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mini V8 - 3/3/2006 8:29 PM   
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Status: offline 		Ok, so there may have been a post on this b4, but these things are cooler than the other side of your pillow, hah

http://videos.streetfire.net/hottestvideos/5/F6F02D4D-B899-4718-B572-5F0D744107F4.htm

http://videos.streetfire.net/hottestvideos/9/88192EB9-B79C-4377-8ADD-2743E1D136A9.htm

mini V8s
i'm assuming by the label the 2nd one has that these are some sort of kit, but has anyone ever tryed to stuff one of these in an RC??? like 1/5 or something?? jw

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RE: mini V8 - 3/3/2006 9:50 PM   
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Status: offline 		iv herd of that before. those guys went through years of development in order to get it right. they say that the one in the video is the only one and they are trying to sell it for 250,000 dollars(seen as its one of a kind). the reason it is one of a kind is because the moulds got destroyed in a fire in the lab they were stored. if i was after researching for years to build such a cool engine i would take care of the moulds!!!.

i don't really think there is a kit seen as they can't make any more

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RE: mini V8 - 3/3/2006 11:31 PM   
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Status: offline 		Those V8's were awesome. Did you know in the '80's there was one that was produced for sale by Conley Engineering? They were smaller than that. He sold casting kits that were for the home machinist. I saw them. They were basically a scaled down Chevy 350. But he also made them in V$, V6, and V12 versions.

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RE: mini V8 - 3/4/2006 3:07 AM   
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Status: offline 		well they are obviously not one of a kind, cause there's 2 right there, but either way, tell me that thing wouldn't be BA in an RC muscle car

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RE: mini V8 - 3/4/2006 3:09 AM   
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Status: offline 		and nitro, do they still make them by some slim chance? or is this a "check ebay" kinda thing, lol

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RE: mini V8 - 3/4/2006 3:28 AM   
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RE: mini V8 - 4/28/2006 4:02 AM   
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Status: offline 		These mini v8's and cars to run them in are still avail. www,conleyprecision,com. there is one engine on the site that is a "one of a kind, molds destroyed in fire" but there is no price listed and its a 1/4 scale replica of a dodge viper V-10.
the V-8 engine with test stand is around $6000 us. or the full rtr cars start at $13,000 - $15,000
The engines are also avail. on a european website i found www,gpracing,de


EDIT: and might i add, are these not the coolest thing ever!!

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RE: mini V8 - 4/30/2006 7:13 AM   
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Status: offline 		i have seen scale v8s at cars shows (real car shows, good guys etc.) not only do they exiest but there are scale flathead ford motors, rotary, diesel, and most anykind and model of real engine you could name in scaled down size. the ones i saw i asked about purchasing and was told it was alocal club and they were not for sale. this club was Bay Area (california) (something like the rest of this) Engine Models Builders.
AS far as making your own, a good drill press and metal lathe would be able to make half of it, you would need specs for whatevere motor you are copying, and scale it down.
as a mechanic myself, i would recommend having a fully disassembled motor to measure off of and to give you something to visually compare with. the clyinder heads would be the hardest part, off the top of my head i don't know how you would do the ignition system (how are u going to fit a spark plug into a area that is so small), but i imagine a inulated wire with a bare tip firing straight to wall of cylinder would probaly work ( eventually you would have pitting occur (same reason you replace spark plugs and other igntion parts) that might cause death to motor).
if somebody has figured how to do this with tools that are around the average garage, i would love to have info, even if i never put in a car i would love to have a running engine i could put on the kitchen table

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RE: mini V8 - 4/30/2006 9:22 AM   
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Status: offline 		i think a nitro car would be faster but that would be cool and i saw a much nicer one at cable airshow there is a stand with a bunch of old machineists and they have alot of motors they built themselves a offenhouser a vw motor a supercharged v8 much nicer than that one its got a working radiator and fan pretty sweet stuff

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RE: mini V8 - 5/2/2006 2:47 AM   
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Status: offline 		Check on the web and go to some home machinist web sites, you will be amazed at what some of them make.

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RE: mini V8 - 5/4/2006 4:01 AM   
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Status: offline 		OMG you just touched on one of my most passionate issues! all the really good machinists are getting old and the craft is dying off.

it is unbeliveable what some of these people have made!

and by the way, there is no way that stuff like that can be made without a very well equiped dedicated machine shop.


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RE: mini V8 - 5/17/2006 3:38 PM   
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Status: offline 		The Mini V8 are sweet If I had the cash I'd have one. I don't care if I put it in a car or not it would just be cool to have a running V8 engine that can sit in your hands

not trying to Hyjack but talking about www,gpracing,de did any of you check out the yard sale section I just got a OFNA 3.5 compitition black new in box and 2 sets of springs for FREE just pay shipping only 29.00 EUR = $41.27 Canadian. Not to bad seems they have these FREEBY deals often.

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