1/3 scale V12 custom

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Wish he'd fire that bad boy up. Maybe he has some gearing tricks, or motor tuning tricks, but so far I have not seen one of these mini V motors that are ready to compete with standard electric or nitro rigs. They do take coolness to a whole new level, though, speed demon or not, I would love to own a rig like this.

 

[Lostinthewoods86]

Wish he'd fire that bad boy up. Maybe he has some gearing tricks, or motor tuning tricks, but so far I have not seen one of these mini V motors that are ready to compete with standard electric or nitro rigs. They do take coolness to a whole new level, though, speed demon or not, I would love to own a rig like this.

Thread 'Fangdango! V8 drag car'

Sep 30, 2024

I decided to start a new thread for this build now that I've decided to move forward. The original thread is here.

Background:

After a number of scale 4 stroke engines came out, I pondered building a drag car with one. About 2 years ago a scale V8 came out that was small enough to consider, but the engine clearly had issues and the only example out there of an RC car with one in it wasn't looking good performance wise. A year later another company, Cison, released a similar V8 that was vastly better in quality and power, and renewed my interest.

I wanted to build something I...

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They're not that poweful sadly. Maybe like 8hp.

speed demon or not, I would love to own a rig like this.

Exactly