This release from Kyosho is just awesome. I bought 2 kits...one to keep sealed nib and one to build as a tribute shelfer with upgrades and vintage electronics. Akira Kogawa’s Kyosho build video using titanium screws was an inspiration and will be...
I've seen the ExoDesign LWB conversion, but as my car is already full carbon apart from the main chassis plate I was thinking about going with Fibre-Lyte LWB chassis instead:
I belive the Fibre-Lyte...
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I belive the Fibre-Lyte chassis is for the original mid, does anyone know if the ReRe gearboxes have the same hole pattern as the original where they get bolted to the chassis?
Many thanks
Yes, the rere and the original have the same hole...
Haven't seen mention of this anywhere else yet, very interesting if it's true:
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thanks for the update, I didnt expect to see them get more. I am on chat since they dont know how to use phones these days, and hopefully they will get my order filled with the coupon I had used when I placed the order. Going on 35 minutes in chat...
Are there any weak spots or suggested spares to pick up for the Ultima rerelease kit while they are available? (spurs gears, arms, uprights, anything, etc.)
I've read the chassis could at times bend. Is this only in severe crash situations? Would a...
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Extra front end parts are always a good idea.. front arms, bulkhead, hinge pins..etc. The plastic spur gear too..
Today, I started something... For the small story, I had a Kyosho 1/12 back in the eighties, it was 4WD, there was a chain, and a one way at the front, and a prototype body... I did not have a proper place to run it at that time, so it was sold...
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Found a Fantom re re from Japan, its on the way. Curious what esc others are using. The Lemans 240S is really heavy. I want to keep a vintage kyosho theme, so I guess I'll stick with the lemans esc but its like a lead weight.
While I'm waiting to restart the Marui Hunter project, I decided to start the build of the Javelin which was sitting under my desk for the last few months...
The opened box is as usual nice and clean. Almost tempted to keep it this way,...
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Waiting on Javelin on backorder from Amain. Went ahead and purchased lemans 240s esc, it just arrived. Man this esc is heavy! I want to keep everything kyosho, but the weight!
Anyone else seen or heard that the long wheel base mid is next on the list?, apparently there was a toy fair in Japan resently with kyosho having 1 on display.
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With the resurgence of the re release and exo kits there been a couple of original genuine woven carbon Mid Custom special chassis pop up on Yahoo in Japan, but even they are commanding $140USD, used but still mint condition, apart from the yellow...
like many here, i first got into rc cars in the 1980's. the Tower Hobbies catalog was well worn and dog eared, the page with the Kyosho Scorpion was read and re-read dozens of times. at that time i could only afford the Kyosoho Pegasus, a car i...
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Also does anyone know the exact parts differences between the Scorpion and Turbo Scorpion?
The rear plate is different and the Turbo Scorpion is having a longer wheelbase. There is other differences, however the main difference I noted:
- shocks...
When I roll it back & forth by hand, the belt moves & the gears seem to go in the right direction..but it sounds like the spur gear is getting knocked loose under any power...seems like the gear cover/body clip is all that's holding it in place,...
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I think the B is supposed to be for the black color. I’ll let you know if it works as I picked one up.
How did this go? I just got an email from Amain saying they had this in stock, but apparently they do not, and it's been officially...
I'd like to mount a shorty Lipo across the chassis on my Ultima ReRe and have found this on Shapeways:
Has anyone used this and have any thoughts, and even better - some pictures?
There's not a lot to go on based on the Shapeways page...
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might reach out to Ed and see if there is a more local printer than Shapeways (Although I thought they had printers in different countries to avoid needing to ship internationally?).
Built this ultima last winter for some vintage racing at my LHS Trains and Lanes in Easton PA. We race on grey carpet indoors during the winter season. I thought the gear diff and available sway bars would make a good racer. After I first got it...
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nice one mate, i commented in the other thread about how to fit 2.2 inch wheels to an ultima, I have done a very similar thing as you, but i used Optima parts, which adds 5 degrees of caster which i found helped the buggy turn a lot better and...
EXO Designs swb classic version chassis & Rc Screwz stainless screw set. Pretty well stock other than universal drive shafts and a Kyosho HD mid gear and a set of Kyosho titanium turn buckles.
I'm having a terrible time finding a set of street tires - foams or radials - that'd be a direct fit on a Turbo Optima re-release. Ideally I'd be able to find a set of pre-mounted tires/rims all ready to go, but all I can seem to find are really...
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I still haven't solved this problem...perhaps in part because after shelling out nearly $200 for 2 sets of tires for my 1/5 Kraton 8S, my R/C tire budget was maxxed out for a while :shock: I'm still on the hunt for a blacktop tire solution for my...
Has anyone had any luck running 2.2 front wheels on the Ultima rere? Ive got a handful of rc10 front wheels I'd like to use but I'm not sure if anyone has had any luck adapting them to the Ultima. Ideally I would like to start running this at my...
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Been messing with my Ultima again. Was able to fit a Traxxas Bandit front end on very easily without having to butcher any parts in the chassis.
Now I'm full hex and track width is about 9-3/4 with losi wheels.
Hi guys curious if anyone is having leaky shock oil issues?? I have 2 older re issues yet to build, but I am looking at the re mid 4wd buggy. Any advice, leaking oil is lousy to have all over the place.. Thanks in adavane :D
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Yes the 12mm big bores with kashima coated bodies and jconcepts, top caps and bottom caps.
Can anyone tell me if the front bulkhead from a ReRe Ultima will work on a vintage Turbo Ultima? I just acquired the Turbo knowing it would need some parts thrown at it, the bulkhead being one of those parts. I thought I had a spare but after...
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Thanks. Been dragging my feet on ordering parts but finally ordered them tonight. My problem is that I keep scouring E*bay for parts to repair all the junkers I already have and end up buying what amount to parts cars and then can't make myself use...
I've been looking to replace my front arms on my TOMSE with arms that have sway bay provisions.
The new arms, OT201HB, look correct but they may be longer than my original OT69.
Any help in measuring the front arms of a new Optima Mid would be...
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There seem to be 4 variations, OT201, OT201B, OT201H and the OT 201HB.
My front dog bones measure 68mm overall, 62.3mm pin to pin. New Optima Mid bones (OT 272) look to be 64.7.
Unless I am mistaken, the only difference between the numbers...
Starting to think about how i'm going to rebuild the two Lazer ZX-R's and am wondering if these knuckles off the Re Release Optima will fit on a Lazer ZX-R, or if they're sized differently for the Optima Re Re's bushings. Any other Optima Re Re...
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That looks correct for mk2, so does the front shock tower and chassis with 6 battery slots.
Are these caster blocks in any way similar to those of a ZX-s or ZX-5? I actually got a set of drmosfet's ZX-S reproductions out of curiosity when I...
Hi all!
I just finished building my Optima Mid rere and im thinking about using one of my vintage Kyosho LeMans motors. The motor im thinking about using is the Kyosho LeMans 360PT. What gearing should i aim for? The track is carpet with very few...
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...
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Noticing the word Lazer.. do we think there’ll ever be a re-release of the Lazer ZX or is that too much to hope for?
Hopefully, but probably not for a while as they are only starting the Optima Mid series
I built a Turbo Scorpion this year, it was started in february, and I took about few weeks to finish it. There won't be as much details as my other build threads as I did not documented all the steps with proper pictures.
It started with a...
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Awesome thread. I’ll be referencing this thread when I build mine. Not looking forward to the painting though
Hello everyone,
Do you guys know if the re-re diffs bodies (OT208) and chain drive (OT226) fit the original Optima?
And how about the original diffs internals: do they fit the re-re bodies?
Thanks in advance!
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The difficulty of finding parts for the old Opimas is preventing my Optimas running like they should
This morning, I finally started the Turbo Optima build.
The Turbo Optima was one of my teenager dreams, same as the Javelin. I ordered the Turbo Optima a few months back when it came back in the inventory. And few days later, I also ordered the...
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Yes thankyou, so you mean the dog bone just squashes the o ring into the cup?, surely after one run the o ring will be trashed?
PS sorry if i'm ruining your thread!
No, it doesn't get trashed: it just go in, and prevent the ball to move to far...
I haven’t contributed anything to this message board in a while so I thought I’d post some pics of a newly completed 2019 TO re-release – for the one or two members out there who might be interested in seeing this car.
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Great looking build. I just got my first rc10 after 30 plus years of wanting one now I’m thinking about something 4 wheel drive and this is on my list
Which 3 cars? Also are the Beetle bodys pre cut or finished?
They are pre-cut. The window masks are kind of a pain, as they are made from paper tape. They are easier to tear than the vinyl masks that most bodies have.
Since the weather continues to be garbage, I decided to go ahead and build this one. While none of it was hard, several things were more aggravating than I thought.
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Put the optional gearing (8.3:1) in the transmission and...
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I think its probably a little brighter than that. But you can experiment with different backing colors on some scrap lexan.
This car was backed in white, before covering it with black. A silver or grey would darken it up a little, but I think...
I just replaced the rear shafts in my Raider with a set a buddy gave me and my Ultima's are almost as toasted and need to be replaced too. It looks like OT-18 is the correct vintage rear shaft but I was wondering if there is a Re Re part that will...
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They sell for about $19
I use them in my new and old Ultimas, My Rampage GP10 , and my Optima.
Anyone using the kyosho ultima stabilizer? Any good?
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Looks identical to the original. And , yes, they do help, on smooth , high traction surfaces...
Some small adjustment is available, the end links, are hollow, you can move them up and down a small bit, for tuning.
For Xmas I bought my 11 y/o son his first real RC car kit to build (Kyosho Ultima re-release, and bought 2 of everything so I can play along). I built mine already so I can answer his questions as he goes along.
For the initial setup I bought a 20T...
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SkyRC makes the Leopard Toro motor & ESC combos in many versions. I'm running the 12T Leopard Toro combo, which is affordable and plenty of power for a RWD car, even with this combo I had to dial the Punch back quite a bit.
Just took my Kyosho Plazma RA for a spin & without enough traction I can barely get past 50% throttle before I spin. It's a bit over-powered with the TEAM ORION VORTEX 3.5T brushless motor . I'm wondering how it'd do in my Turbo Optima re-re...
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A 10.5 turn would be an ideal motor for the optima. Not too fast, not too slow.
Any one that knows how many teeth there are on the belt pulleys from the optima rerelease
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I am building an original with Rere drivetrain as a runner. Rere ball diff in the rear, retrofitted one-way in the front, rere gearboxes, slipper and blue spur and 41 tooth pinion on the motor. Everything else, other than the rear shock tower and...
Anybody no if the universal shafts for the re-re optima will work on an Optima mid?
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The modern stuff is pinned vs the taper, but on the ultima for example both vintage and modern axles fit just perfectly in our trailing arms so I doubt there is much dimensional difference
Any thought about the Optima rerelease with latest hop ups such as clutch, gunmetal gear set for powerful brushless and lipo, ball diff with belt and few others, and up against other successful belt drive from the company?
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I never owned any optima in the past or its derivatives. This is because I loved my tamiya /op up boomerang back in the time. I have bought the Kypsho Rocky for fun back in th mid 87 and drov n it for short period of time.
I finally got a new Ultima kit to build. This will be my first Kyosho build and I am excited to see what they have done to improve these 80's classics.
Kyosho Ultima by Justin B , on Flickr
So far I have the kit, a black rear wing, and a set of CRP...
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Its an expensive way to go just to mount a switch but our Factory Works upper chassis also replicates the original styling and adds some strength :wink:
That would be a great way to go, but it isn't in the budget right now :( I'll have to servo...
Good evening all,
So I just got my first Kyosho kit, a Turbo Optima Gold and I'm really looking for ward to building it! I think I have all the bits I need, but I have a question about the silicone oil for the diffs. The manual says it can take 5k...
I am very torn between these two for my next car and need some help deciding one way or the other. I am equally sentimental about both as I couldn’t afford either back in the day.
I am looking for a 4wd Classic to bash around with. As far as I can...
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I'd like to own the CAT re-re, but my answer would still be the Javelin...regardless of criteria. 8)
This is my first post to the forum since I am not typically active in contributing to any social media sites but I have enjoyed this forum for a long time, been inspired by the creativity I have seen, and learned quite a bit. I thought...
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I agree with that, XLR8. I have not read any downside to boiling either (except for the extra work involved), and absolutely true that nylon loves water. That was also why I contacted Kyosho about the wheels to make sure they would not melt or...
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