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This is going to be a hard build thread to complete because I want to reveal as little as possible until the end. I will say it's based on a Turbo Optima and will be loaded with custom fabricated parts.

I have a lot of 3D modeling work to do before any machining begins .

Copycat! J/K. May the best Optima win! Looking forward to what you come up with!

Oh, this sounds nice. We should take a pic of all our Turbo Optimas together.

Ooh La La! I can't wait! I love Optima's.

Me with possibly my first ever trophy back in 88 (damn I loved that car)-

I love Optimas (Javelins) too; this will be my 3rd complete one, although I have enough parts to build a few more. Don't tell scr8p, but I might like them just a tad more than RC10s . A Turbo Optima was my first "racing quality" RC car in 1987. I didn't get an RC10 until 1988.

Another couple of bits on this project: it will remain chain drive, but the entire aluminum chassis is going away.

This is gonna be GOOD. Do I see a LOT of CF in your future....?

losiXXXman wrote:This is gonna be GOOD. Do I see a LOT of CF in your future....?

Possibly, although due to budgetary considerations, there's more likely to be a LOT of fiberglass in my future .

I concede! This will be way cool.

On second thought maybe I will wait till you're finished.

Concession revoked!

8rad wrote:I concede! This will be way cool.

On second thought maybe I will wait till you're finished.

Concession revoked!

Yeah, you should wait. The pictures in my head don't always translate well into reality .