Optima for Vonats 2015

[keithrc]

Looks good mate, what colour are you thinking of for the body?


Keith

[RichieRich]

I used a ProTech I for my restored Turbo Optima. It came out pretty nice.

[notarex]

Notarex "Team colors" are corsa grey and white. This one is going to be a baja bug . The fast one will probably get a regular optima shell.

[notarex]

Progress on the fast one:


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Some parts came in and I made a 1/2" taller shock tower.



To fit the big bore velvets. It had to be done



The belt drive and thorp FP make it real smooth. Once I run this and get a feel for the front tower, I'll cut the front+back and top plate out of carbon fiber.

[Winger]

A vintage race would be so much fun! An optima and a grasshopper... Grasshopper

[notarex]

I plan on handily defeating any Grasshoppers that come my way , but also being handily defeated by any xx4s and lazers in the other class. It's all for fun

[Coelacanth]

How thick is the aluminum Pargu used for the shock towers, compared to the structurally weak OEM towers? I suppose you polished that front tower, I don't think Pargu would do that, does he?

[notarex]

Pargu supplied the front brace only. The shock tower is of my own design and fabrication. Kyosho uses .080 alum for the stamped parts approx 2mm. I used .090 5052 alloy as it's what I had. It's really only a placeholder until the design is proven and I can run some CF parts. I know polishing is played out, but it did give new life to some otherwise dingy parts. Plus I like shiny stuff


Edit: Maybe I should clarify, the chassis parts are not the polished kit from pargu, they were the dingiest of the 4 sets I had, so I sanded them out and polished them on wheels.

[Winger]

...It's all for fun

Absolutely.

Caution though for Grasshoppers with the 1985 World Championship Trinity Monster Horsepower! These things spit rocks and donuts like none other. I chuckle every time I say Grasshopper, more so in this context.

[kaiser]

oh my, thats very nice.

[notarex]

Thanks Kaiser, it means a lot- I hope to see you there in September. I've got it mocked up now with a prototype top plate, it seems to fit great so I will run the final pieces out of CF next week. The parma e-clip balls are sweet, I worked in some stainless hardware and tower ball ends, turnbuckles are forthcoming. I have enough parts to build 1-1/2 more optimas, so I may build one more to sell and fund some of this madness. Another member of the family should be arriving this weekend, I didn't ignore all of Coelacanth's original advice - we'll see how it measures up.



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[Winger]

That is a proper shelf-queen. Very nice work! Can't wait to watch some videos on youtube of the races.

[notarex]

Yes, todays the day everybody gets carbon fiber



Top plate for Goldie, and top plate/shock towers for the fast one. I put the pargu brace on instead of the Hot Trick, and added some cheap turnbuckles. Traxxas turnbuckles for $3, enough to do the steering for both cars and $7 Tamiya F201 turnbuckles for the camber links. This ones kinda turning into a shelfer now that I have the Mid, I don't know if I want to drive it in anger . Mid's getting the CF treatment too, I'll post pics once I have it in one piece.



I scored a vintage Academy body with undertray for 5 bucks at the LHS, looks like it will fit the Mid quite nicely- anybody recognize what it's for? It had about 20 years of dust on it so you know it's good lol

[RichieRich]

That's an Academy SB body.

[Returning_Jim]

This thing looks really awesome.