I’ going to have to do this one day………….
The donor vehicle would have to be an Xmod…..well…..the drive train and some alloy drive cups with a custom chassis and HS55’s with micro RX…..
I have a few different pee wee, tee dee, killer bees etc.
The range of engines here goes from .010 (too small) to about 1.40 (bigger than the whole car)
I’d settle on an .049, seems the best for the job.
To get the .049 working with a throttle you need to put a throttled carb (and filter!!) with an exhaust sleeve linked to the carb.
Hey!! Anybody thinking micro tuned pipe??
The gearing etc can be worked out , and these motors don’t have huge torque, so gears should be ok.
The biggest problem is finding a clutch that will work. I have a very small 10mm nylon clutch, though it isn’t suitable, im sure one can be replicated (15mm??). A throttled .049 idles at around 5000-6000 RPM, so some heavy clutch spring will be needed.
A cooling fan is also vital to prevent servere overheating.
Lastly, some sort of exhaust system needs to be developed, having oil allover the place isn’t much fun. It also can affect performance, my 1/10 nitro buggy came stock with an exhaust that blew onto the left rear tyre, which made accelerating hard very hairy.
I have some experience with Nitro RC’s, and while this would be fairly challenging, the end result would be damn worth it.
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