- Hopped-up John Player Special Ultima -

[DennisM]

I worked a bit on the car recently and I'm slightly pissed off with teh way things are (not) fitting: the Yokomo adapters do not match with the stock front bearings and I have no clue about what should fit there, I guess flanged bearings but the OD of teh stock bearings is too large. Similar problem on the rear: the Yokie adaptors do not slide freely on the rear Thorp telescoping kit axles. On top, the Trinity underdrive gears also show some fitting issue with the counter gear being not tall enough and requiring an extra shim or spacer on the counter gear axle. Last but not least, I cannot use the nice Robinson Racing diff with the Thorp telescoping shafts as the outdrives cannot be adapted. Really not as smooth as working on an RC10...

No worries, just send those horrible telescopic shafts to me

Is the Yokomo adoptors ment for Imperial or metric?

[RichieRich]

If it doesn't fit, make it fit! Kinda like, if you can't sing well, sing LOUD!

[Asso_man!]

If it doesn't fit, make it fit! Kinda like, if you can't sing well, sing LOUD!

That's exactly what I did! So after a little massaging and dremeling here and there:

- front shock tower has been cut
- rear a-arms have been slightly filed to clear the telescoping driveshafts
- diff was totally rebuilt as it was stuck with 20 year old dried out grease
- Trinity gears were also fitted with a few added shims
- Yokomo wheel adapters were, well..., adapted lol

here is the provisional result and note that everything is still at mock-up stage. I need to find back the nice motor guard I have and the front bumper. Shocks will be replaced with nicer ones too. In the meantime I also received the JPS decal sheet wooooooooot, stay tuned!

[RichieRich]

Looks fantastic!!! Are you going to add a motor guard? Nice job making all the parts work together too.

[j0pp3]

Superb! Everything together fits perfect

[DennisM]

Yup, it ended up being a badboy
Looking forward to seing it painted.

[kink]

Stunning! I would not put a body on there as you will hide that cool chassis and cage.

I feel your pain with after market parts not fitting correctly. That is one reason I reverted to original wheels, bearings and shafts to get it perfect.

[rangerg]

Nice looking car! What does telescoping mean when it comes to a diff? I have seen one like that on the Ultima Outlaw truck. Is it thick for better support and strength?

[keithrc]

Nice work on the Ultima, here's a bit of inspiration.

http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.asp?cid=87930&id=26895


Keith

[DennisM]

Stunning! I would not put a body on there as you will hide that cool chassis and cage.

I feel your pain with after market parts not fitting correctly. That is one reason I reverted to original wheels, bearings and shafts to get it perfect.

The only thing the mkI body will cover is the topdeck, the cage sits on the body

[Asso_man!]

Finally sourced a motor mount and a front bumper at an affordable price, it's amazing the prices asked by some evilBay sellers for these two items.
The body was trimmed as well in the meantime, but made some mistake and trimmed it too much on the sides. I'll probably order another body.
Next step is to fit the electronics and I have saved a nice Futaba bundle for this one, namely a MC116 ESC and a period correct receiver.
More progress in a year or so

[GoMachV]

Very nice
gotta spead the Kyosho love a little

[RC10Eh]

Pm sent

[DennisM]

Certainly good looking!

If You can pry that JPS body out of RC10Eh´s hands, I´d say the overall impression would be 10 out of 10

[integra22t]

thats one nice looking body it would be a nice add to the build .. kind of the ideal i was going for