My special Optima Mid
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Re: My special Optima Mid
I put the right screws on the wing mount
The buggy will be fully equipped with some optional parts that i already had.
Front universal shafts
Steel center gear (OT85) and rear ball diff
The buggy will be fully equipped with some optional parts that i already had.
Front universal shafts
Steel center gear (OT85) and rear ball diff
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Re: My special Optima Mid
The aluminium chassis was not to my taste , luckily i found something unique to replace it
2nd strip down I took the opportunity to swap the ball diffs with gear diffs and install a new front bumper
2nd strip down I took the opportunity to swap the ball diffs with gear diffs and install a new front bumper
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Re: My special Optima Mid
Trinity Pure Gold 18x2
Completed !
As you can guess it's too clean to race , now the runner project turned into a winner contest (botm July 2020).
All comments or questions are welcome !
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Re: My special Optima Mid
Beautiful build, blast! I really like your color choices for the paint, quite original! I see you mounted your LiteSink the same way I did with one of my builds, mounting it inboard instead of outboard. I think it's meant to be mounted outboard so the heatsink is outside the body where it will get some airflow. It's definitely cleaner mounted inboard, but you might have to consider that cooling ability will be reduced with almost no airflow passing over the heatsink when it's mounted inboard. I addressed that issue by cutting a hole in the front window and an exit hole at the back...at least if you'll be running it.
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Re: My special Optima Mid
Wow, what an awesome build!
Thank you for posting it here.
It's great to see how this car came together.
Thank you for posting it here.
It's great to see how this car came together.
Doug
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