Howmet (turbineless) Derivatives

[martsky]

When the MPC Howmet turbine cars came out I hated the engine.  There are always alternatives I thought. Perhaps Ford's Indy Car V8.  Maybe the Tamiya Nissan R390.

[stavanzer]

What a great Trio!

Could you possibly share close up pics of the Engines?

They are so neat!

[martsky]

Here you go.

The white and blue cars both have the Ford quad cam engine from the MPC Gurney Eagle Indy car. Mostly box stock except I did a lot of filing and shaping of the one piece "bundle of snakes" exhaust casting to try to obtain a more correct multipiece exhaust system look. The silver car has the Tamiya Nissan R390 engine which was a very oddly shaped V8 and is now converted to a V12.

In case you were wondering, the silver car body has been widened 16" and lengthened 20" to match the Tamiya suspension and chassis.