Fell off the ol' Box on this sidewinder RMS Corvair

[ccobra]

Just thought I would try something a little different this time. You know how cars today are moving the track wider than before so I thought I would give it a try while staying within the width limitations.
Hopefully it looks normal enough until you look at the frame.. . And yes it has taken about three weeks so far to get to this point. The power plant won't be a flat six but a H&R motor with slotit gears. I should be able to get the motor in and wired tomorrow.
Got the motor in but it needs a little adjustment due to paint. This shot better shows how I fell of the box with trying to copy current 1:1 vehicles by putting the Bearings on both sides next to the wheel hubs.

[TuscoTodd]

Seems pretty fitting for a Corvair to me rear motored! :)
Looking forward to hearing how it runs - but it is looking pretty darn cool from a build perspective!
:text-bravo:

[ccobra]

Sorry for the delay but I've had a few issues here with the chassis and 'ol'bod', so today I decided to work through it all and redo the Chassis. For the Important stuff, the chassis had issues with the side gear so I reworked that area and just ditched the interior part for now.
I did away with the rear upper suspension arms, lowered the lower ones and then tied them over on the top.
Then I added a notch to the right rear brake disc to give me access to the rear motor mount, tied the motor in place with the top engine cover and after installing the 00-90 screws I gave them a hit of hot glue so they wouldn't go on an unexpected trip, and then reinstalled the wheels and Slotit flag. The wife said I got a little OCD with the rear springs though. With the setup I thought it would be good to do a test run since i had CCR playing on the sound system. Wow, it ran a consistent 8.5 around the track and the tires were only installed on the wheels, I got in a hurry and forgot to sand them down. Oops, I got it in at 51.5g, no wonder it was running so good. So I decided to push my luck. Wow, it still ran consistent 8.5 laps. Now I had better send it off to paint and finish so that it can be ready for next month.

[dreinecke]

Interesting design for sure! Glad to hear it runs well. The only thing I can think of is to see if there is anyway to get the body just a little bit lower. I think that would help with the looks and handling.

[ccobra]

[TuscoTodd]

VERY cool build! And how fitting for a Corvair to be "rear" motored! :D

[ccobra]

[TuscoTodd]

That is a heck of an improvement!
Congrats!

[ccobra]

Finally finished the corvair.

Managed to drop the body a little lower without too much modification. Just removed the front post and opened up the wheel wells by doing an angle grind to them. It seems to run ok for me.