Yeah, the modern small-block scene is a bit limiting, I find myself building vehicles around the engines I can find. At the least the SH.12 can be purchased new...
I hear you about the starter box, it's a bit of a hike to an area where I can run my nitros, so that's a heavy piece of kit to lug...
Thanks, and good eye, it's an SH-12. The chassis is an HSP Flying Fish, a shameless copy of the RS4.
My "stretch goal" for that build is 60mph. It's done 53 so far and had more to give. That's with an 18/23 clutch bell and 44/39 gears in the transmission. It looks like you've got almost the...
Nice work, I love all "wildcat" 1/10 onroad builds, they're my favorite to do. I too crammed a rear-exhaust engine into a side-exhaust based car with that OS manifold:
Since it's a Losi 3.4, you could throw an OS 11K on there, not that it needs to be souped up any further...