080 1/7 Scale Muscle Car Build.....

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080 RC - LARGE Scale RC Muscle Cars
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Hello All!


"080" began before the pandemic. I wanted an RC scale muscle car more than I wanted a scale truck/crawler. No one made one. Everything was just a toy with a nice body....i wanted a V8, IFS, a rear axle...you know the cool stuff...

When we got locked down the first time I set out to build my muscle car. I chose to do a 1967 Ford Mustang as the body. I wanted it big, really big. I found the biggest tires available which happened to be the freshly released ARRMA Felony tire set. I pined over them, to be honest. They were exactly what I was looking for, and in this world of RC....that is a high all on its own.

I ordered a set immediately.

The 1st 1st was an SCX frame with the RC4WD V8. I modeled and printed an IFS system...but it was all toooo small, and restrictive.
I wanted something new. I wanted to break the system.

I built the first 080 car completely out of foam-core. everything, the frame rails, the engine, everything. it was awesome. the only thing that was real were the tires. Then I took pictures and cut it apart to reverse engineer the entire thing to put into Solidworks.

cut to the chase....1000hrs, 20 rolls of plastic, blood, sweat, tears, heartbreak, and one and a half years later

I have the first version ready for sale. It's not perfect, but It is cool.

It is absolutely a "SCALE" RC vehicle experience, haha... Things break, easily and often. When real cars run into things...it damages them badly, sometimes catastrophically. This RC experience mimics that.

There are two versions.
The Original...
Long and Narrow for real muscle car builds

The Felony...
Shorter and WIIIIDDDEERRR...runs Felony body

One problem, I can't wait any longer to sell them. It's either share them and make enough money to keep going or I have to stop. It's every builder's hope that people love their creations. I'm hoping this creation is cool enough people buy one.

End goal...Use the money from selling these to start a real RC company with good products that started from the community.

specs:

1/7 scale - runs 6S
16" & 19" wheelbase
Twin Frame rail
V8 motor-case w/ custom add-ons
Full Custom Transmission with E-REVO gears
IFS
Front and Rear Sway bars
Arrma Felony Motor and ESC
Arrma Felony Tires and Wheels
rear 3 link

The beginning.....SCX based and small
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Then when I realized things needed to be epic I went full send em'


all foam..all crazy

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After I got it to this point...I got really excited. This thing was huge...and rad.
Once I had this...I cut it up and copied it into Solidworks. Part by Part.

This is next version. I got the body and scaled it as big as my printer would go. Magically this matched the tires perfectly

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This is V3...I was still building a muscle car at this point...soon, ill switch over to the Felony proportions
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Getting a real car helped things ALOT

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Here is V4. I finally had the candy to buy a real felony body....WOW the proportions different!
Lets take 3" from the wheelbase and give it the track instead...

Little did I realize at the switching point how much work I was getting myself into.....I had to redo literally everything...the IFS, move the motor forward over an inch, change all kinds of things just to get the stacks to go through the hood...

But DANG...the results are good.
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Just for Fun..because Lifted stuff is the "other Best"
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Thank you!
was thinking around $250 for a slider....more like $400 with a body and wheels...Lots of hardware and parts
Havnt figured out how to sell...parts and files, just parts, just files...premade kits, or sell on CULTS and supply the hardware kits..

not sure...
 
Thank you !
Im excited to take it to the next step and get certain things CNC'd, mixed with better, stronger 3D prints.
Best case, would be investors and full send it!
I don’t know what I’m gonna do with it, but I want it. That’s badass brother
I can make that happen! I am doing pre-orders now for the kits now...it would be an honor!
 
Very nice work. I can appreciate the time put into solid works just to get it to a point that you could do something with. Great job. I’m impressed.
 
Very nice work. I can appreciate the time put into solid works just to get it to a point that you could do something with. Great job. I’m impressed.
Thank you ! It has been some serious hours on Solidworks and 100's of hours Reprinting...haha.. Cant stop. ever. Thanks for the support!
 
Coolest thing I have seen in months. PM me and lets talk about a pre-order or something. I just want to see this come to life!!!
 
Thank you ! Check out the website...just finished today..for now.
080rc.com
 
THAT is Impressive!!

I can imagine just how Much mental power that took to plan & design and then digitally re-create, 3d print & test!
 
Can't believe I am just now seeing this. You have some serious talent for design and building!!!
Get these on eBay and I bet they will sell very well.

Maybe partner up with someone to produce them in the US so you don't have to deal with shipping from the island.
 
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