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It's a great body indeed, and it's been around forever really.

For those who didn't see it in the vintage section: my personal version which uses AE RC10T arms on an ultima chassis.

It beat the hell out of an ultima outlaw when that came out about a year later

Maybe we can all build a beetle-racer and have a contest some day

Mr. ED wrote:Maybe we can all build a beetle-racer and have a contest some day

Where do we all meet for that Bug's race? Nice ride by the way... .

[perso] Erik, do you often travel back to BE? We could meet in Kampenhout one of those days?

T'care buddy.

Mannekenpis wrote:

Mr. ED wrote:Maybe we can all build a beetle-racer and have a contest some day

Where do we all meet for that Bug's race? Nice ride by the way... .

[perso] Erik, do you often travel back to BE? We could meet in Kampenhout one of those days?

T'care buddy.

Just saw there's a T4 bug on the readers ride forum too. Let's get a few more racers 'bugged' before we decide on the meetingspot

Perso: I'll send you a PM on that.

Scollins, can you give me a wheelbase measurement on your car from front axle to rear axle? I am trying to get an idea of what it will take to do this with a GT, and since I would be using the same body as you I will need to have the same wheelbase.

Thanks!

The wheelbase is exactly 242mm, or 9.5 inches.

I moved the rear suspension arm mounts in the forward screw hole position to help get to that dimension.

The front nose kick up plate was slid back into the tub approximately 27mm with the nose tubes shortened and re-bent accordingly. The material of the chassis tub was taken out of the side walls where the back of the nose tubes normally mount. Also re-drilled and moved back the pivot points for the steering rack about 6mm from their original places. Hope this helps- i just gave you all the secrets i had on this little project

scollins

justinspeed79 wrote:Scollins, can you give me a wheelbase measurement on your car from front axle to rear axle? I am trying to get an idea of what it will take to do this with a GT, and since I would be using the same body as you I will need to have the same wheelbase.

Thanks!

GT is the gas truck, right?
I measured the wheel base on my truck with this same body and it's a little bit more than Scollins with the suspension fully out: about 250mm.
Because of the kick-up angle, the front wheels will move a little backward when the suspension gets compressed. With a truck's wider track and bigger travel, the effect is more noticeable than with the buggy.

Hey Scollins,
is it you who built that awesome rat pick-up with a midnight P. body?

"That's hot." Paris Hilton could not have said it better.

The Scorcher RC10 will be in development for a couple more weeks- If you guys are interested, I may build another and post it for sale in the next month or two. Stay tuned! scollins

Here is a picture that inspired me to do this-

What a great shot, very helpful Scollins !

Many thanks,

Mannekenpis.

If you want cool baja photos, go there:

http://www.gotdesertphotos.com/

Any update on this one?

Hi all, no updates yet on my RC10-Sand Scorcher, but I built one for a friend last week and this is what it looks like, pretty cool huh??? (Shortened wheelbase with chassis mods as I described in earlier posts) Now I have to get mine done, LOL...............scollins

that's awesome.

This thing looked sooo schweet I did not want to send it back to my buddy. It will tear a Tamiya Sand Scorcher a new one on performance...Cant wait to get mine done now.

I decided to build 2 of them, one "mild" and one WILD!

Love um to death, but I guess I just got bored looking at all traditional bodied RC10s, even the two that I have! lol. Glad you approve Special Ed, I mean scr8p!

That's friggin awesome dude!