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Old 02-04-2012
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Hey guys! Here is my Turbo Optima found on ebay. Cleaned up and rebuilt!

















































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how in hell is it possible for you to take such amazingly beautiful photos ?
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WOOOW! Incredible car and pics! Well you have too much toe-in on the last pic for my taste
Thank you for sharing
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Lovely, that must make you very proud everytime you look at it!
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how in hell is it possible for you to take such amazingly beautiful photos ?
Thanks alcyon! These photos are a result of trial and error (and many years of playing with DSLR cameras)

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WOOOW! Incredible car and pics! Well you have too much toe-in on the last pic for my taste
Thank you for sharing
Thank you Gayo! I have not thought of the toe-in setup at all. Just followed the manual and you know... this will not be a runner anyway

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Lovely, that must make you very proud everytime you look at it!
Absolutely! And it also gives me memories every time I look at it. The Turbo Optima was my first serious R/C as a kid (not this sample though).
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truely awesome build what a piece of rc history hat off to you fella
my first 4wd was the optima mid when i was 12,my second 4wd is now the fs2 and im now 36.
still loving the kyosho.
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love it the first car I was competative with still got mine in fact I fitted the bumper off it on to my sons b4 that he run all last season
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Nice car, just managed to get one myself, thought mine was the first optima, but it looks the same as yours, what makes it a turbo?
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Mainly gold shocks and bearings, but you had also on the Turbo box a 240S motor, a motor guard, a chassis protection, beefier arms, a kind of slipper clutch, antiroll bars, front universals...

Aaah memories
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Brings back memories!
I never recall having the optionhouse gold shocks or anti roll bar!
Then again it was a long time ago!
ended up using Rc shocks and doing the belt conversion!
Wish I still had her!
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truely awesome build what a piece of rc history hat off to you fella
my first 4wd was the optima mid when i was 12,my second 4wd is now the fs2 and im now 36.
still loving the kyosho.
Thanks a lot! I am 32 and had my Turbo Optima when I was 13

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love it the first car I was competative with still got mine in fact I fitted the bumper off it on to my sons b4 that he run all last season
That sounds cool!

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Nice car, just managed to get one myself, thought mine was the first optima, but it looks the same as yours, what makes it a turbo?
Looking forward to see your sample soon

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Mainly gold shocks and bearings, but you had also on the Turbo box a 240S motor, a motor guard, a chassis protection, beefier arms, a kind of slipper clutch, antiroll bars, front universals...

Aaah memories
Looooaaaads of memories

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Brings back memories!
I never recall having the optionhouse gold shocks or anti roll bar!
Then again it was a long time ago!
ended up using Rc shocks and doing the belt conversion!
Wish I still had her!
I really should pick one up again! The feeling of having one is priceless
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HOLY COW WHAT A THREAD!!!

Stunning work and pics!



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How did you get it do clean, looks like new!
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Look like brand new never ran and how to do that ..........
but you achieved great job......................
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It could very well be new... someone just had a very expensive Christmas...

Man that's some serious RC porn here!!!


Thanks for sharing!

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HOLY COW WHAT A THREAD!!!

Stunning work and pics!



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Thank you very much!

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How did you get it do clean, looks like new!
LOTS of cleaning work in this project even if the car it self was in good condition behind all the dust

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Look like brand new never ran and how to do that ..........
but you achieved great job......................
It didn't look like this when I bought it. The seller on Ebay took bad pictures of the car and I thought it was another runner. When I got it I was surprised for sure.

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It could very well be new... someone just had a very expensive Christmas...

Man that's some serious RC porn here!!!


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Thanks! Here is a picture if the car taken right after arrival. Got it from a seller in the US and I was the only bidder. Starting bid was $129 if I recall correctly. The seller took crappy mobile phone photos of it so it was hard to see its condition. It may not have been run at all. Despite that, lots of work and cleaning behind the shape it is in now

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Sweet thread and build Jopp - I'm a keen Kyosho fan with a few optima based cars new build and new in box. Please keep posting awesome threads!
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Sweet thread and build Jopp - I'm a keen Kyosho fan with a few optima based cars new build and new in box. Please keep posting awesome threads!
Thank you jimmy!

The Optima family are great cars!

I will update this thread with more pictures when the body is painted. Also, more build threads will be posted because I have more Optimas waiting for restoration
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