Hey guys! So I have an rs4 2, which has been in my family for 20ish years, and I figure it’s time to bring it back to its 2002 glory! Right now it has a bmw body, which cool, but I wanna get another Pontiac Grand Prix(like in the pictures with the black body) the pictures with it having a blue on engine was from 2002, the gray head is from 2022. The goal is to get all the parts it had back then, but make it better, and do a complete rebuild along the way. So here’s where we are staring:
Nothings been ordered yet, but I’m about to pick up a os .15cv-x(like it had in 2002) only issue is it’s a box engine, but me and my dad have had plenty of os engines, and since a lot of them use the same parts, also hoping he has the crank from his sitting somewhere to use. finding a backplate should be relatively easy(even if I can’t the os website has them for this exact engine!)
Working on getting a 2 speed from @Defiant. Hopefully that goes through, as in 2002 it had a 2 speed with the fastest gearing(44/37 and 13/20) I have the bell but I don’t have the main transmission just yet. Also gotta get a longer pilot shaft(the one that screws onto the crank)
Gonna get new belts, hopefully new pulleys, x pattern tires and hpi super star wheels(I have super stars on super radials but my rs4 3 needs wheels too and he had x patterns in it back then anyways) and hopefully I can find a Pontiac body, but if I can’t then the c6 corvette from hpi with suffice. So that’s the plan, not a super flashy build exactly, but a amazing vintage nitro rs4 that has been modernized with better belts, pulleys etc. just got some pics of the car as it sits and from 2002 for now, hopefully soon I’ll have more updates
Nothings been ordered yet, but I’m about to pick up a os .15cv-x(like it had in 2002) only issue is it’s a box engine, but me and my dad have had plenty of os engines, and since a lot of them use the same parts, also hoping he has the crank from his sitting somewhere to use. finding a backplate should be relatively easy(even if I can’t the os website has them for this exact engine!)
Working on getting a 2 speed from @Defiant. Hopefully that goes through, as in 2002 it had a 2 speed with the fastest gearing(44/37 and 13/20) I have the bell but I don’t have the main transmission just yet. Also gotta get a longer pilot shaft(the one that screws onto the crank)
Gonna get new belts, hopefully new pulleys, x pattern tires and hpi super star wheels(I have super stars on super radials but my rs4 3 needs wheels too and he had x patterns in it back then anyways) and hopefully I can find a Pontiac body, but if I can’t then the c6 corvette from hpi with suffice. So that’s the plan, not a super flashy build exactly, but a amazing vintage nitro rs4 that has been modernized with better belts, pulleys etc. just got some pics of the car as it sits and from 2002 for now, hopefully soon I’ll have more updates