Optima Belt Drive
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 10:29 pm
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
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