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Old 06-29-2005, 11:24 AM   #1
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I am looking to expand my RC collection. This time I want to buld a realistic scale muscle car or Willys. It'll be electric. I am mainly doing for the hell of it, not looking for speed but power. What I have in mind would be a tubbed Willy's or a late 60's style muscle car. I would love to be able to find real rubber (not foam) tires and want to try and get the tires to smoke during burn outs etc. Can anyone recommend a platform to start with or a kit, tires, etc?
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Old 06-29-2005, 11:28 AM   #2
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look at parmas- they are cool looking but probably dont perform much better than a nikko
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Watch "Pinks" on SpeedChannel and you'll make your decision.
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Old 06-29-2005, 11:35 AM   #4
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parma hemi coupe...
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Old 06-29-2005, 12:04 PM   #5
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for lexan bodies:

parma hemi coupe, 63 vette, or slammed pickup or blazer, 33 willis drag (i think)

hpi: cuda, charger and others.. made for t-maxx, but i did up a charger on a pan car chassis and it came out pretty good

hard body: 12 or 10 th scale model: i've seen a vette, trans-am, and t-bucket


for tires:

pro line road rage, or look on ebay for koyosho go cart rear tires, not 10th scale, but maybe 12th

for chassis:

speed.. a pan car, that way tou have full suspension

scale.. i'd start with a rc10 chassis, cut off the back end, and 4 link a bruiser axle, or just go w/ a bruiser frame and rear axle and make your own front end... or just make a custom tube chassis to start with


i've heard of muscle cars in 5th scale, but haven't seen one .. but 5th scale's have rubber tires.. although i couldn't get my 5 scale car to smoke, it did spin the tires pretty good

lmk if you want a pic of the charger.. i'm doing a whole f&f thing.. got the charger, skyline, eclipse, and supra (although most are not started yet)

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Old 06-29-2005, 12:18 PM   #6
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for lexan bodies:

parma hemi coupe, 63 vette, or slammed pickup or blazer, 33 willis drag (i think)

hpi: cuda, charger and others.. made for t-maxx, but i did up a charger on a pan car chassis and it came out pretty good

hard body: 12 or 10 th scale model: i've seen a vette, trans-am, and t-bucket


for tires:

pro line road rage, or look on ebay for koyosho go cart rear tires, not 10th scale, but maybe 12th

for chassis:

speed.. a pan car, that way tou have full suspension

scale.. i'd start with a rc10 chassis, cut off the back end, and 4 link a bruiser axle, or just go w/ a bruiser frame and rear axle and make your own front end... or just make a custom tube chassis to start with


i've heard of muscle cars in 5th scale, but haven't seen one .. but 5th scale's have rubber tires.. although i couldn't get my 5 scale car to smoke, it did spin the tires pretty good

lmk if you want a pic of the charger.. i'm doing a whole f&f thing.. got the charger, skyline, eclipse, and supra (although most are not started yet)

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Thanks, Good information. Yea, I like a pic of the charger.
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Old 06-29-2005, 12:31 PM   #7
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Check out these wheels:

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Old 06-29-2005, 01:14 PM   #8
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I think a custom chassis would be neat.
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Old 06-29-2005, 03:44 PM   #9
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I've recently been looking at electric boats and some of their brushless systems are sickfast. one guy just did 120 mph with an outrigger hydro.
the Parma 40 Willys body would be my choice for body, gasser style. would love the 33 Willys from Parma but it was discontinued :(
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Old 06-30-2005, 09:57 AM   #10
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Narrowed a rc10 once, shelby cobra body(Parma?) and 2.2 truck road rage tires. Tekin 420g speed control with 10 cells. Silly fast but hard to control with the front end in the air.
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I`d take a Charger body (think they come from the company that makes the Savage). Have it painted like the General Lee, and use a bruiser rear axle. make a custom frame and hook up some kind of brake system in the front for power braking.
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Watch "Pinks" on SpeedChannel and you'll make your decision.
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Old 06-30-2005, 01:04 PM   #13
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I think I am leaning towards the Parma 37 Willys kit with a Novak Brushless system.

http://www.rccaraction.com/rc/articles/blaster6.asp
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXDDD7&P=ML

Check this Video. He hits 81 mph and if he kept on the throttle I have not doubt he'd break a 100 mph.

http://www.rcdragvids.com/florence/Adam158.wmv
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Old 06-30-2005, 02:44 PM   #14
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the parma kits have very limited suspension...

better off going with a pan car... even an older one will still out handle the parma chassis (plus you can run 12 cells) i'll post a pic when i get home



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ok here we go....



here's the charger, pardon the dust....



i like that shot.. shows off the motor




there it is in better light

the specs are:

bolink pan car
gm v6 asp speed control
10 turn motor
6 cell batteries
parma hemi engine
hpi charger body
parma drag whels w/ foam tires

and here's the drag truck, so you can see what's possible:





i forgot to rotate that one...

the specs:

associated 10l4 team version on road chassis
novak 828 (28 cell- no motor limit)
cyclone cobalt 4 turn drag motor
associated battery cups x 2
parma drag wheels
hpi dodge ram body
bud's rear wing


if "stupid fast" needed an example, this would be it.... control is almost non existant, it will spin the tires even moving at half throttle!


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Originally Posted by bigdogrod
ok here we go....



here's the charger, pardon the dust....



i like that shot.. shows off the motor




there it is in better light

the specs are:

bolink pan car
gm v6 asp speed control
10 turn motor
6 cell batteries
parma hemi engine
hpi charger body
parma drag whels w/ foam tires

and here's the drag truck, so you can see what's possible:





i forgot to rotate that one...

the specs:

associated 10l4 team version on road chassis
novak 828 (28 cell- no motor limit)
cyclone cobalt 4 turn drag motor
associated battery cups x 2
parma drag wheels
hpi dodge ram body
bud's rear wing


if "stupid fast" needed an example, this would be it.... control is almost non existant, it will spin the tires even moving at half throttle!


bdr
Thanks BDR, That gives me a good idea of what I want to start looking for!
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Old 07-01-2005, 11:20 AM   #17
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BDR,

What do you think of this chassis?

http://www.teamassociated.com/enlarge/rc10l3t_top.htm
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thanks for the compliments.. i could have lowered the body a little, but the drag wheels expand...

there ya' go..... that will do fine.. there's enough slots to run 8 cells, or 10 if you want to stack them and raise the cg a little, or you could use the battery cups like i did. it's easier to change the batteries, plus they stay in better

just remember, on these cars, you have to use different wheels than regular touring cars, and wheel choices are limited, those torq thrusts that pwt posted are sweet, but won't work unless you cut the centers out and glue them over the pan car wheels

you can see all the suspension and adjustments that the 10l chassis has versus the parma..


associated 10 l speedway version, no side shocks, but you can't beat the price:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WDVW

or here's a parma w/ 3 bodies, esc, motor and battery:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...984566958&rd=1

i don't know how scale you want to get, but for performance the pan car is king... just remember to raise the chassis up if your running it on the street, graphite splits real easy (use superglue on the edges) although the big rear wheels will help

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