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HKS_TRD, have you any pictures of the progress of this bad boy?
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Not yet haven't had a chance, plan to make some progress on the weekend
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I managed to make some progress on this build over the weekend.
I hit two hurdles but I ran out of time anyway. The first one was that when I opened up my OT-95 plate set it contained two front and no rear wishbone pivot plates. The second hurdle was that I did not have the proper cap screws for the upper shock mount, I did have some Phillips head screws in the correct length but I'll need them for another build anyway so I may as well get the correct screws. I was running out of time anyway, I am hoping to get back into it in a couple weeks when the parts have turned up and I will have some time again One change I do plan to make from the original kit is to use the newer metal nyloc nuts on the upper shock mounts instead of the plastic nuts. The plastic nuts are just plain wrong to me, hopefully I don't offend any purists! I didn't end up glueing the black pads onto anything at this stage seeing as its only a shelfer it wasn't an issue. Apologies if I have gone overboard with the photos, putting this together brought back alot of memories. |
So, first up this is mostly what went into the build so far
http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...1020122987.jpg Starting with these packets http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...1020122989.jpg http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...1020122990.jpg http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...1020122991.jpg http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...1020122992.jpg I got these guys pieced together http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...1020122993.jpg Then it was time to break out the gearbox cases http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...1020122988.jpg http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...1020122994.jpg And something I prepared earlier http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...1020122996.jpg To get me to here http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...1020122997.jpg Then I almost forgot to include this http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...1020122995.jpg Before assembling the gearbox case http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...1020122999.jpg |
So far so good, I broke out the plates for the rear gearbox case
http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...1020123001.jpg Only to discover one slight problem !!! http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...1020123003.jpg Anyway that wasn't going to hold me up for a little while yet so I bolted the plates onto the rear gearbox case, although technically IIRC going by the Turbo Optima Mid SP manual this is done AFTER the gearboxes are bolted to the chassis as the SP comes with the gearbox pre-assembled and bolted to the chassis http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...1020123005.jpg http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...1020123008.jpg Then out with the spur gear clutch to finish off the main shaft of the rear gearbox http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...1020123012.jpg http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...1020123013.jpg Then it was time for the front gearbox cases and something else I had prepared earlier http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...1020123014.jpg Again I had to make sure I remembered to install the belt before putting the case together, I'd done that a couple times working on my Mid 20 years ago http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...1020123015.jpg This got me to here and the part of the build I was really eager to get to http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...1020123021.jpg |
Lovely! Brings back all memories of my own optima mid build sessions when I see all these pictures. Thanks for sharing :)
I have taken the decision to hire Fibre-Lyte for my SP build as I will never find that chassis... |
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I would do the same thing regarding the chassis and go the fibrelyte, if I didn't find this one thats what I would have done |
Looking great. Keep the updates coming!;)
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I managed to make some more progress this weekend.
I didn't strictly follow the order of assembly in the manual I started with the genuine lower belt cover which I had cut out earlier and the genuine Kyosho double sided tape http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...1120123080.jpg And here it is installed http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...1120123082.jpg Next it was time to break out these http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...1120123083.jpg Along with these which needed to be installed onto the wishbones http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...1120123084.jpg I decided to prep all four wishbones at the same time http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...1120123085.jpg Rears installed. I actually had to move the belt cover forward a little, as it was fouling on the rear pivot block, luckily the tape had not stuck that well to the Carbon Chassis and it was not a nightmare to get it off, I managed to get it in just the right place second time round! http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...1120123086.jpg http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...1120123087.jpg http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...1120123088.jpg Then time to install the rear bulkhead http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...1120123089.jpg http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...1120123090.jpg Followed by the front belt cover retainer http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...1120123095.jpg I've never built a LWB Mid before so this was something new to me, I nearly forgot to get one when I was sourcing parts for this build http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...1120123096.jpg |
Next it was time to break these out
http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...1120123097.jpg http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...1120123098.jpg Then it was time to install the front wishbones http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...1120123100.jpg After which I decided to deviate from the instructions again and install the front bumper http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...1120123101.jpg http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...1120123102.jpg http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...1120123103.jpg And then I decided to make another deviation and install these so the rear sway bar does not swing around freely while the Mid waits for the next round of progress http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...1120123104.jpg http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...1120123105.jpg |
And so this is where I am so far with the build.
When the missing cap screws turn up I will get back into it and make some more progress. I guess I can build up the front and rear hub and knuckle assemblies in the meantime in preparation for the next session http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...1120123107.jpg http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...1120123108.jpg http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...1120123109.jpg http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...1120123111.jpg http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...1120123112.jpg http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...1120123113.jpg |
Looking fantastic!
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Looking good, looking forward to seeing it with the shocks fitted!
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:wub:wub:wub:wub:wub:wub:thumbsup:
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amazing car, I still have the optima mid trailing arm conversion kit but never want to build it.
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Looking good! :drool:
The plastic part in the upper left area of this image should have some kind of thin foam attached underneath to protect the drive train even more. http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...1120123083.jpg |
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Got the fibre-lyte chassis the other day so I will start the build soon. They really make wonderful parts. If I just can find a substitute for the tape set... Cheers |
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