martsky Posted Saturday at 08:35 PM Posted Saturday at 08:35 PM 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. 3
stavanzer Posted Sunday at 12:58 AM Posted Sunday at 12:58 AM What a great Trio! Could you possibly share close up pics of the Engines? They are so neat!
martsky Posted Sunday at 03:34 PM Author Posted Sunday at 03:34 PM 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.
ea0863 Posted Tuesday at 09:34 PM Posted Tuesday at 09:34 PM Wow, two beauties! I have to think though that the silver car was quite the undertaking to get all that plumbing in so perfectly! Looks like you've done this before
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