Thecarlover's mods & WIPs

If I squint, I see a Bugatti EB110 in the making… :smiley: Thanks again!

I’d also like to try out the car with the newly-enlarged engine bay. I couldn’t recreate the Murcielago LP640 with the actual displacement (88mm bore x 89mm stroke) and all-wheel drive before… :stuck_out_tongue: but it works now! :mrgreen:

[quote=“Slim Jim”]If I squint, I see a Bugatti EB110 in the making… :smiley: Thanks again!

I’d also like to try out the car with the newly-enlarged engine bay. I couldn’t recreate the Murcielago LP640 with the actual displacement (88mm bore x 89mm stroke) and all-wheel drive before… :stuck_out_tongue: but it works now! :mrgreen:[/quote]
Nothing close to the EB110, though I had thought of making one at some point. Since this will be the 1990s mid-engine supercar, I won’t make an EB110 for the foreseeable future. Maybe at some point in time, but cars that fill holes in the current selection are my priority.

It’s close enough for me! :stuck_out_tongue: But I’m with you on that one - I’d much prefer to see a wider variety of (as yet unfilled designs for) cars/trucks.

I was able to make a 3000+ HP AWD Hypercar out of the Not-Murcielago body.
Of course it won’t break any top speed records due to the drag, but it is insanely fast. (Top speed is 318 IIRC)




I’m looking at the Pontiac Trans Sport/Chevrolet Lumina for my next project. Hardly a “desirable” vehicle, but we could use a streamlined 80s/90s minivan. :laughing:

@nerd: clearly a lot more power is available from a turbocharged V8 than NA V12. If you want to reduce the drag, add some lips/wings to the car and adjust their aerodynamics. Nice to see this body being used for what it was intended :slight_smile:

I’m going to be whacking a turbo V12 in there, you can bet on it! Ludicrous power awaits!

I’m looking at the Pontiac Trans Sport/Chevrolet Lumina for my next project. Hardly a “desirable” vehicle, but we could use a streamlined 80s/90s minivan. :laughing:

@nerd: clearly a lot more power is available from a turbocharged V8 than NA V12. If you want to reduce the drag, add some lips/wings to the car and adjust their aerodynamics. Nice to see this body being used for what it was intended :slight_smile:[/quote]

It’s that the body has a higher drag coefficient than the Not-Mclaren body, thus lowering top speed.

Fun fact: those minivans were assembled just outside my hometown!

edit: as long as there’s enough room for a transverse 97mm bore V6 (ie. GM 3800) in your future minivan, I’ll be happy. :stuck_out_tongue:

Well, I wouldn’t mind a minivan, honestly. Something basic 90’s minivan mixup?

Also wouldn’t mind seeing a 2010’s sedan at some point. Alternatively, a big 1940’s or 1950’s era luxury car, like a Mercedes or a Rolls Royce. But definitely, we need more than just the one minivan.

I don’t know anything about 3D modeling, but how difficult would it be to, say, split a sedan in between the front and rear doors and make a limousine out of it? Figured I’d ask you as you seem to have figured out an efficient way to take an idea and make it something in game rather quickly.

Either way, I look forward to seeing a new minivan at some point.

[quote=“Madrias”]Well, I wouldn’t mind a minivan, honestly. Something basic 90’s minivan mixup?

Also wouldn’t mind seeing a 2010’s sedan at some point. Alternatively, a big 1940’s or 1950’s era luxury car, like a Mercedes or a Rolls Royce. But definitely, we need more than just the one minivan.

I don’t know anything about 3D modeling, but how difficult would it be to, say, split a sedan in between the front and rear doors and make a limousine out of it? Figured I’d ask you as you seem to have figured out an efficient way to take an idea and make it something in game rather quickly.

Either way, I look forward to seeing a new minivan at some point.[/quote]

I have an idea of a huge mid-late 1940s GT car, the kind that could swallow a V16 engine. As for making a limo, that could be pretty easy, actually. Would just need to separate the car between the doors, clone a bit of each door up to the cut area, move the edges to line up with the separated parts of the body and just weld the roof and skirts together. It would be harder for a car with a sloping shoulder line, as that middle area would be a flat part to the slope unless each door got modified to compensate, but something flat like my Continental would be easy.

Welcome to 1988!


I seem to have everything done, so I’ll double check a couple of things, make the thumbnails, and upload it!

I should also mention that unlike the Murciélago, there is no rear engine option on this one. The modifications to the back bumper made it so that the frame has to be very short at the back, so there won’t be room for anything except maybe a small V8 or decent sized V6, so that option was cut.

Hhhhhhhhhhhh all my want :astonished:

How much harder would it be to do a Countach body?

[quote=“strop”]Hhhhhhhhhhhh all my want :astonished:

How much harder would it be to do a Countach body?[/quote]
I’d have to do that from scratch, so it would take much more than the few hours it took me to do this one. I have thoughts on making a Countach (or something based on late 60s/early 70s wedge-shaped concepts), but it won’t be my next project. I have my eyes on the Pontiac Trans Sport next. :laughing:

This thing has less drag and more lift than the Murciélago, but also has a slightly smaller engine bay, so no 11.4L V12s. Should be able to take a roughly 10.6L V12.

+1 for the dustbuster :stuck_out_tongue:

The Diablo-ish body is now available! First post updated, and here’s the standalone file:
thecarlover90SupercarLarge.zip (585.7 KB)

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Take ALL of my YES.

Hey thecarlover, I thought Toyota Previa/Estima maybe good as well, as it has longer wheelbase (2865 mm/112.8 in compared to 109.8 in), but it was shorter (4750 mm/187 in compared to 4933 mm/194.2 in)* and narrower (1800 mm/70.8 in compared to 1877 mm/73.9 in)**. It also produces two versions: wide-body and narrow-body (4700 m/185 in or less long and 1700 mm/66.8 in or less width) for Japanese Domestic Market, so I also suggest this body as an alternative to the GM U-Minivans as well, as it has two versions.

*Overall Length.
**Width without Mirrors.

[quote=“ohm1996”]Hey thecarlover, I thought Toyota Previa/Estima maybe good as well, as it has longer wheelbase (2865 mm/112.8 in compared to 109.8 in), but it was shorter (4750 mm/187 in compared to 4933 mm/194.2 in)* and narrower (1800 mm/70.8 in compared to 1877 mm/73.9 in)**. It also produces two versions: wide-body and narrow-body (4700 m/185 in or less long and 1700 mm/66.8 in or less width) for Japanese Domestic Market, so I also suggest this body as an alternative to the GM U-Minivans as well, as it has two versions.

*Overall Length.
**Width without Mirrors.[/quote]
Different wheelbases means having to make different models, as each variant has to keep a constant wheelbase while other features can be modified. As for the different sized ones, it would be the same as the wheelbase issue. It’s possible to have the body being wider for different variants, but that would cause issues with engine bay space varying as well as fixture placement when switching between variants and so should be avoided to prevent issues. Different length is easily solvable with morphing (though on a constant wheelbase). More and more bodies are becoming available, through myself, other modders, and the devs, so I’m sure the minivan market will have more possibilities soon enough. I’m mainly hoping to just have a late 80s/early 90s streamlined minivan, and the Trans Sport/Lumina’s sleek futuristic styling caught my eye :laughing: It’s also a bit more generic, and could pass for a European MPV as well as the American minivan it is.

Not to be a pest, but could you put the covers over the truck beds as an update to the truck? I’ve been enjoying the truck so far, I just wish I could put a spoiler on the back to see if I can make a really fast truck.

I thank you for the amount of time and effort you’ve put into the vehicles you’ve made, and I look forward to future ones as well.

[quote=“Madrias”]Not to be a pest, but could you put the covers over the truck beds as an update to the truck? I’ve been enjoying the truck so far, I just wish I could put a spoiler on the back to see if I can make a really fast truck.

I thank you for the amount of time and effort you’ve put into the vehicles you’ve made, and I look forward to future ones as well.[/quote]

If you go about this, please look into making the truck with a bed cover have a MR drive train too. The truck is fantastic as is and it has proven very popular with my farm truck challenge.