Optima for Vonats 2015
- keithrc
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Re: Optima for Vonats 2015
Looks good mate, what colour are you thinking of for the body?
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Re: Optima for Vonats 2015
I used a ProTech I for my restored Turbo Optima. It came out pretty nice.
Re: Optima for Vonats 2015
Notarex "Team colors" are corsa grey and white. This one is going to be a baja bug . The fast one will probably get a regular optima shell.
Re: Optima for Vonats 2015
Progress on the fast one:
[URL/http://s95.photobucket.comuser/notarex/media/Mobile%20Uploads/0302152108_resized_zpsde16c335.jpg.html][/URL]
Some parts came in and I made a 1/2" taller shock tower.
To fit the big bore velvets. It had to be done
The belt drive and thorp FP make it real smooth. Once I run this and get a feel for the front tower, I'll cut the front+back and top plate out of carbon fiber.
[URL/http://s95.photobucket.comuser/notarex/media/Mobile%20Uploads/0302152108_resized_zpsde16c335.jpg.html][/URL]
Some parts came in and I made a 1/2" taller shock tower.
To fit the big bore velvets. It had to be done
The belt drive and thorp FP make it real smooth. Once I run this and get a feel for the front tower, I'll cut the front+back and top plate out of carbon fiber.
Re: Optima for Vonats 2015
I plan on handily defeating any Grasshoppers that come my way , but also being handily defeated by any xx4s and lazers in the other class. It's all for fun
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Re: Optima for Vonats 2015
How thick is the aluminum Pargu used for the shock towers, compared to the structurally weak OEM towers? I suppose you polished that front tower, I don't think Pargu would do that, does he?
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Re: Optima for Vonats 2015
Pargu supplied the front brace only. The shock tower is of my own design and fabrication. Kyosho uses .080 alum for the stamped parts approx 2mm. I used .090 5052 alloy as it's what I had. It's really only a placeholder until the design is proven and I can run some CF parts. I know polishing is played out, but it did give new life to some otherwise dingy parts. Plus I like shiny stuff
Edit: Maybe I should clarify, the chassis parts are not the polished kit from pargu, they were the dingiest of the 4 sets I had, so I sanded them out and polished them on wheels.
Edit: Maybe I should clarify, the chassis parts are not the polished kit from pargu, they were the dingiest of the 4 sets I had, so I sanded them out and polished them on wheels.
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Re: Optima for Vonats 2015
notarex wrote:...It's all for fun
Absolutely.
Caution though for Grasshoppers with the 1985 World Championship Trinity Monster Horsepower! These things spit rocks and donuts like none other. I chuckle every time I say Grasshopper, more so in this context.
Re: Optima for Vonats 2015
Thanks Kaiser, it means a lot- I hope to see you there in September. I've got it mocked up now with a prototype top plate, it seems to fit great so I will run the final pieces out of CF next week. The parma e-clip balls are sweet, I worked in some stainless hardware and tower ball ends, turnbuckles are forthcoming. I have enough parts to build 1-1/2 more optimas, so I may build one more to sell and fund some of this madness. Another member of the family should be arriving this weekend, I didn't ignore all of Coelacanth's original advice - we'll see how it measures up.
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Re: Optima for Vonats 2015
Yes, todays the day everybody gets carbon fiber
Top plate for Goldie, and top plate/shock towers for the fast one. I put the pargu brace on instead of the Hot Trick, and added some cheap turnbuckles. Traxxas turnbuckles for $3, enough to do the steering for both cars and $7 Tamiya F201 turnbuckles for the camber links. This ones kinda turning into a shelfer now that I have the Mid, I don't know if I want to drive it in anger . Mid's getting the CF treatment too, I'll post pics once I have it in one piece.
I scored a vintage Academy body with undertray for 5 bucks at the LHS, looks like it will fit the Mid quite nicely- anybody recognize what it's for? It had about 20 years of dust on it so you know it's good lol
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