Ultima Buildup

[mikedealer]

la232-01 65.5mm universal swing shafts need two of these (i think, or you need 2 bones at least)
la243 rear middle suspension arms need two of these
um520 carbon composite short rear shock tower
w5183-02 54mm shock shafts for the rear need two of these
w5196-01v rear velevt coated shock body need two of these

[Mr. ED]

long thread, going to have to do some reading, though I don't own an rb5 it could be interesting to pick up the heory and aplly elsewhere
Anyway, thanks, i didn't know about that forum, immediately registered
Maybe they discontinued that kit because a new rb5 is just out again with changes in the suspension geometry...

[mikedealer]

the new kit that is incorporating the changes isnt out yet, it will be the worlds edition. no release date yet supposedly.

[Mr. ED]

There's ome pictures in the japanese magazine I bought today and i read something about in rcca too. Shouldn't be too long.

[mikedealer]

ya the new car is basically the "mid arm conversion", the velvet shocks, gold shock shafts, and the gold "hardened steel" turnbuckles, which no one uses anyway, they all go titanium. ive been more steel turnbuckles over the years than i can remember.

i gotta say i love building this car and the geometry of everything and how well it all fits. there really arent ANY hopups out there, which i almost like, kyosho makes all the "hopup" parts really, and lunsford makes a turnbuckle set, and a few companies make bodies.. its almost a nice thing not to have to buy crazy hopups and mods..

i havent been happier with a car in a long time, i have run a friends one night, and it handles beautifully, cant wait to get mine done.

i cut my race b4 up after i broke the chassis and made the javelin hybrid cage for it, ill stick to running it for fun etc.. im done racing associated for a while. i havent heard a single thing about a rc10b5 yet, i dont even know if its in the works.

[Mr. ED]

The pictures show new rear wheels also. Maybe they have a different offset to keep things within legal width.
Atomic carbon did a new shocktower geometry for the rear. I think i read about that at oople

[mikedealer]

had new shock towers and upper decks made up in 3.5mm graphite, came out beautifully.

waiting on new shock springs and time to reassemble and practice

[bdrmbully]

nicely done.did you have someone make them for you? the radio plate design looks good as well.
what did they cost you to make? i remember someone on ebay was looking to get around 50$ for the towers.

[mikedealer]

dynotech made them up for me, chad's work is top notch and perfect and flawless, takes pride and it shows.
towers were a little more than that but at least i can get replacements anytime i need, that other guy that sells the towers never sells them anymore

the top plate was based off a JG fiberlgass tower

[Mr. ED]

tops!
did he put some partnrs on these so we can order them easily?

for the top plate: when I mounted my JG fiberglass plate to the turbo ultima chassis I had troubles getting the rear screws into the bulkhead. Didn't mind that as it fitted with some effort, but later I found the chassis had bent up just in front of the rear bulkhead because of this. It kind of changed the camber to almost neutral on the rear arms
How is the fit on yours?

[mikedealer]

perfectly actually, no problems. pics later on

[Mr. ED]

can you just mount it to the side rails of the chassis and make pics of how the holes align over the sterring posts , fornt bulkhead and rear bulkhead?

Funny thing is: I also have a carbon chassis of JG: which is swb like the turbo ultima, and again the holes inthe bulkheads don't match the holes in the JG top plate.

[mikedealer]

im assembling and disassembling tonight, will take those pics though. ill talk to chad about getting some part numbers and prices or a secret "code word" lol to get these parts made up.

waiting for my kyoshoamerica order to come in tonight for my yellow/orange springs and hopefully ill be up and running again with this car on the weekend to test it out

[mikedealer]

Well built it up and tested it today, runs absolutely perfect.. suspensions is perfect, spent about two hours swapping oils and pistons and springs to get the right consistency i was looking for..

The A&L Tranny runs great also. having a problem figuring out gearing for the 17.5 motor, but working on it... right now im running a 90tooth spur and 25 pinion... anyone had suggestions let me know... might go down to a 87tooth spur..

Parts i Used so far are:
HPI 5 Star wheels (fronts are Cut)
Jconcepts Tires
3Racing LazerZX5 Shocks (lime 75 kyosho springs rear, and yellow 60 kyosho front springs)
Kyosho RB5 Front Spindles, Axles, Carriers.
Tower ST-15 Front Shock Tower
Tecnacraft Turnbuckles all around
RB5 Balls & Hard Gun Metal Ball Cups
Custom Front Hinge Pin Support
Custom Titanium Turnbuckles all around.
Andy's Front A-Arms
Dynotech Custom Front Shock Tower
Dynotech Custom Rear Shock Tower
Dynotech Custom Top Plate
Tower ST-15 Front Bumper
3Racing LazerZX5 Aluminum Steering and Custom Graphite Steering Rack
Futaba S9551 Narrow Servo
LRP Sphere ESC
Novak 17.5 Brushless
Orion Battery LIPO
Spektrum Reciever
Original um18 body and original um16 roll cage cut around shock tower.
LazerZX5 Wing Mounts
Original Ultima Rear Arms
RB5 Dogbones & Clamp Axles from RB5
Losi Rear Wing
A&L Ultima Tranny & Heatsink Motor Plate
Kimbrough Spur & pinion
Integy Motor Heatsink
Tower ST-15 Rear Hub Carriers
Robinsion Adjustable Rear Toe-In Peice (tower st-15 works too)
Associated Rear Motor Plate Custom Bent to Protect Tranny and Motor

[Mr. ED]

Do you ever take the pack out?
(how thick is the upper deck acutally?)
I must say I'm impressed with your continuing dedication to this project, and the result is real impressive.
Hope you're having fun at the track.
Looking forward to see action pics some time too
subtle hint