amt or revell

[wreckless666]

first off im not sure if this the right place to post this but here it is anyway.

i used to have an 95 talon tsi with a 92 6 bolt swap and eclipse bumpers front and back which i later sold to my brother.

my question is which kit is better detailed, revell gsx or the amt fast and furious kit.

my plan is to either find a neon kit or the amt 88 daytona kit to transplant the motor into and weather the eclipse and throw it in the junkyard .

i want the kit mostly for the motor but i could always use other peices from the kit such as rims and seats ect.

Edited February 19, 2011 by wreckless666

[wreckless666]

i'm not up on Mitsubishi's engines but the two kits have two different engine and drivetrain combinations. the Revell kit has what i believe is a DOHC engine and AWD. the AMT kit has the single cam with the unique valve cover and FWD.

i know when those kits hit the market there was some debate over the technical details of the AMT engine and how the turbo and intake/exhaust were done. again, no idea on if it's right or wrong as i don't know anything about these cars.

the revell was the all wheel drive gsx with a 4g63. its exactly what im looking for.

but i may just pick up both kits just because haha

[Joe Handley]

IIRC the RMX kit will have the AWD with Mitsubishi engine, while the AMT model has the basic Chrysler 2.0l 4 cylinder with a turbo conversion on it (which I guess it correct for the car used in the movie.) I'd have loved to fit the "Neon" head to the 2.2 block in one of the Daytonas, but the AMT engine was just horrible IIRC.

[Chuck Most]

I've built only the AMT version, but I do have the Revell kit in my stash, and I'd have to say the Revell kit has a slight edge over the AMT in terms of detail, and the parts seem to be more crisply molded. The sore points (for me) in the Revell are the big dogleg hinges for the hood and the pins for mounting the headlamp lenses, but the better detail, not to mention the AWD drivetrain, offsets that for me.

[wreckless666]

I've built only the AMT version, but I do have the Revell kit in my stash, and I'd have to say the Revell kit has a slight edge over the AMT in terms of detail, and the parts seem to be more crisply molded. The sore points (for me) in the Revell are the big dogleg hinges for the hood and the pins for mounting the headlamp lenses, but the better detail, not to mention the AWD drivetrain, offsets that for me.

both kits in my opinion have thier strong points and i wont say one is really any better than the other. the Revell kit was diecast based so it has compromises there for that reason. what i do like about the Revell version is that you could buy it as a finished F&F diecast with a figure if you wanted or as a build it yourself kit without the figure. when it came along later as a plastic kit it now had options to build a cool tuner style car with some cool parts content. the problem with the AMT kit, i pulled one of mine out to check, is that the engine was a weird mash of parts just kind of stuck here and there. since i'm not up on Eclipse or Mitsubishi technical details i can't tell you what either engine represents but the AMT's engine has an odd turbo that attatches to the front side of the engine and apparently isn't connected to anything other than the block itself

the interiors between the two kits are similar but different in the way that the tuner parts are arranged. the AMT kit comes with the cool gauge pack mounted in the passengerside airbag slot where as the Revell kit doesn't. the AMT kit also has an open rear luggage area for the included nitrous bottle and fire extinguisher. the Revell has the luggage area closed with the nitrous bottle on the rear floor area and no back seat. in place of the back seat you get a big speaker box.

mostly with the Revell kit you get more content for building a tuner style import car. the AMT kit was marketed as the F&F Eclipse only with a different version later with the release of 2Fast 2Furious. the Revell version was offered 3 ways, as a diecast, an unassembled diecast kit and the plastic 2-n-1 Tuner series kit. i'm glad that i have both and depending on what you want to do, one kit may be better than the other for your project.

thanks dave and chuck. helps alot. the amt turbo thing, is this what your talking about? http://img465.imageshack.us/img465/9669/img2797ev7.jpg

im not sure where the headers are lol

another thing i just notice myself from some pictures, the interior seems to be a little off. the whole center console is incorrect

i would still like to get both kits though.

heres my old talon