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The 80's version of the Chevy Nova is actually a rebadged Toyota Corolla. If I'm not mistaken Chevy didn't offer a different engine than Toyota for this vehicle and if that's the case than it would be a 74hp 1.6 liter four cylinder.

Jason

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you still havent answered all my questions! can you back up at all? if not, if you take a too wide turn you're stuck? like some of the gas rc cars. and your brakes aren't proportional? only on or off?

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taking a guess here but...

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We cannot manipulate the shifter at this time, but we may continue to work on the car in the coming weeks. You can still manually put it in reverse so it is easy to get it out of a tight corner (of which there are none of in a 10 acre field). The brakes were intended to be proportional but we had to be finished by today and we couldn't figure out how to use potentiometers effectively so we just did an on/off braking systsm, which works just fine.

The picture the greg posted is accurate, but ours is not even THAT nice. Ours is terrible. I found a few hosts, so I'll be posting links soon!!

ARP

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sounds well AWESOME!!!!

really cool project to have been working on and it worked so that must have been well super cool-- great job!

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another question... how much did it cost you guys to do this project?... i know the car was $300 ... anything else that you bought and added...

i am basically asking for the estimated cost of this project...

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Yeah, that's a tough question, actually... you see, we had a lot of nice people donate a lot of things. We did not have to pay for the use of a garage or any of the tools we used. We did not have to pay for the use of they hydraulic lift (which came in handy both in the construction of the car and in its testing). We did not have to pay for any of the lumber (which we used to mount things). We did not have to pay for the robotics equipment (RC and OI are usually like $1000 or more together -- radios are 150 each). We did not have to buy the van door motor or the power window motor.

Basically, all we had to buy was the car (~$300), a powerful (114oz/in torque) servo (~$50), and a few PWM extention cables (~$35-40). I guess we also had to buy screws, L-Brackets, and the such, but they were only maybe 15 or 20 dollars for the lot of them. So, to answer your question, I would estimate OUR cost of the project to be about $400. This cost was split 3 ways between my partners and me, which was helpful.

ARP

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Wow sweet!

Maybe I'll be a clepto and steal it ;) jk

You should post the stuff one Recycled FIRST


Awesome work guys,

-Pat

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Wouldnt be hard Pat, Just change their channel and drive it away!
:p ...have y'all thought about antitheft?

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well, not really... but it technically still is a motor vehicle, so anyone that's going to steal it better be ready to deal with the cops, who'll see it as grand theft auto.

But yeah, I don't think it'll be a problem, anyhow.

ARP

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How would one steal it if it isn't even street legal?

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More to the point...So what would they do? Tow it? Push it? And what would they do with it?

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They're using the InnovationFIRST control system.

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bring a few vise grips, get some piano wire, wire cutters, and you're set. :D

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Y'all said that it wasn't street-legal...is there a state law that says you MUST have a steering wheel and pedals? If not, you could always tether it up and run the turn signals and all the old-fashioned way. (Or hook up some servos or spikes to do it for you.)