC circuit as todays ones
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Old 30th October 2010, 01:58 PM
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I believe the DS put up quite a good show rallying.

The GS units look very usable on the roadster, they have a 117mm travel, and the front and rear units are the same (different static pressures though).

Biggest problem with the DS suspension was taking a humpback bridge at speed. Fantastic suspension tried to compensate for the wheels being too low just after takeoff, so it raises them. Brilliant, no suspension just when you land. One sickening crash, feel like your spine has compressed, then all is serene and smooth as it pumps back up. (Just dont tell Dad, twas in his car).

Torsion bars? Whats wrong with them. The Marina used them to great effect. Didn't it!


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Old 31st October 2010, 10:41 AM
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Been down the Citroen road as I used to PDI new DS,BX,CX,GS and a couple of Light 15's and Panhard thrown in for good measure.
The problem is as stated when the leave they road.
I had a fair bit to do with Citroen rally cars as a youngster and the "D" was shortened by the length of the rear door,it tended to pitch quite badly under acelleration so the front tended to be set higher than the rear.

As for torsion bars the front is fairly do-able but the rear would be more of a challenge.
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