But not sure there was any words from Kyosho yet...
Thanks for the link.
Does this line make sense to anyone:
"4) New belt tension location which is on the gearbox. This allows easy adjustment without taking apart the chassis."
The Mid doesn't provide nor does it require belt tensioning.
That said, 30622 seems like a legit part number. Until the Ultima was re-released, it appeared that Kyosho was assigning the last two numeric digits of the part numbers for the legendary series based upon the year of its release.
Scorpion 30613b
Tomahawk 30615b
Turbo Scorpion 30616b
Optima 30617b
Javelin 30618b
Turbo Optima 30619
The Ultima is p/n 30625 so maybe they decided to release it early?
After years of speculation, there's so much pent-up demand for this model that they are gonna sell out in no time.
This would have made an excellent Christmas gift. A few months too late however.
Still waiting for something official from Kyosho before pulling out the credit card.
There was some chatter in social media today that Kyosho had also gone public on the mid re-re...has anyone seen anything? I've been busy in meetings all day so wasn't tracking the detail but curious if was just chat or it was now 'legit' (as the kids say!! )
Ok after about 2 years of R & D, which included the testing and eventual ruling out of the twin belt system on the Optima Mid, I am glad to announce the success of my 48P conversion. Special thanks to Linus from Sweden who worked with me to suggest...
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I have a Turbo Optima mid. I believe it’s the SWB version. Would you be able to tell me what other accessories I would need to get to adapt the 48P conversion? Is it only a question of getting the LWB baseplate?
Ok i was not going to start a new build thread but i have run into some questions i can not answer lol
This is my Kyosho Turbo Optima Mid Special i think, From looking at manuals i think this is what i have, this leadt to the first question lol...
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How the heck did you find those tires for 5 bucks?! I need a set for my SP too!
They were listed on eBay for 5 bucks starting bid, Nobody bid in them so i got them at the last second for 5 bucks and 3 bucks to ship lol, I thought i would have to...
On the 8th of February, which is today, I raced my LWB mid in the 4WD class. as you all know the vintage class is non existent here, so I had to pit my Mid against all the modern cars. In total we had 15 guys racing today.
The competition consisted...
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ohh..so thats you on youtube. Your cars look amazing and you have great driving skills. I am just worried about damaging the scorpion on sbs..which is a much more difficult track than the one in your video..besides the XXXXXX traction too and...
I am new on the forum hi everyone
I got an old Special Custom with the gold flat aluminum or steel chassis.
I have no upper deck.
Chassis could maybe be run this way but has a bit of flex.
Can a Lazer zxr upper deck work?
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This FactoryWorks upper chassis plate is awesome! Thanks so much!
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I am building an Optima Mid LWB. It is an SWB to LWB conversion.
I apparently have an Optima Mid Custom Special graphite chassis and an LWB belt.
I checked that the belt has 127 teeth and is apparently the correct length (one groove is...
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Yes, later! Unfortunately I don't have a PC with a card reader here so I cannot post photos before I get back home :)
Also I'll open a new thread for this Optima Mid project.
Does anybody out there know where to source LWB belts for the Optima mid? I do not have BST status yet, and have even tried the original manufacturer MBL. 254XL014 are the markings on the belt. Any help would be great!!!
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Yes I have been told that as well! Along with the Hyperdrive belts coming from the cash register industry! They are just timing belts after all.
After all the restoration projects almost finished I've come up with the idea of creating an Optima rally car. A big reason for this particular combo is that I've got an original Kyosho Citroën ZX body unpainted and with N.I.P scale accessories....
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Nah, the shock tower itself, I already have the plastic body mount. The only difference is it has the lower holes to mount the front shocks lower down. Otherwise they're exactly the same as normal Mid shock towers (as far as I'm aware).
Trinity Yokomo wheels with Schumacher tires
Carbon shocks towers, hingepin mounts, camber link mount and transmission brace.
Lazer suspension.
Steering is shaved T2 Fasttrax ballraced bellcranks with ZX ballraced link.
AE 1. gen. slipper modified to...