It looks really good with the tires sitting outside of the body. I think you’ll run into more problems with trying to get the tires to sit inside the body. You’ll have to raise the frame so high it’ll make the entire ride too top heavy, and prone to tipping. Also you have sooooo many 4wheel drive vehicles. What about doing an all wheel drive racer with knobby tires…? Something that could ride on dirt, but isn’t specifically “off road”, or a rock crawler. Love watching you create projects out of raw materials. It gives me inspiration!
Chris, Bondo over that break will crack on you. It's best to use fiberglass and resin to repair those breaks on the inside & outside of the body, then sparingly use Bondo to fill any small imperfections.
Yea, it’s a car and he needs to do something that isn’t off road with it. Just like Grind Hard, he is just going to projects that aren’t that interesting. I’m half way into the video, and don’t think I will finish it. Hopefully the next project is cool and worth watching.
Yes, it would be so cool to have it as a street car and not a off-road thing. Imagine it drifting ,doing doughnuts, top speed run or even a burnout. I am really tired of all the off-road builds and they are all doing the same thing. You remember when Grand hard first made the pink Mustang. now that was the golden era but now they only make off-road stuff😢.
i've had good luck seating small tires (mostly lawnmower/atv tires) with a ratchet strap around the middle of the tread pulled tight then start to inflate the tires, and bounce the tire while trying to inflate it to shock the bead into starting to seal, once it seats remove the strap and finish inflating, did the same thing when mounting a set of 35" tires in the garage, hope what a co worker once called "the most rednecktified thing he'd ever seen" helps with stubborn tires, stay safe out there brother
@@francisdpapa good point i tend to stop about 12 to 14psi on small tires, and around 22 to 26 for larger tires after hearing the thump of the bead starting to seat
Rather than weak Bondo, I'll suggest that you grind the outside surface of those cracks and then hand lay more glass, sand and prime. Valve stems, Amazoni... $6.99 5 pcs.
Yep. Many people think that the bondo with the fiberglass in it, is the same stuff fiberglass bodies are made of but it’s totally different. The bondo is for filler, the one with fibers mixed in can fill a hole or hold it’s shape around a corner better but it’s not good for structurally repairing fiberglass/resin body panels.
Fiberall is the best . It was designed to bond 2 layers of fiberglass panels together and fill gaps . It was originally marketed for bonding replacement and patch panels to Corvets. I had a buddy who owned a body shop and raced go karts , He would repair the fiberglass go kart bodies with just Fiberall and they held up great.
Should get one of those military surplus engines that CarsAndCamera's picked up recently and put a super charger on it. Sounded awesome. It's a 4 cylinder and small form factor.
Hey Chris. ive been watching you since i was a child, back in the 2 speed belt drive bike, and this lifted car build days. i love seeing how far you have come, and what you can do, but also like to see you honor your roots by reviving your ole toys
I freaking love lifted cars, but I especially like mini lifted cars. This will be my favorite build by far. It would be super cool to custom make a wide body kit. Can't wait to watch the master at work..
man seeing this shell takes me back a bit damn. I Think that was what you started working on soon after i first subscribed. Thinking about it, this channel was the reason i mad this account to comment on or like the blue motorbike video where you put the lights on it. I do kinda miss those old riding videos you would drive in a convoy with your mates in, always thought those where the coolest thing when I was younger. Nice to see you are still going and making more professional and ambitious projects now though. I don't watch this channel too much these days and haven't done so for a while as my interests have changed over the years. But its nice to see you are still going and having a good time. Hope you are doing well and that all is good for years to come my friend!
That car looks like an 80s Monte Carlo in the front. It's probably a mix of a few different makes and models. Tire beading tips: If you have a valve stem core tool, you can get more air flow by pulling them out. Also 50psi isn't very much. Read the sidewall and find what that max pressure is, you can go above that to bead a tire, just not safe to operate above that. 80-100 psi to bead tires with stiff sidewalls is common. Only other option would be to invest in a bead blaster, they are fun lol.
Was just reading about beading psi. No clue why there's all these recommendations of 40 psi. I worked as a tire tech for a few years and it was pretty common to have to go up to 100 psi at times.
Please stretch this one if you need to make it more comfortable to sit in… and safer to ride in. This body looks cool, great new project. It kinda looks like a monza spider.
I would suggest that you use a fiberglass repair patch with cloth and resin, or kitty hair, the filler with fibers in it rather than plain Bondo to fix the cracks. I think that would be a stronger repair.
I love what you're doing man, always impressive to me. My input would be just go for a rear wheel drive kart with the wheels on the outside. Not everything has to be 4wd to be wild.
Dodge aspin/charger rt from 77-78. We built a nascar body gokart and had similar restraints. Even though ours wasn't a monster truck the front end would still work. We had are frame 14 inches wide to the front. The shock towers we made hoops that bent from the frame to the top of the bodies wheel arch. It also came to the outer wheel well from the frame. Think it was a 35 degree angle. That allowed us a place to put the shocks and the upper A arm. We tied both shock towers together. Kinda unorthodox but it worked great. And we beat the heck out of that cart. Jumping, bouncing on ruff pot holed roads. We powered ours with a 340 old snow mobile engine with electric start. From that we built a ninja powered gokart. Kinda screwed that one up as it wouldn't do anything but spin the small tires. We did have better luck with roto tiller wheels off road. 14 inch tires aggressive tractor style tire pattern.
It seems most of the comments are saying keep it more like a race car with smaller wheels and street tires. It would be something different that will test your skills in a different direction. Front engine, rear wheel drive or all wheel drive. 4 stroke, 2 or 4 cylinder engine. You can always build a 4WD monster truck later... And it is a Dodge Aspen R/T. I had one years ago with a 318 and 4 speed manual tranny. Was a blast to drive...
Put a ratchet strap around the tire's circumference and set it pretty snug. Fill with air - it'll push the beads out towards the seat so it pops up and on. If you don't have a ratchet strap, in a pinch you can tie a rope around the circumference and put a pry-bar through and twist it like you would do for a tourniquet. I've put on a few mini-bike wheels this way!
I want to say, the "Dodge Aspen R/T" is a kewl option to choose. The 'R/T' came in Black with multi-color accent stripes, or orangish-red with black accents. "Duraglas" body filler is fiberglass fiber impregnated resin that bonds better and stronger. When you cut the front wheel arches, use the pieces to fill the front of the rear wells.
I like the concept of the build. I was nervous about the snowmobile engine as well. But towards the end of the Baja bug build you started to grasp the tuning. So I say go for it.
Yeah, keep the tires sticking out. It looks awesome. Also I would cut the small rear roof portion out so you’re sitting where the rear window is and have the motor sticking out of the hood check into the drive train of Grind Hard Plumbing’s “Colonel Senders” build, they used a 4x4 quad drivetrain with the motor in the front.
You're making a monster car, muscle cars typically don't have 4wd, and not a ton of ground clearance either. Some of those small highway rated trailer tires, like the 30$ ones at surplus warehouse, would make life far easier regarding the front fabrication. it's up to you on the direction, but what I see at 22:23 in the video is a wild monster car, not a muscle car. Oh, surplus warehouse also has bearings and weld on axle stubs for those wheels, as well as a bunch of pully's and chain and sprockets. Love your channel, you do this fab all alone whereas most other channels are a team. You are a legend for that. Muscle car or monster car, either way it'll be awesome!
yeah not even based on a muscle car. it's a luxury car and he is making it a 4x4 and the hight of one...no muscle car at all about mudd tyres on a monster truck tbh
The Mini Duster, the name already sounds like a sick mini AWD dirt racer. Open diff in the front and locking in the back and ultrawide suspension arms would be awesome. At mini size, you'd have a very hard time trying to keep the wheels in the body, so instead if the wheels are to stay inside you'd have to make it road or smooth dirt only, perhaps RWD since the suspension being more inside would reduce the front space enough to make a front diff not an option. The center diff should be able to lock up so if a front starts spinning it doesn't lose power to the rear, but this could be epic. The Mini Duster, since the body is a Plymouth Duster, the last blast of the Duster specifically in the form of the Plymouth Volare which lasted 4 years before it got replaced by a range of cars significantly uglier in that awkward in-between year when aerodynamics were being introduced for gas mileage in the 1980s during the -artificial- Oil Crisis.
4:31, you should look into the body connectors they use on drag cars. I think they are called zeus fasteners. Be so much easier than bolts to remove body.
After watching Chris do some amazing machine work in the past, I'd like to see him take a crack at deleting the CVT/gears and maybe connect that 4 stroke motorcycle engine. Dunno... if possible Chris could do it :)
LOVE the Dodge Aspen or Plymouth Volare body!!! My suggestion would be to find yourself a older Open class motocross engine, like a CR/YZ/KX/RM 400-500cc. They have tons of torque, and tons of aftermarket parts available depending what brand you choose. Another transmission built in for more gearing range might be useful as well. Singles are much easier to jet and tune, so don't let the snowmobile engine hassles put you off of two strokes! The power and torque are worth the effort! EDIT: Never mind. Lol. Didn't realize you were using a belt trans. My engine suggestion was for chain drive.
Those tyres are too big, but not too big if you turn it into a radio control Arrma Kraton like design but with shorter A arms. A wider stance will give it excellent stability in corners and longer A arms means more suspension travel even from shorter shocks... And it will look EPIC!!! Motor wise 🤔 something you can fit a turbo to perhaps? 🤣 go all out brother, make everyone jealous 🤝🙂
I do think they are too big........thy best solution would be to find lower profile tires for that discs, the tires were fine without the air but after the air they stretched up at least inch......But the discs are really sweet 🔥🔥
3 things. 1 make a tub for it and make it so when you sit in it your head it roughly in the head space in the body. 2 needs head lights in the headlight places. 3 needs a grill. On number one my reasoning is that the Mini VW was too small and cramped. If you make a tub for this that adds some depth; I think it will make it more friendly for foot room. Also, allows for the body trim to look like a body trim and with the larger wheel wells it should look good, I think. 4ish inches I think would be deep enough. Maybe 6 after seeing that transmission. Also with this plan your head is in the roll cage rather than outside. So, by the end of the video, I was thinking it would look cool and kinda silly with 3 inch fender flares, about 12 inches of lift, and a set of nerf bars/side steps. Like someone took their old American muscle boat car and made a rock crawler or off-road racer out of it.
Id like to see Chris evolve to full size vehicles. Id bet if you started really working with some sponsers youd be able to build or move into a large building.
I hope the next build is a street build instead of a mini offroader. And hopefully one day you start using car engines or possibly even an electric hybrid
FYI that is a Plymouth Volare/Dodge Aspen. Just raise the body off the frame. 4" isn't that much and would work way better than raising your cg that high. Also I do think the tires are too big. Definitely 4 stroke. 2 stroke has zero torque. V-twin Predator is my vote. So torque-y and sounds awesome. Maybe see if Red Beard is up for a collab to build a hot predator v-twin?
Chris- been sending prayers your way since the storm hit and hope you and yours are safe and well. IMO a lower revving engine might be ideal for a build like this, being 4WD - I think that would make the clutch and exhaust components a bit more simple to fabricate and install, just more simplistic all the way around - cooling, gearing, etc.
It definitely looks like a Volare. and I can see your point about using something. like a Blazer, or Ram charger, or Bronco body. but this should fit your needs really good. and you already had this body on hand. and the money saved on a body. can be on the running gear. I just watched a GHPC video yesterday. and they have a golf cart with a Yamaha R1 street bike engine in it. and it pumps out 180 HP. and an additional benefit is the gearbox is part of the engine. but you would still have to use an auxiliary gearbox for reverse? however that engine is liquid cooled. Ethan did quite a bit of work on it to get the suspension and steering geometry right. so it would handle better but because he forgot a bolt in the steering linkage. the linkage came apart and he lost control of it and hit a tree. luckily he didn't get hurt. and there are other options if you can find one. like a Kawasaki KZ1000 if you want it to be air cooled. and you don't have the issues with computerized engine management. a couple options to consider.
Yes I think it looks like a Plymouth volare around 76/77 and you are awesome dude the stuff you make is badass no matter how anybody looks at it I'm pretty sure it's a Dodge or Chrysler!!
My thoughts are more towards a mini-monster truck chassis. This would allow you to lower the engine and transmission down inside the chassis. Just a thought.👍🏻
The concept is cool, but the tires are WAY to big. Something a little smaller like an 18 inch would be better. Also with it being a car body, it should be 2wd, but that is my opinion. CarsandCameras I think has a build series on the harbor freight 670cc for the power plant. You can put a cvt on the 670cc.
When tire beads won't seat like that, lay them out in the sun for a hour or 2, they are much easier to work with when warm. Heat gun can also help but be careful around the paint. It's also not uncommon to go to the 80psi+ range to seat tires. It's not particularly dangerous until that 80psi point anyways
love your builds man but try auto part stores like I know O'Reilly's has valve steams and a valve steam puller to install them and you can wrap a cargo strap around the tire and tighten the strap before putting air in it. It looks like a Montie Carlo.
Looking forward to seeing how this ends up. Really hoping that other than where you've had to change the body to fit the wheels you don't have to alter it in any other ways. Need to keep all the mechanics etc inside the body this time so it looks clean. Glad you're doing 4wld should be fun to drive. Please make sure you do something regarding safety though this time, say a removable roll frame that you can fit when you'll be doing something that you could possibly roll the car.
I vote for a predator v-twin! Not another xlt that will require a huge radiator and a goofy expansion poking out averywhere. (Even tho you nailed on the baja one👍🏼)
NO! We got him away from those things and working with real engines. Don’t ruin that. If you want predator engines, Cars and Cameras and Red Beard are more your style. Don’t ruin this channel with more of that boring stuff.
Set it up like they do with the mini monster trucks,, NOT with your HEAD STICKING OUT,,, JUST RAISE THE BODY HIGHER UP ON THE FRAME,,,so your head not sticking OUT
Just discovered you and I am loving the existing builds. Can you update your playlist so we can watch all the videos related to each build, if you can please. Thanks for the great content!!!
If your struggling to bead the tyres, boil the kettle and pour it on the tyre slowly where it won't bead, the rubber will soften and increase the pressure slightly then it will probably bead 👍
For the engine, you could use a high rev motorcycle engine but gut the transmission and use the basket to make an adapter for the cvt. It would be like you did for the last electric dirt bike but reversed. A lot of work that may pay off in the end
1979 Plymouth Volare Road Runner. The spoiler is a dead giveaway. They only produced around 400 Road Runners in 1979. All had a slant 6, 2 barrel carb.
It looks really good with the tires sitting outside of the body. I think you’ll run into more problems with trying to get the tires to sit inside the body. You’ll have to raise the frame so high it’ll make the entire ride too top heavy, and prone to tipping.
Also you have sooooo many 4wheel drive vehicles. What about doing an all wheel drive racer with knobby tires…? Something that could ride on dirt, but isn’t specifically “off road”, or a rock crawler.
Love watching you create projects out of raw materials. It gives me inspiration!
Chris, Bondo over that break will crack on you. It's best to use fiberglass and resin to repair those breaks on the inside & outside of the body, then sparingly use Bondo to fill any small imperfections.
I think a street racer mini muscle car would be way cooler.
You've built plenty of offroad rigs, why not a streeter. All wheel drive
Or rwd drifter😊
Yea, it’s a car and he needs to do something that isn’t off road with it. Just like Grind Hard, he is just going to projects that aren’t that interesting. I’m half way into the video, and don’t think I will finish it. Hopefully the next project is cool and worth watching.
wrong tires for an awd pavement drifter!
Yes, it would be so cool to have it as a street car and not a off-road thing. Imagine it drifting ,doing doughnuts, top speed run or even a burnout. I am really tired of all the off-road builds and they are all doing the same thing. You remember when Grand hard first made the pink Mustang. now that was the golden era but now they only make off-road stuff😢.
The problem with that is finding suitable places to run it.
24:32 Omg its a plymouth volare or dodge aspen!! I've owned both. Love them.
You are correct. That's what it is.
They were the last war cry of the dusters
I was thinking 2. gen Monte Carlo
Looks exactly like my old 79 Plymouth volare....
You beat me to it.... I had a 77 Dodge Aspen when I was a teenager.... We could NOT kill that thing!
i've had good luck seating small tires (mostly lawnmower/atv tires) with a ratchet strap around the middle of the tread pulled tight then start to inflate the tires, and bounce the tire while trying to inflate it to shock the bead into starting to seal, once it seats remove the strap and finish inflating, did the same thing when mounting a set of 35" tires in the garage, hope what a co worker once called "the most rednecktified thing he'd ever seen" helps with stubborn tires, stay safe out there brother
Don't forget to remove some air before removing the strap!! 🤟
@@francisdpapa good point i tend to stop about 12 to 14psi on small tires, and around 22 to 26 for larger tires after hearing the thump of the bead starting to seat
Rather than weak Bondo, I'll suggest that you grind the outside surface of those cracks and then hand lay more glass, sand and prime.
Valve stems, Amazoni... $6.99 5 pcs.
Yep. Many people think that the bondo with the fiberglass in it, is the same stuff fiberglass bodies are made of but it’s totally different. The bondo is for filler, the one with fibers mixed in can fill a hole or hold it’s shape around a corner better but it’s not good for structurally repairing fiberglass/resin body panels.
You can also do bondo with fibers on the outside and fiberglass layers on the inside.
Fiberall is the best . It was designed to bond 2 layers of fiberglass panels together and fill gaps . It was originally marketed for bonding replacement and patch panels to Corvets. I had a buddy who owned a body shop and raced go karts , He would repair the fiberglass go kart bodies with just Fiberall and they held up great.
For once, making a 2WD road car and smaller street wheels would be a good idea. It would be a shame to break the line of this pretty body.
totally agree. great vids but get some new music too!
Can put semi-slicks for roads and use paddles for sand drags along with the off-road knobby sets.
@@bryduhbikeguy like an Arma Kraton RC, yes 😉
Agree, these tires/wheels look way too big for the body also
I was thinking a rally style build would be better than being lifted. Get a truck body for the lifted 4x4 build.
Should get one of those military surplus engines that CarsAndCamera's picked up recently and put a super charger on it. Sounded awesome. It's a 4 cylinder and small form factor.
This is a great idea 💡 🏆I second this! And it would save so much space! And stilll give allot of power!
That's a great idea! They're built like a flat four. It might even fit under the fiberglass body so it doesn't have to be cut up.
This is a great idea!
Hey Chris. ive been watching you since i was a child, back in the 2 speed belt drive bike, and this lifted car build days. i love seeing how far you have come, and what you can do, but also like to see you honor your roots by reviving your ole toys
A lot of trars truck cars have the frames showing on the bottom so don’t be afraid to raise the body up and have the “frame” showing on the bottom.
I tried explaining this on the bug build. If it's done right, it looks fine...look at the modern monster trucks.
I freaking love lifted cars, but I especially like mini lifted cars. This will be my favorite build by far. It would be super cool to custom make a wide body kit. Can't wait to watch the master at work..
man seeing this shell takes me back a bit damn. I Think that was what you started working on soon after i first subscribed. Thinking about it, this channel was the reason i mad this account to comment on or like the blue motorbike video where you put the lights on it. I do kinda miss those old riding videos you would drive in a convoy with your mates in, always thought those where the coolest thing when I was younger. Nice to see you are still going and making more professional and ambitious projects now though. I don't watch this channel too much these days and haven't done so for a while as my interests have changed over the years. But its nice to see you are still going and having a good time. Hope you are doing well and that all is good for years to come my friend!
Glad you're safe, man. Love your channel.
That car looks like an 80s Monte Carlo in the front. It's probably a mix of a few different makes and models.
Tire beading tips: If you have a valve stem core tool, you can get more air flow by pulling them out. Also 50psi isn't very much. Read the sidewall and find what that max pressure is, you can go above that to bead a tire, just not safe to operate above that. 80-100 psi to bead tires with stiff sidewalls is common. Only other option would be to invest in a bead blaster, they are fun lol.
Was just reading about beading psi. No clue why there's all these recommendations of 40 psi. I worked as a tire tech for a few years and it was pretty common to have to go up to 100 psi at times.
No, last model year of the Plymouth Duster,
@@lennym1636 Cool, maybe.
@@ThePatillac I worked at a tire shop for a few years, regularly had to go up to 100psi to bead low profile tires
As much as I love a 2 stroke and its simplicity , I think the muscle car body warrants something with a deeper bark.
Please stretch this one if you need to make it more comfortable to sit in… and safer to ride in. This body looks cool, great new project. It kinda looks like a monza spider.
Sorry but that doesn't even resemble a monza...ever seen a Volare commercial. Lol
last model year of the Plymouth Duster,
@@lennym1636 but go look at a 1976 volare premiere coupe, and compare the rear quarter windows.
I would suggest that you use a fiberglass repair patch with cloth and resin, or kitty hair, the filler with fibers in it rather than plain Bondo to fix the cracks. I think that would be a stronger repair.
I love what you're doing man, always impressive to me. My input would be just go for a rear wheel drive kart with the wheels on the outside. Not everything has to be 4wd to be wild.
Dodge aspin/charger rt from 77-78.
We built a nascar body gokart and had similar restraints. Even though ours wasn't a monster truck the front end would still work. We had are frame 14 inches wide to the front. The shock towers we made hoops that bent from the frame to the top of the bodies wheel arch. It also came to the outer wheel well from the frame. Think it was a 35 degree angle. That allowed us a place to put the shocks and the upper A arm. We tied both shock towers together. Kinda unorthodox but it worked great. And we beat the heck out of that cart. Jumping, bouncing on ruff pot holed roads. We powered ours with a 340 old snow mobile engine with electric start. From that we built a ninja powered gokart. Kinda screwed that one up as it wouldn't do anything but spin the small tires. We did have better luck with roto tiller wheels off road. 14 inch tires aggressive tractor style tire pattern.
Thank you for all the hard work in making these excellent videos.
It seems most of the comments are saying keep it more like a race car with smaller wheels and street tires. It would be something different that will test your skills in a different direction. Front engine, rear wheel drive or all wheel drive. 4 stroke, 2 or 4 cylinder engine. You can always build a 4WD monster truck later...
And it is a Dodge Aspen R/T. I had one years ago with a 318 and 4 speed manual tranny. Was a blast to drive...
This is so exciting man. Your calling is building these badass mini projects. Nothing looks like it's going to be a mean high-performance cross kart!
I remember watching the video with the original kart that body was on, insane how far your videos and builds have come along!
Put a ratchet strap around the tire's circumference and set it pretty snug. Fill with air - it'll push the beads out towards the seat so it pops up and on.
If you don't have a ratchet strap, in a pinch you can tie a rope around the circumference and put a pry-bar through and twist it like you would do for a tourniquet. I've put on a few mini-bike wheels this way!
I want to say, the "Dodge Aspen R/T" is a kewl option to choose. The 'R/T' came in Black with multi-color accent stripes, or orangish-red with black accents.
"Duraglas" body filler is fiberglass fiber impregnated resin that bonds better and stronger. When you cut the front wheel arches, use the pieces to fill the front of the rear wells.
I like the concept of the build. I was nervous about the snowmobile engine as well. But towards the end of the Baja bug build you started to grasp the tuning. So I say go for it.
2:44 My imitate idea is to use that body as a mold and just make a new fiberglass body, allows for customisation too👍
Yeah, keep the tires sticking out. It looks awesome. Also I would cut the small rear roof portion out so you’re sitting where the rear window is and have the motor sticking out of the hood check into the drive train of Grind Hard Plumbing’s “Colonel Senders” build, they used a 4x4 quad drivetrain with the motor in the front.
When you took the shell off and the tube frame was exposed , it looked amazing 😮
Really need to see more of the off road shifter cart with that custom suspension
That's gonna be a very cool build and it's definitely great to see you back bud. Btw that's a '76 Dodge Aspen R/T Body
You're making a monster car, muscle cars typically don't have 4wd, and not a ton of ground clearance either. Some of those small highway rated trailer tires, like the 30$ ones at surplus warehouse, would make life far easier regarding the front fabrication. it's up to you on the direction, but what I see at 22:23 in the video is a wild monster car, not a muscle car. Oh, surplus warehouse also has bearings and weld on axle stubs for those wheels, as well as a bunch of pully's and chain and sprockets.
Love your channel, you do this fab all alone whereas most other channels are a team. You are a legend for that. Muscle car or monster car, either way it'll be awesome!
yeah not even based on a muscle car. it's a luxury car and he is making it a 4x4 and the hight of one...no muscle car at all about mudd tyres on a monster truck tbh
The Mini Duster, the name already sounds like a sick mini AWD dirt racer. Open diff in the front and locking in the back and ultrawide suspension arms would be awesome. At mini size, you'd have a very hard time trying to keep the wheels in the body, so instead if the wheels are to stay inside you'd have to make it road or smooth dirt only, perhaps RWD since the suspension being more inside would reduce the front space enough to make a front diff not an option. The center diff should be able to lock up so if a front starts spinning it doesn't lose power to the rear, but this could be epic. The Mini Duster, since the body is a Plymouth Duster, the last blast of the Duster specifically in the form of the Plymouth Volare which lasted 4 years before it got replaced by a range of cars significantly uglier in that awkward in-between year when aerodynamics were being introduced for gas mileage in the 1980s during the -artificial- Oil Crisis.
You should stretch and widen the body to make room for things to fit appropriately.
4:31, you should look into the body connectors they use on drag cars. I think they are called zeus fasteners. Be so much easier than bolts to remove body.
After watching Chris do some amazing machine work in the past, I'd like to see him take a crack at deleting the CVT/gears and maybe connect that 4 stroke motorcycle engine. Dunno... if possible Chris could do it :)
Tread pattern is sweet! This looks like an awesome project. Love it!
LOVE the Dodge Aspen or Plymouth Volare body!!!
My suggestion would be to find yourself a older Open class motocross engine, like a CR/YZ/KX/RM 400-500cc. They have tons of torque, and tons of aftermarket parts available depending what brand you choose. Another transmission built in for more gearing range might be useful as well. Singles are much easier to jet and tune, so don't let the snowmobile engine hassles put you off of two strokes! The power and torque are worth the effort! EDIT: Never mind. Lol. Didn't realize you were using a belt trans. My engine suggestion was for chain drive.
Those tyres are too big, but not too big if you turn it into a radio control Arrma Kraton like design but with shorter A arms. A wider stance will give it excellent stability in corners and longer A arms means more suspension travel even from shorter shocks... And it will look EPIC!!!
Motor wise 🤔 something you can fit a turbo to perhaps? 🤣 go all out brother, make everyone jealous 🤝🙂
I do think they are too big........thy best solution would be to find lower profile tires for that discs, the tires were fine without the air but after the air they stretched up at least inch......But the discs are really sweet 🔥🔥
3 things. 1 make a tub for it and make it so when you sit in it your head it roughly in the head space in the body. 2 needs head lights in the headlight places. 3 needs a grill. On number one my reasoning is that the Mini VW was too small and cramped. If you make a tub for this that adds some depth; I think it will make it more friendly for foot room. Also, allows for the body trim to look like a body trim and with the larger wheel wells it should look good, I think. 4ish inches I think would be deep enough. Maybe 6 after seeing that transmission. Also with this plan your head is in the roll cage rather than outside. So, by the end of the video, I was thinking it would look cool and kinda silly with 3 inch fender flares, about 12 inches of lift, and a set of nerf bars/side steps. Like someone took their old American muscle boat car and made a rock crawler or off-road racer out of it.
Id like to see Chris evolve to full size vehicles. Id bet if you started really working with some sponsers youd be able to build or move into a large building.
Love the builds bro can't wait to see this one cruzin down some tracks 👍
Rogue Fab need to sponsor this man a tubing bender
That's the perfect body. Glad you chose this over any other body.
I hope the next build is a street build instead of a mini offroader. And hopefully one day you start using car engines or possibly even an electric hybrid
*yeeaaahhh... new project, i love this segment, keep build Chris !!*
You’re the guy to come up with a long-travel cantilever suspension system that fits in there. I’d love to see that!
This is some hill climb racing type shit right here and im all for it!!🔥
Looking good can’t wait to see the next video
FYI that is a Plymouth Volare/Dodge Aspen. Just raise the body off the frame. 4" isn't that much and would work way better than raising your cg that high. Also I do think the tires are too big. Definitely 4 stroke. 2 stroke has zero torque. V-twin Predator is my vote. So torque-y and sounds awesome. Maybe see if Red Beard is up for a collab to build a hot predator v-twin?
Chris- been sending prayers your way since the storm hit and hope you and yours are safe and well.
IMO a lower revving engine might be ideal for a build like this, being 4WD - I think that would make the clutch and exhaust components a bit more simple to fabricate and install, just more simplistic all the way around - cooling, gearing, etc.
It definitely looks like a Volare. and I can see your point about using something. like a Blazer, or Ram charger, or Bronco body. but this should fit your needs really good. and you already had this body on hand. and the money saved on a body. can be on the running gear.
I just watched a GHPC video yesterday. and they have a golf cart with a Yamaha R1 street bike engine in it. and it pumps out 180 HP. and an additional benefit is the gearbox is part of the engine. but you would still have to use an auxiliary gearbox for reverse? however that engine is liquid cooled. Ethan did quite a bit of work on it to get the suspension and steering geometry right. so it would handle better but because he forgot a bolt in the steering linkage. the linkage came apart and he lost control of it and hit a tree. luckily he didn't get hurt. and there are other options if you can find one. like a Kawasaki KZ1000 if you want it to be air cooled. and you don't have the issues with computerized engine management. a couple options to consider.
Yes I think it looks like a Plymouth volare around 76/77 and you are awesome dude the stuff you make is badass no matter how anybody looks at it I'm pretty sure it's a Dodge or Chrysler!!
My vote for a Harley engine. It’s cut and would be a nice rumble
Those wheels look comically large against that body. I love it.
First glad you're safe. Second a Honda Magna v65 or vf750. A v4 kinda like a mini v8 would be awesome. And last the wheels/tires are too big IMO.
I agree, it's a Volare'. A 600 Ninja engine or equivalent would sound insane....
Fun build!
Mini car bodies definitely make buggies cooler. Keep it up
Chris I’ve been watching you for years. I can’t believe you left that kinked tubing in one of your builds. Your work has always been amazing.
Everybody gets kinky sometimes besides it's not structural send it!
you have a great amout of trust for your wobbly workbench lmao
My thoughts are more towards a mini-monster truck chassis. This would allow you to lower the engine and transmission down inside the chassis. Just a thought.👍🏻
The concept is cool, but the tires are WAY to big. Something a little smaller like an 18 inch would be better. Also with it being a car body, it should be 2wd, but that is my opinion. CarsandCameras I think has a build series on the harbor freight 670cc for the power plant. You can put a cvt on the 670cc.
This should be like a NASCAR build. Put it on the oval track and build it for that purpose. It would be amazing
When tire beads won't seat like that, lay them out in the sun for a hour or 2, they are much easier to work with when warm. Heat gun can also help but be careful around the paint. It's also not uncommon to go to the 80psi+ range to seat tires. It's not particularly dangerous until that 80psi point anyways
love your builds man but try auto part stores like I know O'Reilly's has valve steams and a valve steam puller to install them and you can wrap a cargo strap around the tire and tighten the strap before putting air in it. It looks like a Montie Carlo.
Looking forward to seeing how this ends up. Really hoping that other than where you've had to change the body to fit the wheels you don't have to alter it in any other ways. Need to keep all the mechanics etc inside the body this time so it looks clean. Glad you're doing 4wld should be fun to drive. Please make sure you do something regarding safety though this time, say a removable roll frame that you can fit when you'll be doing something that you could possibly roll the car.
I know I’m not the only one thinking “thank god it’s not electric “
YOOOOOO!!!!
CHRIS THIS IS GONNA BE SICK!!!!
YOU GOTTA ADD A BLOWER OR SOMETHING MAKE IT A MINI DRAG CAR!!!!
patiently waiting for you to make an f1 inspired vehicle love your stuff !!!
I vote for a predator v-twin! Not another xlt that will require a huge radiator and a goofy expansion poking out averywhere. (Even tho you nailed on the baja one👍🏼)
NO! We got him away from those things and working with real engines. Don’t ruin that. If you want predator engines, Cars and Cameras and Red Beard are more your style. Don’t ruin this channel with more of that boring stuff.
some type of sv650 v-twin or even ls650 style would be cool and sound good on a glasspack muffler
He’s back!
Love it so much keep it up as always 💘
I'm so hyped 🚀🚀🚀🚀
At least your rims are always happy to see you
Them tires look out of place with that shell.
Wonderful videos fellow human
So glad you’re safe
Thanks for filming Chris. 😁👍🏼😁👍🏼
Good to c u back bro
This is gonna be a 🔥 build
Set it up like they do with the mini monster trucks,, NOT with your HEAD STICKING OUT,,, JUST RAISE THE BODY HIGHER UP ON THE FRAME,,,so your head not sticking OUT
Was thinking exactly the same! Would look awesome, have good suspension travel, and be WAY SAFER! Would still have a good centre of gravity as well.
You have to have the motor and air intake sticking out of the hood. Looking forward to this series.
Just discovered you and I am loving the existing builds. Can you update your playlist so we can watch all the videos related to each build, if you can please. Thanks for the great content!!!
If your struggling to bead the tyres, boil the kettle and pour it on the tyre slowly where it won't bead, the rubber will soften and increase the pressure slightly then it will probably bead 👍
The fiberglass body filler is great for repairs, would suggest laying a new layer internally with maybe some rods to reinforce areas..
This will be another amazing project!
Yes, I agree with them. Put regular street tires on it and make it a street rod.
Them valve stem will not be fine 😂😂😂😂 great video thanks 😊
It looks alot like my 77 Plymouth volare wagon i love that car.
I'd love to see you make one out of one of the truck bodies think I'd be pretty cool, definitely love the mini cars
IMO it would be cool to have the engine sticking out the hood, with a big scoop. But I guess the drivetrain layout won't allow that.
For the engine, you could use a high rev motorcycle engine but gut the transmission and use the basket to make an adapter for the cvt. It would be like you did for the last electric dirt bike but reversed. A lot of work that may pay off in the end
Decapitator 2! It does look pretty sweet.
It ain’t Sunday unless I hear them trumpets my guy!!!!!
Brilliant, cant wait to see it finished. Do a masive power plant xD
What about TWO preditor engines? One in the front one in the rear and lose the driveshaft? Love your videos, please keep up the amazing work.
1979 Plymouth Volare Road Runner. The spoiler is a dead giveaway. They only produced around 400 Road Runners in 1979. All had a slant 6, 2 barrel carb.
Watching from Tuguegarao City, Philippines ❤❤❤
Magadong umaga lol I know I spelt it wrong but good morning. Lola is teaching me some Tagalog or Ilocanos
I remember the OG lifted kart from 8 years ago that tells you when I started watching the channel
Chris you never cease to amaze me with your build. You are one heck of a fabricator.
Id love to see it built as a power wagon built for the strip ✌️