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Found this beast in a lot of RC cars I purchased. Have not got a chance to start working on it yet, but couldn't wait to show it off any longer. If anyone has info on this please add it.

Just read that a BEC kit was sold and can be ascertained by the shock colors. From the pic can anyone tell if this is the regular kit or the BEC version?

Looks like to me a 1st Gen Optima Mid.

Nice Score.!!

Never herd of a BEC version. Only bec i herd of was "Battery Eliminator circuit." & Boondal Entertaiment Center

i might very well be wrong...can't remember where i saw that at...the BEC.

Thanks I am in absolute RC heaven at this point. Just started stripping paint from this one. It is painted inside and out! Just need to collect a few more... Big Brute, Striker and of course the old grasshopper.

BEC stand for Battery Eliminator Circuit. It is s simple voltage droping resistor circuit that was available for (and with) many of the Kyosho buggies. I could be wrong, but I don't remember andy specific "BEC Edition" buggies, and I would doubt that Kyosho would change the versions of the shocks specifically to denote this. Take a look at the Kyosho timeline and see if there is anything there. Nice score btw. -Jeff

My only thought would be the Optima Mid and the Optima Mid SE. I have and SE that car looks like it could be an SE. I don't know a lot about the differences but the SE has silver (not shinny) wheels and from those pictures those wheels look correct style but I can't tell the finish on them.

This is (by looking at the decals and shocks) a standard optima mid.
If the motor is original, it´ll be a Lemans 240 and the chassis will take stickpacks.

Congratulations on the nice find.

bxlt wrote:My only thought would be the Optima Mid and the Optima Mid SE. I have and SE that car looks like it could be an SE. I don't know a lot about the differences but the SE has silver (not shinny) wheels and from those pictures those wheels look correct style but I can't tell the finish on them.

If Your chassis has counter sunk screws, silver wheels and platinum dampers, my guess would be a Turbo Optima mid SE.

DennisM wrote:This is (by looking at the decals and shocks) a standard optima mid.
If the motor is original, it´ll be a Lemans 240 and the chassis will take stickpacks.

Congratulations on the nice find.

No countersunk screws. The wheels are white and it takes stick packs. The only thing I can see on the motor is a purple or brown arrow going counter-clockwise with the text "Racing." Dying to tear into all of these but am trying yo stick to one at a time so I dont make a mess of them.

Mad Racer wrote:Looks like to me a 1st Gen Optima Mid.

Nice Score.!!

Never herd of a BEC version. Only bec i herd of was "Battery Eliminator circuit." & Boondal Entertaiment Center

boondal! "the place to be"

bec was at the top right of the boxes denoting the buggy had bec circuitry

UGH...I wish I could find where I read that... my bad for sure