Tamiya Td4 Super Avante build.
So I finally finished my Td4 Super Avante. I did not go for box-art , I normally don't as I like to modify things and make them my own. I also did not want to spend another 22 Euro on paints that im going to use once, so I used what I had . Not a fan of silly driver figures, so I smoked the windshield.
I do not have access to dirt tracks or anything of the sort so I drive my cars mainly in a large parking lot. So I built this for on-road. There is a park, but its full of gravel and the stones just ruin a chassis , and rocks get in everything. Kept the original yellow wheels and all.
I was not too keen to add yellow as well , but that decal is too nice to pass up. Anyone wondering , I tried the yellow decals on the fenders but for the life of me I could not do them right so I scrapped that ( 53 with bad fingers and worse eyesight ) . For the fenders I used black hex screws I had, instead of the stainless self tapping ones, to keep in line with the theme of the stock black screws.
The rear wing is something I had bought for another project that never happened, so I decide to go with this instead of the plastic one. Its metal and makes it heavier than it already is. But for me thats not an issue.
Some intersting details, if you're interested.
I lowered the stance by adding 5mm internal spacers to the rear shocks and 7mm to the front ones. I also added the wide spacers to the spring on the outside. This thing bottoms out easily. In the photos the battery is in place.
I had a 68T spur gear extra from a high speed gear set for the TT-02 and it fits perfectly . Used a 23T pinion , so that gives me a ratio of 68/23*2.6=7.69 which is slightly less than the factory 70/17*2.6=10.71 . This will give me less accelleration and a bit more top speed. I dont race or go on small tracks, and like to drive them at distance in a huge parking lot. So this will do fine for me.
I'm using a 20T brushed motor I had from another build. Im thinking it will go around 22-23mph , more than enough for me to have fun.
Yes , I'm using the plastic diff nuts. I envisage having to replace those, so I ordered a bag of lock-nuts for when they strip. Not a fan of the so-called 'hop-up kit'. I think its too expensive and we should not have to change a new part from the get go. I have an old TA-02 with ball-diff that is bullet proof after 28 years.
Another small fix I did was to the servo . I've seen videos where servo sways side-to-side under load. The 'hop-up' brackets are supposed to fix this. The brackets leave an empty space underneath the servo. I filled that up with layers of double sided tape and now its rock solid.
All in all a nice and fun build. This car is very heavy and full of screws. But cutting the body is what I hated most, and it shows I guess. The decals were not fun either.
Aaaand the chassis.
