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Kyosho Ultima collection and other projects
Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 6:54 pm
by JetTech101
Re: Kyosho Ultima collection and other projects
Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:40 pm
by Mr. ED
You should look for a turbo ultima chassis for your racer
Re: Kyosho Ultima collection and other projects
Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 8:05 pm
by RichieRich
Nice Turbo Optima. I just completed a restoration on my about 6 months back. I went a little different direction though. There's a thread here about it. I have 4 Ultimas in my collection too. One is a fully restored box-art Turbo Ultima.

Re: Kyosho Ultima collection and other projects
Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 8:32 pm
by rhoonah
Is that an air soft AR look alike in the background?
Re: Kyosho Ultima collection and other projects
Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 8:33 pm
by bdrmbully
nice collection you have there .did you have one when you were younger?
i have a few new spares i may be able to help you out with as im not planning to run my ultima anymore .

my 2 ultima's
Re: Kyosho Ultima collection and other projects
Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 11:52 pm
by JetTech101
rhoonah, no thats not a toy, its the real deal, didnt think it would make it in the pic...sry about that.
RichieRich, sharp looking turbo Ultima!, hope to have one some day
bdrmbully, shoot me a pm if you like, Im always looking

Re: Kyosho Ultima collection and other projects
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 3:05 am
by JetTech101
Mr. ED wrote:You should look for a turbo ultima chassis for your racer
Thanks for the comment... my Kyosho vintage racer will be an original stock Ultima(minus the ESC and motor of course), hence the 6 I bought lol. Maybe down the road I will move on to the "high tech" Ultima. Just something about those originals that gets my blood going, win or lose. Do you have lots of Turbo Ultima's Mr Ed? would love some pics! Thanks. Ryan.
Re: Kyosho Ultima collection and other projects
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 4:11 am
by Mr. ED
JetTech101 wrote:Mr. ED wrote:You should look for a turbo ultima chassis for your racer
Thanks for the comment... my Kyosho vintage racer will be an original stock Ultima(minus the ESC and motor of course), hence the 6 I bought lol. Maybe down the road I will move on to the "high tech" Ultima. Just something about those originals that gets my blood going, win or lose. Do you have lots of Turbo Ultima's Mr Ed? would love some pics! Thanks. Ryan.
The point of the turbo chassis is that it's much stronger but looks almost identic to the original chassis, just a bit thicker and little different colour. So this chassis will work fine with the original body.
Beside offering countersunk screw holes the main benefit is the the much improved torsional strength. Have you checked how many of the original chassis are really straight still? Most will be torded or have a funky kick-up.
not exactly turbo ultimas, but some of the ultima based creations I posted here earlier:
http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=663
http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2172
http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=4837
http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=3705
http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=767
grmbll, the stupid search won't find me my other posts
Re: Kyosho Ultima collection and other projects
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 2:49 am
by JetTech101
I see your point, but my friends still race the original chassis, and have for years. Its not going to win a world title, just having fun. I do like your updated bodies that you used, I always hated how cheap and thin the originals are(even worse after 22 years). Hell maybe I will have to do some custom job like yours some day, but for now I have some optimas to put back together.