2 fast 2 furious 2CV😎

In this episode, Ian is corrupted by power, as the saying goes.

"The only time LHD becomes an issue in the 2CV is when you're overtaking...." Gotta love an optimist. :-P

"accelerate in just the way 2CVs don't" - that's a Douglas Adamsism. Excellent. (Hang in the air just the way bricks don't)

Hubnut doing a very good job promoting the 2CV as a fun car to drive. I like simple and utilitarian small cars a lot, and I'm sure I'd enjoy driving a 2CV or Renault 4.

This video cost me a large amount of money and transformed my Dyane. I am forever grateful!

This is the most desirable car I have ever seen. I want one for myself.

"Power: less is more" is probably true, but where the real driveability lies is in torque. A nice wodge of low-end torque will make a car nicer to drive even if the top-end power isn't increased much.

The fact that the standard cars don't have a great deal of power and torque, even modest improvements make a big difference. Elley displayed this with the "big block" conversion and that increase was not huge. That car sounded fantastic when wound up. I think I Know what Ian will be asking Santa for this year. Best wishes to all Hub Nut fans from Australia (stay safe)

I think this is the engine Ellie deserves 👍

Nobody else could’ve reviewed this car better!

Yeah put that modification on Elly too now she's in the workshop 👍😁

What a superb 2CV. Now that is the 2cv I would have ALWAYS wanted!!

What an utterly superb exemple of proper mod cons! Useful upgrades that don't ruin the originality of the car! Congrats, Pete!

You should donate this CV2 a HubNut sticker as a thank you. This is one of the coolest CV2s I have seen.

"Here, try this CV", says the friendly drug dealer. Oh, I think Pete knew *exactly* why he gave you his daily :)

Many years ago, when I was a mechanic, I worked for a bloke who shared a workshop with another mechanic who loved his 2CV's and quite a few people bought theirs to him for work on. One of these was a turbo 2CV, belonging to a friend of his, and I'll never forget when he told me, that the turbo took 14 seconds off of the standard 0-60 time, and it still took 18 seconds to do it. The car had a black band on one of the front wings, a result of a rather nasty under bonnet fire a few years previous, which almost destroyed the car, but it was rebuilt, with the necessary modifications to reduce the risk of it happening again. A couple of years after leaving this job, I was watching "the cars the star" on tv, about the 2CV, and was surprised to see this very same car featured. I believe it's available on you tube.

What a car! If 2CV's hadn't become so expensive I would really want one and then have it modded like this. I've seen people shoehorn a GS engine under the bonnet, back in the 1990s already, that makes a 2CV (or a Dyane) a truly terrifying experience...

Hubnut, I suggest you do a few mods to Elly, I think you'll enjoy her even more ☺️

Thats absolutely (Hub)nuts - a hot rod 2CV; brilliantly bonkers !!! 👍

That's properly ripping through the gears. You can really tell by the rate of rev increase how much extra power that car has over a stock 2CV, especially in first! Always wants to wheelspin!

My two friends from Croatia, twin brothers, have a 2CV 4WD. Few years ago they drove it to Kazakhstan (and back, of course) to see a football match.

I'm from Belgium and i like your video's a lot. You drove a lot of different cars and give always a good impression from the cars. I like this episode a lot. Nice car 👍👌

What a machine! Really good review with your in depth 2CV knowledge to discuss all the changes and improvements. "Power- less is more, bit more is brilliant!"

way back in the day, there was a SCCA class called "H modified" for cars of 750cc. (from wiki)-- "When Bill Devin sold his Ferrari 250 MM coupe to a buyer in Michigan in 1954 he took a 1953 Deutsch-Bonnet Le Mans barquette in trade as partial payment.[1] Devin also bought out the stock of a Panhard dealer in California, acquiring ten chassis with engines but no bodies.[3]:61 Devin designed his own ladder frame for a custom race car that used the engine and front-wheel drive transaxle from the Panhards. The wheelbase of this chassis was 2,134 millimetres (84 inches). Devin also took a mold of the body of the DB Le Mans, made some changes, and began to produce custom bodies for his new car.[4] This was his first experience working with fiberglass. With help from Norton motorcycle racer Don Evans, Devin adapted the cylinder barrels, cylinder heads and pistons from the Norton Manx motorcycle to the two-cylinder boxer Panhard crankcase, roller-bearing crankshaft assembly and piston rods.[1]:62[5] He then fabricated a custom manifold that accepted two-barrel side-draft Weber carburetors. All of these alterations did not affect the displacement of the engine, leaving the 79.5mm bore and 75mm stroke unchanged for a total displacement of 745 cc. What made the engine unique was the method Devin used to operate the valves. He abandoned the Panhard's pushrod OHV system and contacted the L. H. Gilmer company about using their toothed belts to drive the Manx cylinder heads' overhead cams.[5] Development of synchronous toothed-belts was begun by the Gilmer company around 1940.[6] Their primary application had been as a means of transmitting power in textile mills.[7] Devin's use of the technology to drive the valve train in the Devin-Panhard engine was the first time toothed belts were used in a timing belt application. " there ya go.

Love how this Deux Cheu Veux is a sleeper car.

Just watched this and it looks like I've had the same thought as a few others here, Elly for the Sparrow treatment! :)

Pure music. Hats off to Pete Sparrow. Lovely review 👍

One of the stickers is a Dutch one that says 'VerEend'. 2cv's have 2 popular nicknames in Dutch referring to animals. The one is 'eend' which means 'duck', the other, more common in Flanders, is 'geit' which is 'goat' in English. The sticker is a word game. Ver-Eend obviously refers to the duck nickname, but 'vereend' in one word is also old Dutch for 'verenigd' which means 'united'. In another video I saw recently, Ian was also in Holland visiting an event called 'Elk Merk Waardig'. Also a word game which literally would translate as 'Each Brand Worthy' which does make a bit more sense in Dutch because 'merkwaardig' in one word means 'remarquable'. So there you go.

That looked like a lot of fun. Not surprised Pete uses it every day when it has a turn of pace like that.

That looks like huge fun and good upgrades on the standard car. You can really see and hear the differences to performance and handling in the video. I suspect Pete’s going to be receiving quite a few calls from 2CV owners after this one! Great HubNut video.

The engine sounds like an old BMW aircooled motorbike engine. Sweet!

What fun i would have had if i'd been down with this tuning knowledge when i had my Acadiane. Brilliant job done here, great video:)

A HubNuters dream! A 2CV with power. Gentle start your Engines !

I think he lent you that car knowing you would be wanting the upgrade after trying it out. Sounds awesome

I think this has put some serious thoughts in Ian's head with regards improving Elly's drivability, will probably make better use of the 50cc extra. The front suspension is probably a worthwhile improvement, if only to save some kingpin wear

48bhp is powerful for a 2CV and that cone filter makes it sound great.. Pete Sparrow is a wizard at making them faster. I remember the B reg red 2CV Turbo as well.

Hi Ian! I'm so glad you made this, and talked about the benefits of the vacuum advance ignition. There's this bizzare subcult of air-cooled VWs (unfortunately including the John Muir, who wrote the wonder "Compleat Volkswagen" book) who somehow think that the 009 centrifugal-only distributor is the right one for a beetle and anyone who doesn't think that isn't driving it right. Thanks for the video, Ian. Keep it up!

The more I see of the 2CV, the more interesting they become, and the more I want one. They’re certainly rare here in the US.

about 4 decades ago,a mate in NZ decided his Fiat bambina was a bit tentative so he bored the crank case and head to fit VW barrels and pistons and the sound was very similar to the red rocket.

The dual advance distributor allows the tuner to optimise the centrifugal advance for best power with no consideration for cruise smoothness or economy, the vacuum advance looks after that. Once the timing is right more fuel can burnt without risk of pinging. It does sound 'ballsy' and very very smooth, job well done.

That is brilliant, I really want one and even the £3000 conversion price doesn't put me off when its giving over a 60% increase in power, definitely makes it a daily driver.

Oh my god, love it. I always wondered about boring mine out and fitting twin carbs but for me the Belgian arm mod was an eye opener. I used to go through kingpin bushes like I had shares in the company! I love how carefully thought out and well developed this 2CV is. I never had any issues with cranks so I did wonder how much room for tuning there might be. Sadly my 2CVs were always my only form of transportation so keeping them on the road was priority.

"A little more power is no bad thing". Steady on, Clarkson!

I’m not even a big 2CV fan but that was a really interesting video to watch. Great content 👍🏻

Not only does it go well, it sounds great too. I think Elly needs a few of these mods.

I had a LHD car for a while and the only real problem I had was with car parks, drive-through burger bars etc where you sometimes had to get out so you could use the machines/intercoms rather than just open the window.... Thats when its almost worth having a partner so there;s always someone in the passenger seat!

I would hope that added capacity of power would make straining less and durability better.

Since I've been watch your vids on the 2cv. You have definitely warmed me over to want 1. I've always called them brolly cars because they remind of an umbrella for some reason

We are now looking forward to seeing the video series of Elly being upgraded. I was surprised that the Rev limit was so low. Given the noise that Ely makes I thought she was revving higher.

Every bit of that video made me smile! Is Elly in for some Engine love after that? It looked like great fun!👍

Do I detect some Ellie upgrades coming along Ian? A great little car isn’t it.

To quote Jeremy. Clarkson - "POWERRRR!"

11:58 onwards. A bit of an unfortunate door window graffiti that the sun is making apparent there...

Fun to watch. It reminds me of being overtaken by a Reliant Robin.

Interesting to watch an old video of Hubnut driving a 2CV with a flat twin BMW motorbike engine . It’s much faster but doesn’t sound as good.

What a fun car, nicely done, it's a sleeper 2CV. Ian knows, great review.

I've not read all the comments but, assuming that this vacuum advance is the conventional system that advances the ignition by turning the sensor/contact plate to a more advanced position when the engine is developing an intake manifold vacuum, then this is not producing the extra power during the 0-60 run or when pulling up the incline. When the throttle is open, as it is during these manoeuvres, then engine is producing very little manifold vacuum. Vacuum is only produced when the throttle is almost closed, so when travelling at a steady speed on the flat with little load on the engine, or with a closed throttle when on the over-run. The extra power being produced by the 2CV as demonstrated during the video is therefore not attributable to the vacuum advance.

Well today I learned that 2CVs don't have vacuum advance, quite unbelievable but well, you learn something new every hubnut video.

You missed what I always consider one of the big advantages of LHD in the UK. When you pull over and park on the nearside, you get ut on to the pavement instead of into traffic - much safer. The US Postal Service had the same idea and used to use RHD jeep delivery vehicles.

That was epic ian. Don't you want to crowd fund that sparrow conversion for elly.

That's a great upgrade and if it is getting 48bhp that's impressive without forced induction. I know what you mean about tractability, I drive one of the higher powered Polos and the ability to pull up hills mostly without changing down a lot of gears is nicer than the speed.

Was that a bit of wheel-spin going on at 9:12 ? - Hooligan!

You can hear the difference with the extra torque! Really love what a difference it makes. Have a feeling Elly may come home with a few extra mods hehe

Thank you for this great video. I like very much how you explain all those modifications. Very interesting what is all possible with a 2CV.

Great and worthwhile mods. Now you've sold the Vectra this should b the way to go! The GSA can do the family car duties!!

And we contiue... The torque make a very relaxed drive, instead of pushing to get 50/60mph with the old 602 it's just amazing.

720cc producing 48 bhp is impressive and almost exactly the same cc to bhp ratio (15/1) as the 127 Sport you recently tested, 1049cc producing 70 bhp (14.9/1). That's stock standard, out the wrapper, unmodified, straight from Turin. Think you should start quoting cc to bhp figures in your reviews, it would make interesting reading don't you think?

Scariest passenger experience I've ever had was in a standard 2cv driven by an amateur rally driver.

12 years ago I was at Mallory Park race circuit at Triumph event. The last event was 2CV racing, it was hilarious, fantastic day.

germans had a good sticker also for the 2cv's it was a 2cv climbin' a mountain with a lot of cars behind and the text below was tellin' that french cars were the guides of the road

A 2cv that handles and goes fast . I love a car contraction .

This is the most efficient car ever built.

Fantastic! What a great little car!

That's great he has made that a lot of fun, without taking anything away, I think Ellie deserves it, be worth every penny even if some of the fleet had to go to pay for it!

In this case, "Sparrows Do Sing". You might need to be a film buff to get that one. That's a good mod to support the king pins. I think that might have been pinched from the 2CV Cross guys. Docked in Dunkerque in 1959 I was taken a few km's inland to Cassel where they were racing 2CV's at an Autocross. Mad then and just as mad now. Don't spoil Elly's character too much Ian. Fit and forget is better than fit and fiddle but the vacuum ignition mods might be good and not damage the wallet too much.

Oh yessss! I think Mr Sparrow's phone will be ringing a lot in the near future. I wish I had the funds. How much is a kidney worth these days?

Most people will not realize the time thought and experimentation that would have gone into that. Any one of those things on their own would have little or no or even a negative effect on performance. I am very impressed by this effort.

How does it compare to a Burton conversion with a BMW flat two engine? I am jealous.. I have been toying with the idea of the 652 cc engine for my 1990 series 2CV6 RHD Charleston which I have now covered 187,000 miles. Love it. More power... over to the dark side of 2CVing.... excitement plus. No longer will you have to slip stream trucks in a headwind. No longer will you have to preplan overtaking manoevures way before they are undertaken. No longer will you have gravel rash on your elbow when extremely cornering tilt angles are reached... Great fun.

Maybe you need to make a phone call to your mate so that he can add a few mods before you pick Elly up. The vacuum advance seems like an essential improvement. Incredible fun on those roads although how there aren't more people having head on crashes is beyond me 😄

My Burton 652 cc big bore engine has arrived in Sydney... I will soon experience 2CV power for the first time in 44 years....

It sounds so fun ! I m jealous.

Regarding the LHD/RHD issue, in Canada federal law allows us to import pretty much any car that is over 15 years old, which has prompted many people to import JDM cars. The popularity of cars like the Skyline series, however, has prompted my province of residence (Québec) to move the cutoff date to 25 years for RHD cars because of the potential risks when overtaking (which admittedly, can be particularly tricky when overtaking snow removal equipment). The idea is that at 25 years it's going to be mostly collectors who will buy these cars whereas at 15 years many of them ended up as daily drivers, which was never the intent of the law. I live in a town of roughly 20k people and at one time, before the new 25 year limit was enacted, there were 5 JDM Skylines and 1 heavily modified JDM Daihatsu in town. In fact, one of the Skylines was owned by a guy a few houses down the street, but he sold it because there were too many around !

The sound of that engine! Sublime! I could listen to that all day.

Bin that baseball cap, Ian. Bring back the folk festival special - the brimmed leather hat you used to wear.

Great answer to my question I asked during the Q&A. Would be fun seeing you fit this engine to Elly.

I have a BMW R1100S in the shed. How about a 98BHP motor? :)

Holy moly that take off took me by surprise!

I remember from the late 80s performance car magazine had a turbo technics 2CV running a tiny Garret turbo in which they used to annoy and embarrass various warm and hot hatches back in the day 👍🏻

"Because Pete likes his banging tunes" I'm getting James May vibes all of a sudden.

It surprises me that my Honda 420cc TRX/Rancher quad bike has the same power output as a standard 2CV. The Honda is a single cylinder of course, but it is fuel injected and has a cat to meet current emission standards. It easily outperforms a carburetted 500cc previous model while using less fuel. I bet the 2CV does more than 23mpg though.

What a cracking little 2cv that Mr Sparrow has, looks like you really enjoyed it.

Excellent! The 2 pattes must so much fun to drive!

This reminds me of the mad turbo that someone once made, till it caught fire!

Wonderful , what a sleeper !

love how "achieving the speed limit" is an impressive feat in one of these haha

Looks like a delightful ride! I can just see your fiendish grin, as you get ready to surprise more than a few motorists at stoplights!

Impressive, I wish I had this amount of power when I was driving one on long trips in France... around the "massif central" it was painful to go up-hill :D

A 2CV with heated seats. Luxury! I'm surprised the brakes haven't been upgraded to go with the power increase.

The Force is strong with this one