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Old Voltimas don't die......they just transform themselves into a drag chassis!





Ok, that's a bit of a stretch.....and I really am done hijacking this thread....

Don't worry. You're blowing new life into the thread. Is that a parma body? Very cool creation

Mr. ED wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2018 1:07 pm Don't worry. You're blowing new life into the thread. Is that a parma body? Very cool creation

Heh...thanks...I have been on the receiving end of getting reamed over necro-posting.....didn't want to cause problems.....
Yeah, that's a Parma body, got it back in the 80's to match my Little Brother's 57 Chevy. The chassis is part Voltima, at least the graphite plate is....the rest I scavenged off an old pan car I had....

I sure do wish the OP would put up a video of his handmade Voltima....that is too cool looking....

Here are some shots of the KV stripped down.....like the ad says.....





You can see the carbon motor plate I made....



And the amount of anti-squat built in, the other battery/suspension mount had about half this.....



I don't think these cars probably handled any better than any other well setup Ultima, but for me, they were easy to configure, and seemed to fit my driving style.....

Looking over all the pics I'd say your car would have some advantages over a 'stock' or 'pro' on rough tracks. The increased anti-squat, long travel shocks upfront, very wide front because of the combined parts, wide rear: thicker than normal hexes, centered weight : all this should benefit you most on bumpy terrain.

Once I got the basic configuration down, there was very little I did to prep for one track or another. I had 3 sets of shocks (the BIG advantage of the plastic shocks....they were cheap!) that had light, medium, and heavy oil, and 2 sets of springs. I always ran the Schumacher 4 spike rears and the 2 spike front tires, never changed them out. As wide as I had the front of the car, any tires wider than the 2 spikes would not fit in the ROAR drop box.

I used to run 2 KVs....stock and modified. For whatever reason, I always like the way the stock car handled best. I ended up selling the modified car, and I built up another transmission with a 32 pitch gear set....hell for stout it was. All it took was removing 5 screws and desolder/resoldering motor wires to swap out the stock and modified motor/transmissions. Sometimes all I did was put a 7 cell battery in between heats and ran the stock motor in modified.

I was digging around out in the garage and I found some more Voltima goodies.....the a-arms are the 2 degree toe-in ones.....



I forgot I was running a Hyperdrive setup on my stock class car....

I tried that hyperdrive setup once... It didn't last a single raceday.

Mr. ED wrote: ↑Tue Feb 20, 2018 1:06 am I tried that hyperdrive setup once... It didn't last a single raceday.

To be honest, I don't remember ever racing with that on my car...may have been just goofing around with it. I do have one on my HPI RS4....love the "stealthiness" of it....all belts, no noise......

Think of the drag!

Think of the inefficiency!

Think of the motor BB's!

I absolutely love it - That hyperdrive tranny is the shiznit The things we were running bitd, eh?!?!

Lonestar wrote: ↑Tue Feb 20, 2018 10:09 am Think of the drag!

Think of the inefficiency!

Think of the motor BB's!

I absolutely love it - That hyperdrive tranny is the shiznit The things we were running bitd, eh?!?!

But...but...it was new! And innovative! And quiet! Quiet had to be good....right?

I remember running one on my Schumacher CAT.....everybody was freaking out because it was so quiet....worked to my advantage....right up to the point when the belt stripped.....

Got my car going....after sitting for 20 years or so.....with a Kyosho stock 05 motor, I wasn't too impressed....but it did roll!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GN4J0LmgC0

The video will get posted soon i need to let the mud dry some. its cool you worked for venture. my project has been fun and the car does handle well.

dirt oval rc wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2018 1:22 pm The video will get posted soon i need to let the mud dry some. its cool you worked for venture. my project has been fun and the car does handle well.

That would be great! I am looking forward to watching the video.....maybe you could post up some more pics of it?

GoMachV wrote: ↑Fri Dec 09, 2016 3:02 am Well, Tony hasn't logged in for about 4 years so it's about time for an update

Just "found" one and can't wait to get it cleaned up!

And damned If I have not found one from my old Hometown Of Lewiston, Idaho where they were made!