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1300GT wrote: ↑Sat Aug 31, 2024 7:33 pm Are you going to reverse the motor rotation or flip it to the other side of the gearbox?

Reverse it to other side since I am eliminating the center gear...excellent question!....paying attention!!

Talked to Thumbs and the One all day about the build...got the motor ordered and paint scheme decided on.
.gonna be epic!...I guarantee everyone will dig it

Nice build!! You can still buy brand new 2500mah Panasonic SCR cells (Super SCR's), plus there's a good seller providing all the re-wraps (customized if you like) to match'em to OG red Sanyo cells. Actually, all in...about the same cost as bitd for a race pack. Braid...not bars=Nice! 20240308_15333...

MCI has Sanyo battery labels and they look excellent...plus they have 20% off this weekend...u will need yellow or red shrink depending on which label u pick..then go clear over that...it's a 3 step process but looks excellent...pic about 4 post above this are the MCI labels

MCI has Sanyo battery labels and they look excellent...plus they have 20% off this weekend...u will need yellow or red shrink depending on which label u pick..the go clear over that...it's a 3 step process but looks excellent...pic about 4 post above this are the MCI labels Love MCI, great selectio...

I bought a Pro for mine several years ago..installed it, ran it at a race...but it always bugged me that I took the original out...so I restored it (didn't need much, basically a new clear undertray) and put the original back in...and the Pro tranny is sitting in a box somewhere...like u said...the ...

Diamond One putting on the final touches with clear

morrisey0 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2024 9:14 pm

coxbros1 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2024 5:39 pm Salute in background!

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It's an Optima Turbo.

I was drunk when i saw it!

R6cowboy wrote: ↑Thu Sep 12, 2024 8:24 pm

coxbros1 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2024 9:28 pm I was drunk when i saw it!

And at 4:39 in the afternoon My kind of afternoon.

I generally start at 2pm everyday, some times sooner

I was drunk when i saw it! And at 4:39 in the afternoon :mrgreen: My kind of afternoon. I generally start at 2pm everyday, some times sooner I am a 3pm'r myself. I remember back in my 20s when it was noon! And I remember looking at the clock at like 11:30, and being like "WTF CLOCK?!?!?" ...

Got 3 projects headed to Dadio...all chain drive...The Frog, Mid 4:10 (converted from belts to chains), and a chain drive Bolink Funny with a .21 on-road race engine..wait till u see these babies and Dadio's work...gonna be epic!

Converting this old Bolink electric funny car to a .21 Chain Drive unit...it is an old Max Power (Novarossi) 3.5cc on-road race engine I had laying around...gonna run it on 50% nitro...Chain Drive will be designed by Dadio Designs 🇬🇧....it will use a Kyosho Optima chain....clutch is from a vintage L...

Does hiding away playing R/C Pro Am while your wife cleans count as doing something r/c?? Wait, you get to sit on your ass while the wife cleans? How do you get that to fly??? Or do you reap the consequences afterwards as I would :lol: He doesn't get any tude believe it or not, but the house isn't ...

1911Colt wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2024 8:28 am So glad this thread was brought up again. Epic build! I couldn't help but read it from start to finish.

Thanks, just drove it a couple weeks ago when Thumbs came down...it still really rips!