Mark Thomas 55 Chevy...Oh My

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Mark Thomas 55 Chevy...Oh My

Postby HomeRacingWorld » Sat Aug 09, 2014 1:41 pm

What a great looking car Mark made. 1/25th AMT with a HEAVILY modified AMT chassis. In other words, it actually works :)

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He mad independent fronts and a touch of camber :)

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This is a bad mama. What a great modeling effort.
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Re: Mark Thomas 55 Chevy...Oh My

Postby BRP32 » Sat Aug 09, 2014 1:46 pm

WAY COOL!!!!!

Great build on this one Mark!

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Re: Mark Thomas 55 Chevy...Oh My

Postby TuscoTodd » Sat Aug 09, 2014 2:15 pm

That is sweet! :D
Love the offset motor set up on that chassis as well! :D
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Re: Mark Thomas 55 Chevy...Oh My

Postby waaytoomuchintothis » Sat Aug 09, 2014 2:33 pm

I done the offset motor and even an independent front end, but that camber is something I never thought of. It looks great! I bet it helps, too. Its the same physics as full size, after all.

And as for making an AMT chassis work... you're a better man than I, Markus! Very impressive.
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Re: Mark Thomas 55 Chevy...Oh My

Postby RazorJon » Sat Aug 09, 2014 2:48 pm

that is sweet Mark :music-rockout:
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Re: Mark Thomas 55 Chevy...Oh My

Postby ListerStormGT » Sat Aug 09, 2014 3:11 pm

Wow, that is way cool. Great job Mark!
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Re: Mark Thomas 55 Chevy...Oh My

Postby dreinecke » Sat Aug 09, 2014 5:21 pm

Camber? I think Mark does it all. I want to see if he's put a bigger fuel line in it too...

That is slick! I love shoebox Chevys and he's nailed that one perfectly!!!
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Re: Mark Thomas 55 Chevy...Oh My

Postby dr fabio » Sun Aug 10, 2014 5:28 am

Very nice with the negative camber. Do you run two half axles in brass tubing? I try and achieve the same thing by running my front wheels 0.5mm off the deck. The car will naturally lean during cornering which loads up the outside tyres. I noticed you dont coat your front tyres with nail polish or superglue. Do you have any problems with a bouncing front end?
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Re: Mark Thomas 55 Chevy...Oh My

Postby Gentleman Norb » Sun Aug 10, 2014 6:52 am

Looks Awesome Mark. Nice Job!
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Re: Mark Thomas 55 Chevy...Oh My

Postby dge467 » Sun Aug 10, 2014 5:58 pm

Great looking build!
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Re: Mark Thomas 55 Chevy...Oh My

Postby DixonJohn » Sun Aug 10, 2014 7:03 pm

Your over the top there Mark
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Re: Mark Thomas 55 Chevy...Oh My

Postby HomeRacingWorld » Sun Aug 10, 2014 7:30 pm

Here are the mods for the chassis.

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Re: Mark Thomas 55 Chevy...Oh My

Postby TuscoTodd » Sun Aug 10, 2014 8:18 pm

Dave - believe it or not, they can be pretty entertaining - especially at the current pricing!
I may have to dig out this one that I built when the kits first came out (with guide, axle, wheel, etc upgrades) and start messing with it again! :)
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Re: Mark Thomas 55 Chevy...Oh My

Postby dr fabio » Sun Aug 10, 2014 11:07 pm

Nice innovation with the offset motor. How easy is it to reverse the direction around the track? Would love to know how much difference the offset motor has on the lap times.
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Re: Mark Thomas 55 Chevy...Oh My

Postby SRQSloter » Mon Aug 11, 2014 2:39 am

That is a very nice build and way cool. I like the camber. :handgestures-thumbup:
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