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hello well i am new and i would like to introduce myself. my name is Daniel Legrand and i would like to share my third gen iroc. ok well i know this is probably not the correct forum to put this in but i have done a lot of fabricating so i suppose it best fits. this is my latest rc project. it is a 1/8 scale monogram model body with a custom tube chassis with real fourlink, aluminum coilovers, aluminum wheels and much more. i have been working on this thing here and there for 6 months. there is still much to go but i have gotton it running. it launches like a real car, wheelie, torque twist, everything. eventually it will be mettallic burnt orange,, feature scale interior, motor, wheelie bar, lights, and so much more. it is a brushless electric powered rc. planning on getting it featured in some of the rc car magazines out there once finnished cause it is one of a kind and fairly well know across the rc community already. so i thought you all would appriciate the time and effort put into this toy, and since i got most of the inspiration from right here on thirdgen.org. so tell me what you think, and if it needs to be moved could a moderator please place it in the correct location. thanks.
Daniel Legrand
ps i have tons of photos from the build so if the response is well i will add more photo and info.
before the rebuild...
and as it currently sits awaiting me to finnish remaking the hood. i plan on smoothing it back out to normal and adding either a traditional style cowl hood or a pro stock areo scoop.
thanks
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looks awesome. Didnt you do this things years ago??? I sene pic's of it on big scale site or something. I have 2 of those 1/8th scales.
Ive got one Im in the middle of doing just like you did. Making it s RS one.
I have using a Sirio .81 nitro motor, chassis like your doing and the body of another 1/8th I have.
Im using street rubber though. not drag rims up front.
OK, now that looks really cool and I can't think of any other forum for it to belong to.
It looks like you brazed the roll cage together. In the old before outside shots, the old roll bar is way too low. The cage looks much better. It even looks like a 25.1D chassis.
I like the satin black color. Mine may look like that next year. I'm changing my 6" cowl scoop to a 2-1/2" cowl scoop with a very short aero scoop mounted on top of it.
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87 IROC-Z
All engine, no power adders! Bests: 9.348@144.71
finding a 1/8 is gonna be hard. most are 1/10 or 1/12. this car is totally custom and isn't going to something you could go out and buy. if you were interested in a body or model kit hit ebay up but prepare to pay $$$ for a good model. i need another one cause i broke the back window for this one these are some videos i made a week or so ago. since then i redid the gear box and on a good batt it will lift both wheels up. still working out the weight placement on it to give it the launches i want. its gonna be more for show than go. i want it to launch like a real car and look like a real car but i don't wanna bash on it too much once its finnished. this is the first one i have had, but i would like to get some others. they make a 81 fire"chicken" and some various year vettes i wouldn't mind building as well. the chassis is based off a JBS Racing 69 Camaro chassis. i was able to get detailed photos for reference. it has a live Tamiya rc truck axle with four link suspention with a panhard. the diff is open so its drivable doing things other than going straight. i can throw on the smaller rubber tires in the realistic photos to get it to slide around. the drag tires on it are actually foam drag tires for rc cars. i plan on getting some better videos tommorrow if the weathers nice. i will post some more pics in a little. i have to go through them and get the best ones cause i have a butt load. thanks for all the kind words i really appreciate it and i thought you all would enjoy it. thanks.
cool car, where did you get the bodies from? I need to find a 1/4 scale body of a 3rd gen, that would be a conversation piece....I have herd of you before i just cant think of where......damn thats going to bother me lol
Custom Works makes a Iroc-Z body for 1/10th scales, obviously won't fit a 1/8th or 1/4 scale. I'm big into RC's as well, got quite a few listed in my signature.
hey guys well im trying out some different hood. i have always loved the way the old hardwood areo scoop looked. i know there is a gap under it but that will be filled in. i didn't quite make it tall enough. what do you all think? yay, nay or what?
Your scoop is actually too small and too far forward. A normal drag car like that has the scoop going right back to the windshield because the engine is pushed back so far. The front of the engine is normally inline with the front axle. Your scoop angles down too much at the rear.
This is a more modern look. The scoop is attached to the engine and the hoop just comes right off.
Although not as high but this is more the look I'm going to try on my own car.
just a few pics. i will get some better pics in the sunlight tommorrow. the sun really sets the paint off. its metallic fiery orange. i will be painting the hood as soon as i finnish bondoing and smoothing it out. what ya guys think? thanks.
Thats a cool camaro. I heard America has big cars but those ones in the background must be HUGE. I just read the title of the post your camaro is 1/8th.
I'm just joking but that thing is seriously cool.
actually this isn't king cobra but it was his car. he built the original version and i luckily aquired it. thanks though.
here are a few more pics. hope to get the hood painted, mirrors, light housings and grill area. then i get to wet sand, recoat, and make the paint shine. i also wanna get the lights back in it. then on to interior......
thanks guys. i really appreciate the positive feedback on the project. i originally paid $250 for the grey car but all that remains from it are the wheels and body. i prolly have a good $500 in it now not including stuff i had laying around which would have bumped it to at least the $650 mark. it'll be work it in the end plus i have gotten countless hours of amusement from working on it. now that the holidays are over i will be getting back to work on it. right now i am in the process of getting the paint squared away cause the weather is fixing to be too cold. i and going to be adding so crazy features soon including a removable front clip, lights, interior, and of course the engine. stay tuned and thanks again.
well i got a little done now that im back from the holidays. sculpted new valve covers, and a intake manifold. i also realized i didn't really like the orange so i got some different paint. i am going back with the original color. i alwayzed loved the gunmetal color. i will paint the car tommorrow. tell me what ya'll think. thanks guys!
it will be sandblasted and powdercoated once im done with the construction. i still have quite a bit left to do to the chassis including seat cage, seat mounts, firewall, motor mounts, and a few other misallaneous brackets. thanks
HEY GREAT WORK ON THE RC CAR MAN, IT LOOKS AWESOME.... CRAZY THING IS YOUR R/C LOOKS JUST LIKE HOW MY 89 CAMARO IS ABOUT TO LOOK WHEN ITS PAINTED... I CHOSE "ORANGE CRUSH" AS MY COLOR, AND ITS LOOKS REALLY CLOSE TO WHAT YOUR CAR LOOKS LIKE. CHECK MINE OUT SOMETIME, I HAVE ALOT OF PICS AND VIDEOS ON MY CARDOMAIN SITE.......
CHECK OUT ALL MY PICS, RIGHT NOW I ONLY HAVE THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT PAINTED, IF YOU SCROLL DOWN ON PAGE 1 THERE IS SOME GOOD PICS OF IT THERE.... GREAT WORK ON THAT R/C MAN, I USED TO HAVE A FEW CARS I BUILT, THEY ARE REALLY FUN, IVE NEVER SEEN SOMEONE DO SO MUCH CUSTOME WORK TO ONE THOUGH, GREAT JOB!!
amazing!!! i used to build scale monster trucks and would use clodbuster axls and a 4 link set up and i always wanted to do a 3rd gen. heres my latest rtr 1/10 scale 4 tec
Shot at 2007-12-24
Shot at 2007-12-24
Shot at 2007-12-24
and i would like to share my third gen iroc. ok well i know this is probably not the correct forum to put this in but i have done a lot of fabricating so i suppose it best fits. this is my latest rc project. it is a 1/8 scale monogram model body with a custom tube chassis with real fourlink, aluminum coilovers, aluminum wheels and much more. i have been working on this thing here and there for 6 months.
there is still much to go but i have gotton it running. it launches like a real car, wheelie, torque twist, everything. eventually it will be mettallic burnt orange,, feature scale interior, motor, wheelie bar, lights, and so much more. it is a brushless electric powered rc. planning on getting it featured in some of the rc car magazines out there once finnished cause it is one of a kind and fairly well know across the rc community already. so i thought you all would appriciate the time and effort put into this toy, and since i got most of the inspiration from right here on thirdgen.org. so tell me what you think, and if it needs to be moved could a moderator please place it in the correct location. thanks.
these are some videos i made a week or so ago. since then i redid the gear box and on a good batt it will lift both wheels up. still working out the weight placement on it to give it the launches i want. its gonna be more for show than go. i want it to launch like a real car and look like a real car but i don't wanna bash on it too much once its finnished. this is the first one i have had, but i would like to get some others. they make a 81 fire"chicken" and some various year vettes i wouldn't mind building as well. the chassis is based off a JBS Racing 69 Camaro chassis. i was able to get detailed photos for reference. it has a live Tamiya rc truck axle with four link suspention with a panhard. the diff is open so its drivable doing things other than going straight. i can throw on the smaller rubber tires in the realistic photos to get it to slide around. the drag tires on it are actually foam drag tires for rc cars. i plan on getting some better videos tommorrow if the weathers nice. i will post some more pics in a little. i have to go through them and get the best ones cause i have a butt load. thanks for all the kind words i really appreciate it and i thought you all would enjoy it. thanks.
looks awesome
it will be sandblasted and powdercoated once im done with the construction. i still have quite a bit left to do to the chassis including seat cage, seat mounts, firewall, motor mounts, and a few other misallaneous brackets. thanks 
