bdrmbully wrote:not to shabby. i bought a whole JG oval car that was a one of a kind made for a jg driver and it came with a thorpe entire conversion inside and out . for like 70 bux. sweet score. you building another ultima or just hyping up one you already have?
So, in which thread are you showing the pics of that?
bdrmbully wrote:not to shabby. i bought a whole JG oval car that was a one of a kind made for a jg driver and it came with a thorpe entire conversion inside and out . for like 70 bux. sweet score. you building another ultima or just hyping up one you already have?
So, in which thread are you showing the pics of that?
i like the JG stuff gis a looky mr bully
Paul
i took the gear box out of her. its in mid build stage and im thinking to just ebay her. im into my 4x4 slash these days and cant be bothered with most of my vintage stuff hardly.
I bid on that Thorp diff. What do you think - which is the best diff. for the Ultima (the original, the Option House ball, or the Thorp ball)? Are the two ball diff. options that much better than the original?
I had many problems with the diff when I got my ultima pro back in the days... could have been my lack of experience with ball diffs, but I just never managed to set it kind of loose without the setting screw loosening further up during the run. Got a mip (or was it thorp?) diff over year ago but still have to build and try that
Mr. Ed - that's my experience. The ball diffs are hard for me set-up perfectly and such a pain to take off the wheel/tire and adjust. I think I like the stock non-ball one better, but I was wondering if the Thorp one is good or if it has some issues like the Kyosho ball diff.
As I said; I haven't tried the thorp one yet, but the ball diffs that work best for me are the yokomo ones. The screw to adjust the diff on those has a small bend in it which really helps agianst unwanted loosening.
I know you're supposed to use threadlock of medium strength on those screws but with the kyosho design it's though not to get the stuff all mixed with the pressure bearing
There are several threads here about adding modern wheels and tires to Ultimas. They vary in degree of difficulty. The easiest is to get the CRP front axles that allow for mounting an older associated type front wheel. Any newer Kyosho hex rears will fit out back. Unfortunately, this means that your front/rear wheels won't match. So, this leads to the more difficult conversions. I have used modern RB5 parts on my Ultima. Other parts that work well too are older Ultima RB type R. Good luck!
Got a bunch done on the Ultima. Shocks have been rebuilt, all bearings cleanded and relubed, diff rebuilt new back wheels and tires, robinson gears and i have new front wheels coming but still need tires. I would settle for some proline 1.9 tires that look similar to the stock mini pins that came with this. Also have a Tekin speedo and a new trininty mod motor. Waiting on black G10 to make the battery straps.
Well I finally won a AYK Radiant pro the 2 high bidders backed out and I got it for 600.00 not cheap but you just can't find these, now I just need to wait until it gets here hope it makes in one piece
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here are some new pics, this thing is MINT I don't think this buggy has ever seen any thing else but a carpet ride not a scatch on it paint isn't the best but not bad actually goes fairly well with the orange arms not my first choose though
Been looking for ages for a Kyosho Beetle to add to the VW collection, finally found a mint example.
Looks to have hardly been used. Not a spec of dirt anywhere, not so much as a scratch on the body, terrible paintjob but I already have...
I’ve been researching ways to upgrade And USE my Ultima and happy that I found this site. This kit was a gift from my fiancé when we were dating 30 years ago. We are still married.... hell yeah!
Happy to hear any advice on this...
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Great to hear about parts. Thank you! and yes in excellent shape.
Hello!
I bought this based off of worse photos than mine:) I got a great deal and was thinking it was an rc10 because of the gold shocks and similar battery tray and white parts... So it arrives and I have no experience with Kyosho. I believe I...
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As promised here are some better pics. Thanks again for the ID help.
I finally had time to restore an old project, code name: Ultima Pro XL, some parts are still missing (mainly new tires and rims, new body, Kyosho motor...), but I already cleaned it up and polished some parts to bring them back to life...
The car...
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Recently I found an option part ,ultima pro xl carbon chassis。a super rare item I never seen。in pro xl option part list that part number is UMW-2 carbon chassis ,very lucky!!
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UMW-2 Ultima pro xl carbon...
1. What is a 20+ year old Turbo Ultima Pro XL worth?
2. I want to get back into racing, do you think I should race this car at the track or sell it? There is no buggy class at the local track so I would have to race...
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Another RC10talk member won the auction. All that is remaining is the radio and servos if anyone is interested PM me.
I thought I would send a pic of the SC10 Brushless I replaced the ultima with.