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Hello,

I'm new here. I just discovered this forum recently. I find that a lot of people in here have been doing what I've been doing for the past several years which is restoring old RC cars. I used to race RC cars back in the 1980s and early 1990s. It got too expensive and I found other things to do with my time.

Recently I bought an Optima (had a couple of them back in the day). I've completely gone through it and cleaned/refurbed/replaced every worn part.

The car looks great but I want to put a belt drive conversion kit into it. As all of you know, they're expensive (when you can find one for sale).

My question is this: can a conversion be done using parts from an Optima Mid? Has anyone ever tried it? I know the belts are the same size and therefore I assume that maybe the sprockets are the same?

Any help or thoughts would be appreciated.

BTW, I'll post pictures once I figure out how.

Thanks.

rraeford

yes, should be possible.
As far as I know the conversion is just the mid belt and diff houses plus a guide for the belt that goes in the rear gearbox. I'm sure you can find pics of that guide or the manual for the kit.

here you go........

picture copied from ebay

Yes, that's the one. I ordered 3 of these from Tower Hobbies back in 1998 along with many other "OT" Optima parts still floating around in their inventory. Long gone now.

Is this one currently for sale?

rraeford