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This was an “if you find it, you buy it” scenario for me. Starting to question if I’ll ever build it, still collecting stuff to fully build it if I do.

Just because you can put brushless power in them, it doesn't mean that you have to aim for warp speed.

Brushed power could surpass the design limitations, stupid power will only amplify it. Now, modern esc and radio programming could probably be used to tweak all the usefulness from the design.

I think it sorta depends on the car. I'd say that adding brushless power can amplify performance faults. Since you've posted your question in the Kyosho forum, I can tell you that I have a well used vintage Optima runner with updated running gear so it handles the brushless 10.5's power okay but it'...

I can tell you 1st hand the Ultima rere, although I love it and it's a great car, and can handle all the power reliably, handles like dog crap....

I used to run my vintage Turbo Optima with a Trinity 16T brushed motor. On many surfaces (when geared for speed) that motor pushed it too fast for the car to make turns. The front tires would turn the nose of the car, but it would still be traveling straight basically doing flat spin cartwheels unti...

The major advantage is run time. You got five minutes with a spirited brushed motor back in the day. Now with a mild brushless system and lipo battery, you get the same performance but for 30+ minutes and then the motor is still cool so you can just stick another lipo in and go again! I've got two r...

I stashed a load of old cars away in various tubs & cases for about 6yrs in various locations loft, garage, shed etc & the one that fared the best was in a cardboard box with lots of scrunched up newspaper around it so obviously the key is insulation. The car has lots of exposed metalwork, ...

Just wait another 8 years until this thread gets dug back up again and he still hasn't finished it......

I’ve been collecting parts for my ultimate PB9 International build build for 2.5yrs now and I’m about 90% there I only need a servo, a battery holder and to find some suitable material to make new bumpers from. It’s an UK made car but parts have been sourced from as far as Oz which is quite fun plu...

Understeer was a problem with the Optima. On hard acceleration, it would just push instead of turn. On one of my resto-mod builds, Barney, that issue was helped by swapping the front arms with Maxxum FF front arms, installing rear arms from GPM that were about 5mm longer, and 68mm CVDs instead of th...

Nothing special but very clean new built condition. Dynamic Sidewinder.

Not complete, but a lot cleaner than it was when I got it.

Also got a nice surprise when I cleaned the grime off the diff housing. Made it much easier to ID.

I was wondering how these reissued buggies perform with today’s electrics? I read Kyosho have tweaked them for BL & LiPo but presumably the geometry is the same so does vast amounts of power release previously unseen potential in these cars or does it just highlight the ageing chassis design &a...

When Hobbico went under I thought ahead and saved all those old Futaba pages to my PC.

Here's the ESC list:

Next question , these tires have a 90° shoulder , the road surface and side wall just meet at a hard edge , my mind says that's bad and I would put a radius on the shoulder , this also brings up the question of trueing them , is there an easy way , I mean I have a lath but I've no idea and there mi...