Re: cox interceptor car... Build to modern day RC best cox car ever made LOL!

**Cribbs74** Fri Jun 07, 2013 9:35 pm

Boy that car brings back some memories.

coxaddicted Sat Jun 08, 2013 1:43 am

Wow, nice Photos.

I like those Tires and Rims. I just wonder how the driver should open the swing doors with the fuel filler cap Very Happy

Keep on!

bullit132 Sat Jun 08, 2013 7:31 am

looks hot,how fast will it go?? Flying

reptile Sat Jun 08, 2013 8:19 am

bullit132 wrote:looks hot,how fast will it go??

Thanks guy's... they don't go fast because it's a worm gear drive they go slow.

reptile Sat Jun 08, 2013 1:26 pm

test run watch in HD

josh.ppa Mon Sep 23, 2019 10:04 am

I know this is old but I am wanting to do the exact same thing. Are there any instructions on what parts were modified for the engine? The photos no longer work

--Oz-- Tue Sep 24, 2019 10:27 am

"Best", I would start with something like this

cox interceptor car... Build to modern day RC best cox car ever made LOL! - Page 2 Crc_ca11

or this

cox interceptor car... Build to modern day RC best cox car ever made LOL! - Page 2 Rc12r610

https://www.teamcrc.com/crc/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=12

https://www.associatedelectrics.com/teamassociated/cars_and_trucks/RC12R6/Factory_Team/

josh.ppa Tue Sep 24, 2019 3:51 pm

I don’t think a cox engine will work with those chassis without major modifications

--Oz-- Tue Sep 24, 2019 4:15 pm

Not enough room? Very Happy

Almost looks to easy with a bracket or two.

cox interceptor car... Build to modern day RC best cox car ever made LOL! - Page 2 Rc12r611

josh.ppa Tue Sep 24, 2019 5:43 pm

No I mean the motor would need a lot of modifying I think. Though that would be super cool if it could be done

--Oz-- Tue Sep 24, 2019 10:08 pm

josh.ppa wrote:No I mean the motor would need a lot of modifying I think. Though that would be super cool if it could be done

Why? Pinion/clutch could just screw on, throttle ring control,,

josh.ppa Tue Sep 24, 2019 11:06 pm

Have you done this before? Which engine would you use and what’s a good site to get other parts like the clutch?

Jason_WI Tue Sep 24, 2019 11:43 pm

Cox GTP Nissan/Stocker/Indy engine would be one source. The hard to find part is the flywheel and ratchet starter drive assembly. Clutch drum/pinion and clutch shoes are easier to find.

Still lots of mods to make it work.

josh.ppa Wed Sep 25, 2019 5:39 am

Jason_WI wrote:Cox GTP Nissan/Stocker/Indy engine would be one source. The hard to find part is the flywheel and ratchet starter drive assembly. Clutch drum/pinion and clutch shoes are easier to find.

Still lots of mods to make it work.

That's what I was thinking you might even need a lathe source your own parts.
It sounds really cool and I would love to try and pull it off but I have several challenges. One being I have never built my own RC car and two my only experience with Cox is Control line planes LOL. So I am stepping WAY up here.
Though im sure poking around this forum someone here has the ability and ingenuity to sort out how to mod a cox engine and chassis so it fits and can run.
I think a 0.49 will run just fine in a small 1/16 model and would be really cool!

--Oz-- Wed Sep 25, 2019 10:31 pm

josh.ppa wrote:
Jason_WI wrote:Cox GTP Nissan/Stocker/Indy engine would be one source. The hard to find part is the flywheel and ratchet starter drive assembly. Clutch drum/pinion and clutch shoes are easier to find.

Still lots of mods to make it work.
That's what I was thinking you might even need a lathe source your own parts.
It sounds really cool and I would love to try and pull it off but I have several challenges. One being I have never built my own RC car and two my only experience with Cox is Control line planes LOL. So I am stepping WAY up here.
Though im sure poking around this forum someone here has the ability and ingenuity to sort out how to mod a cox engine and chassis so it fits and can run.
I think a 0.49 will run just fine in a small 1/16 model and would be really cool!

I raced rc-onroad for 2+ decades, in 1996 I got 12th in the 12th scale world championships while unsponsored (that's unheard of). I then got sponsored for a decade (yokomo/integy/tekin/kimbro), so I have lots of experience (with electric). I would go with 12th scale, so much more parts over the uncommon 1/16th scale, but that's just me. Since your going fuel, I would look at all the fuel cars for parts, I am pretty sure there is parts with low modification for a 049 motor, I think its more about the research than ultra modifying some part that is not close to the job, buts thats just my opinion, good luck.

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