Allison Engine

[wf6h]

I know I'm not in the build any longer But did receive the Allison Engine I ordered from Pete at Lou's fastrc. And the service was outstanding - received it very quickly, Packed very well! And the quality of this twin turbo Allison is a thing to behold. Absolutly outstanding detail.. Well worth every penny!
Thanks Pete

[Kmot]

Since your other thread about your build was all blanks, I buried it.

So what about this little engine? Got any pics? You gonna at least paint it and then hold it up and make vroom-vroom sounds? :D

[wf6h]

Oh Tom it will go in a Hydro! I will post some pics in a bit - I was in shock at the detail on this thing! It will not go to waste I promise that!

[wf6h]

Here are some pics

[wf6h]

Another

[wf6h]

Pictures don't do this justice

[wf6h]

Another

[Kmot]

Looks very nice!

That's 1/16 scale? Same as the balsa kit?

[wf6h]

Originally posted by Kmot
Looks very nice!

That's 1/16 scale? Same as the balsa kit?

Yes 1/16 scale

[Dr. Jet]

What do you think of this Allison V-1710?

[Dan Chase]

That's beautiful, Doc! Is that one of Lou's kits??? How did you do the chrome plating?

[Dr. Jet]

Dan,

It's cast resin (weighs a ton), it's the full height engine, from the fuel injection "tunnels" to the oil pan. It comes out of a box, just as you see it here.

[Kmot]

Holy crap!!!!!! :eek: :yeah:

[Dr. Jet]

Tom,

I might be able to get more of them if you are interested.

If you cut the "Farmer John" air filter off and made a new intake scoop, you could have a convincing "display" engine. It's too big and heavy to race.

[Kmot]

Interested? http://www.fototime.com/81505A877F7B999/orig.gif

[Kmot]

:yeah:

https://www.outbacktoystore.com/images/products/836.jpg

[Dr. Jet]

Tom,

That's the one. The center engine is removable. There's a guy that wants to sell me a case of the engines. They made 350 of the tractors, but they made extra engines (over and above the 3 that were on that tractor).

As an aside, can you imagine the sound that thing made with 3 souped-up Allisons crackling at wide-open throttle? It's no wonder it's called "The Money Pit".

[Kmot]

If you buy the case, I'm down for one or more of the engines.

I would love to see these pulling beasts in person!

[Dr. Jet]

Not sure if I will do it, the total for the case will be at least four digits to the left of the decimal point. I'm not sure I want to sit on that kind of inventory, but it is the only supply of 1/16 scale Allison engines I have found.

[Kmot]

Whoa! Well, how many is in a case?

[Dr. Jet]

I think he said there were 40 of them.

[Kmot]

That's quite a lot. Maybe you can negoatiate for a 1/4 case? ;)

[Dr. Jet]

Yeah, 40 is a bit much. I doubt there are 40 people on the planet that want a 1/16 scale full-sized Allison with that Farmer John air intake.

Now that you found the tractor it belong on, you know why I call it a "Farmer John" modified Allison. :rolls:

[Volly]

hello,

i´m searching for an 1:8 allison engine...

do somebody knows someone who builts /sells them?

thanks

volker

[eddieh]

hello,

i´m searching for an 1:8 allison engine...

do somebody knows someone who builts /sells them?

thanks

volker

volker, you can get the allison kit from doug campbell at www.classichydros.com it is a balsa kit and if you have some modeling skills they can be made to look very very realistic here is a 1/16th version I did from the kit.
http://216.120.233.47/feforums/photopost/data/514/60_sdriver1.jpg
http://www.rumrunnerracing.com/feforums/photopost/data/514/medium/allison_driver.jpg
http://216.120.233.47/feforums/photopost/data/513/allisontahoe_001.jpg

[Kmot]

Yeah, but Eddieh is not of this earth when it comes to detailing chunks of balsa!

[Al P]

hello,

i´m searching for an 1:8 allison engine...

do somebody knows someone who builts /sells them?

thanks

volker


Pete at http://lousfastrc.com/ sells the Allison in a 1/8th version.Look in his "Elk Designs" section (RP Boat Store).

[Volly]

Thank you for the help,

the engine an lousfrastrc look verryy nice...

i will conctact him....

one step to a new project.. :-)

volker

[Garry Finlay]

Eddie, I you got the plug wires out of sequence, again!!

GF