rc cars

well may a little bit ot but i like to build a rc hotrod ,not that tamiya crap with a lexan 32 body . I mean more the way like in the other topic with alloy body , selfmade i beam frontends and so on . may a home made bellytank racer in 1/8
As far i search the net i cant find anything ,so i would love to get some links or inspirations ..pics ,...... pics would be great

 

btt no links ,is realy no on in such things interested ??

 

I ave the first issue of R/C Car Action. It has a feature on a 1/4 scale '32 Ford roadster,all scratch-built, with a FULLY-FUNCTIONAL, blown SBC....pretty cool....he was selling a kit of the engine that you had to do the final machine work to.

I'll get pics later tonight of it, once I find the issue....

 

a saw a simmilar model t with a full function cobra jet ,havent pic thats the link to engines like this
http://www.conleyprecision.com/
but thats a step too far ,would love to see it a little bit easyer

 

herre is the link to the model t ,also a blown engine

 

The first R/C car I remember seeing was Ron Aguirre's Bubble Top Corvette.

Neighbor had a gas engined one.
I tried it out and was ok when it was going away from me, like right is right and left is left but I get all screwed up when it's coming back at me and right is left, relative to where the car is on Earth compared to where I am.
Does that make sense?

Probably why I never graduated from U-Control model airplanes (which I still have) to R/C.

 

Conley...Hmmm...may be the same guy who built the SBC....name does sound familiar...the SBC was accurate, right down to rocker arms, timing chain, etc.....even SOUNDED like a V-8.
I raced R/C cars in the 80's...have a bunch of trophies...yada, yada.....good memories. I'll always have some sort of R/C, right now I have a nitro R/C truck....

 

I have 1/8th scale P-38 Belly Tanks if it is any help. For that matter, I have full size P-38 Belly Tanks. Hey. You could make a full size RC car and let Dr J drive it. It would be fun AND dangerous. Wayno

 

A company called Parma made or still makes a kit called the hemi deuce. I think the body is still lexan, but it's multi- piece, so its got curves unlike the other kinds of one piece ones. It had a bad assed hemi that was fully detailed. Make some narrower wheels out of aluminum, add functioning headlights, ect... Or you could figure out how to R/C a Big T model kit.

 

Here's the link to the Jesse James 54 thread:
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=50605&highlight=jesse+james+rc

these 1/4 scale T's are nuts!! $14g's!!???!!?

 

Parma also sells just the HEMI engine as a kit. P/N: PAR10412

 

I have 2 of the Parma Hemi Kits ans would be willing to sell or trade them for something interesting

 

Here ya go Deniz....built by Gary Conley. This was back in '86.
1/4 scale '32.
SBC, 1.53 cubic inches produces 4 HP supercharged at 12,000 RPM....idles at 2000 RPM....water-cooled with it's own waterpump and radiator, 3 speed trans, working disc brakes, electric starter, R&P diff.
Car weighs 35 lbs....power to weight it 8.75:1....does 60 MPH.....

Pretty damn cool!!!!



Also during the 80's, Tamiya had a 1/10 scale Toyota truck called the "Brusier".....Electric, metal chassis with leaf spring hung live axles/drivelines, with a 3 speed trans you could change on the fly with a 4 CH radio....2HI/4HI/4LO....pretty accurate.....bring decent $$$ today....

 

heres a link to a 1/4 scale 32 roadster http://www.neweramodels.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?session_id=&part_id=1124

 

wow3 thats amazing but overkill 4 me . looking for more simple stuff in the 50-100 $ range . with the money for a clonley i would buil 2 real cars

 

The New Era cars were really nice;I have one of their 1/4 scale Corvettes and the workmanship is amazing.Chrome moly tube frame,aluminum A-arms,miniature Heim joints everywhere,spun aluminum 3-piece wheels,etc.They weren't cheap(the 'vette was $1300 new in 89)but they were superb.I don't know if the owner(Frank DeSimone)is still alive or not which may be why most of their stuff is,"temporarily unavailable".He built his cars to accept either weedwhacker motors or Conley V-8's and they used Skellenger 1/4 scale quickchange rear ends.

 

This learning technique has been used for ages. Turn your body and face the direction the car or airplane is going. Look over your shoulder back at the car.

Here's the other end of the spectrum, parma lexan body on home made chassis. Pre-electronic speed controls era.