Scavolini
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Anthoop Date 7/7/2007 12:48:42 AM
Why does he convert a nitro car?
4wd Touring Cars 1:10 & powerplants:
Most of the market's touring car products are designed for competitive racing on a track.
For majority of the market (where you can realistically & conveniently go and buy) gas engines are more powerful than electric motors (when it comes to pretty much standard applications in 4wd touring cars). Meaning many nitro engines you can easily hook up to your nitro car are more powerful than the fastest over the counter set up, the popular Mamba 5700 system w/ 3 Lipos, which can also be easily put into an electric car.
For that 1% here, electric helicopter & airplane motors w/ LIPO's are unfortunately "more" powerful than the most powerful 2 stroke engine from Novarossi. (Even though Gas gives you the better "miniature car" experience w/ sound and feel. Which is why its more noble to go gas vs. electric. However, the good news is that most people will never get the chance to go up against a touring car with this kind of set up, so don't worry. It just gets advertised alot here.
But in response to your question:
Nitro cars use heavier duty parts in general over electric cars to handle the torque, vibration, and revolutions of nitro engines (so they are the best shot to handle these SUPER electric motors) Stronger belts, steel parts, larger pitch gears, etc. Aluminum Chassis.
The BEST 1:10 4wd electrics use super thin belts, carbonfiber, plastic, and aluminum parts. Designed to fit all the way from stock motors, 19Turn motors, to Mamba 5700 system w/ 3 lipos.
So if you take that Heli/Airplane motor and put it in an electric touring car. The electric chassis would get thrashed. The belts & tires would disintegrate before anything. Aluminum CVDs would twist, etc.
They need to put that Heli/Airplane system in a Nitro Car, which is designed to handle more revolutions from the get go from the manufacturer. And it's not as simple as THAT, there are alot more expert modifications I have no clue about to mount the powerplant & hook up the gears, etc.
No manufacturer makes this kind of car standard (I.e. Nic Case's 130mph car) It's all expiramentation. That kind of market would be to volatile to support w/ standard RTR kits.
Some real risk taking company might do it to make some money...but very few people can actually pilot a car on the ground going that fast. Concrete is the easiest to terrarain to "RC" with going normal speeds 20-50mph but at the same time the most difficult to go super high speeds with.
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RE: Nic's Fusion does 130mph!!! - 
And the fusion belt is extremely wide I cut my belt and spur gear in half to reduce rotational mass on the drivetrain. This little mod did improve the cars rate of acceleration.
it gets pretty hairy at that speed though, my coustom pro stock/ pancar did 73, it was so light and fast that i went over a man hole cover (tiny divet in the road) and shredded the car apart. i didnt run the body like a jacka$$ so all that was left attached to the chassis was a tire, the rear axl and the motor, the servo all the tires the brand new 
miami still rules the NITRO ONROAD SCENE........u cant compete with our RS4 racer 2's!!