My Turbo Optima ready for the vintage festival in Australia.

[Mad Racer]

This has been a slow project to get finished. The Turbo Optima was my first proper race car that i raced with very little success .Was out classed in every way against a full field of Mini Mustangs. To be honest the buggy was heavy and no where near as efficient as the single belt drive 2 speed PB's racing in mod for 6min on 1200 mah cells. BUT was my first race buggy and had some good times with it still.

This one started life as a well used Optima pro. I fully rebuilt it with a belt drive conversion, Hard final pinion (Turbo under guard and Option House Shocks that i got in a trade with Coelacanth, Thanks) New rear sway bar set. Front not fitted. New Marwan Turbo body and decals. Motor guard. Quantum speedie, Ready 19t Mod motor. 2.2 wheels and race rubber.Alloy Front Bulk head brace. It so quite to run till full throttle than has a slight whine. Sounds great. Pretty quick too. Mmmm Li Po's.

For the vintage festival we are running a class for Pipe frame buggies like the Bull Dog, Zerda, Javelin and etc. So if this class is going ahead i will be swapping out my turbo body for my Javelin frame if not will give this a run some time over the 2 day festival. I won't be racing it as i have 6 other classes im running.

[besty22]

Nice job Mark. That paint job looks awesome.
Looking forward to seeing you there. I will be running my bulldog in pipe frame.
I think my Javelin will be for display only. lol

[Mad Racer]

It would be great to catch up Besty22.

Im thinking off dropping a couple classes as i will be to busy to enjoy it.

See you soon.

That Javelin looks great that you got.

Mark

[RC10Eh]

You guys rock , I certainly hope that you post some of those awesome down under vintage pictures . Good luck guys and have a blast , and please , as many pictures as you can , we love em ! Nice to see that Kyosho will be represented in fine form !

[GJW]

she is all dialed and sorted hey mark! bet it will be a real contender too. are you putting a NEW javelin cage on it?
chris get some pics of your's up dude i want to see how good it is bit of a score dude

[Mad Racer]

Thanks guys,

Gary it's almost fully sorted out. Still playing with springs, Particular fronts.

Javelin roll cage is the one on my shelfer is lightly used. But will use it at the Vintage Festival.

[Hcp22]

I got a sudden urge to travel to the opposite side of the globe with my Optima Mid …

[Coelacanth]

That car looks great, Mark! Glad to help out with the shocks & skid-plate. I also dig your personalized "Mad Racer" decal on the rear. Nice touch!

Now I just need another belt drive conversion for a T. Optima off-roader I'm planning next...may have some interesting trade items in the near future.

[tim.sanderson]

Very nice! The Turbo Optima has to be one of my favorite box-art paint jobs.

[jason_recliner]

Hi , I'm from Adelaide (although working in Darin until next week), started getting interested in the hobby again literally in the last few days. Where and when is this vintage festival?

Thanks!

[Coelacanth]

To be honest the buggy was heavy

Mark, would it be possible to weigh your Turbo Optima chassis, without the body or battery, on a digital scale? It would be interesting to compare weights.

[Mad Racer]

The Vintage festival will be at Castle hill Sydney on the Queens B' Day weekend.

Look on Rctech.net than international racing. Australia. Vintage racing in N.S.W you will find it all there.

Marc will do soon for you.

[Falcon#5]

I so wish I could make it.

Hopefully I'll be there next year,
with a swag of Vintage runners!

[RETRO R/C]

Hi , I'm from Adelaide (although working in Darin until next week), started getting interested in the hobby again literally in the last few days. Where and when is this vintage festival?

Thanks!

Not to hijack your thread Mark - thought I might post up a link to the festival: http://www.rctech.net/forum/australian-racing/482438-vintage-racing-nsw-2011-a.html

Sweet rides like Marks are par for the course at these events.

Nice ride as always Mark.

Cheers

Darryn

[Mad Racer]

Thanks Darryn.

Don't know how to do links yet LOL;

To be Honest im having trouble geting this to work on our basic track. I really do need to spend more time on set up. The problem i have with it is the rear snaps out around corners. Really bad off power. The MID motor design really makes this a lot better i say.

Have to play with springs, oil, and tires more.