Top Force racer build

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Ive got a big uk vintage race coming up in Jan 2019 and needed a 4wd

Was looking around at various options, zxr, cat 2000 and the top force

My main want was spares availability so went with the top force

Swapped my cougar 2 for this original car and I’m in the process of rebuilding it

Here is the original car

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So here is the chassis and it stripped down

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Front gearbox stripped down, the cars got gear diffs which is a result and a one way lay shaft

Quick clean and thick anti wear grease put into the diffs

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Chopped a m3 bolt and cleaned up all the Ali chassis posts with scotch bright pads and metal polish

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Front gearbox back on the chassis and blue alloy nuts added for the bling factor!

All the chassis edges/shock towers have been sanded and black marker pen applied

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Front tower and shocks on, the shocks are TRF small bore off my 511 and yokomo B.B. springs

I’ve got a proper shock tower coming for the shorter front shocks

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Savox 1258 installed and alloy posts added

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Bought a new rear gearbox case as the original was cracked, tapped the holes out to m3 and used nuts to bolt down the gear cover as read this is a weak spot

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Rear gearbox back on and the rear shocks mounted up

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It’s a roller!

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Made up a rear tower brace from the parts bin and the RW nylon machined idler gears arrived

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Was searching on line for a Lipo holder for the shorty and came across this from a Mardave assassin pan car, £10 it was worth a shot!

20 mins later and a few holes drilled/Cs and job done!

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So my new carbon lower front tower arrived today from a guy on the top force Facebook group

This tower is for the shorter modern style shocks

Also trimmed down the Lipo cradle as it had an extra hole that wasn’t being used

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Cut out a new rudebits rear wing and mounted it up with yokomo wing buttons

[Mr. ED]

That's a neat build. It's seeing this type of tamiyas that makes me consider buying one again, even after I swore never to get another after my first car: the boomerang... I think I'd opt for the dark impact, but that's not truely vintage yet now is it?
I like the Mardave holder too: will have to see if I can get a hold of one, or maybe make my own version. Does the O-ring hold both low CG and standard height packs?