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This car is probably one of what I’d consider high in the top five most good looking buggies of all time with one caveat; in profile view. The broad airdam like inspiration perhaps pulled from the BigWig is maybe a questionable decision but nobody can deny that this vehicle is a solid entry from Tamiya with the new chassis mentality of flexibly, smooth A-arms and long travel suspension. The EVO is certainly an evolution of the original with the inclusion of the carbon, aluminum, and other nice choices that are a joy to build. Oh the classic Tamiya presentation. How lovely as always! naturally any self-respecting RC fanatic cannot resist mounting tires immediately upon opening a Tamiya kit. I was surprised to see a nice baby ESC was included in case I wanted to go really tame with the motor. And we’re off to the races. Gee, this sure reminds me of a HotShot so far

Hi guys, ive done the hard part of the build the differentials but i bought an upgraded motor for my top force evo. I bought an aluminium mount for the engine (pictured fitted) but i cant work out how i will mount it as per the manual instructions. Thanks in advance if can help

This is my vintage Top Force Evo, bought back in 2017 from a friend as a much-loved runner and survivor from the early 90s racing scene, this car got a quick refresh and new body and became my go-to chassis for vintage racing. It's done me proud for the last 4 years at the Iconic Revival, this year I was planning on giving it a break and running a modified Hotshot instead, as the TF is in need of some love, but the 2021 Revival is massively over-subscribed and the Hotshot class was fully booked, so I was lucky to scrape an entry into the early 90s class. My entry confirmation arrived on Saturday, so Sunday seemed the perfect day to drag the TFE off the shelf and give it a refresh. I've never fully documented it on TC, so here's a recap from the start - including as much as I know about the car from the person I bought it from. This is how it came to me in March 2017 - a wearing Top Force Evo body, Evo shock towers and modern alloy shocks. You may also spy a few alloy hop-ups and the rare white arms, lurking under the front gear case is a front one-way and under the body is what I believe to be a HPI chassis. The included electrics were no good to me as I race with LiPos and didn't have a Tx compatible with the old receiver, so it was stripped out and fitted with one of my older brushless systems and a Spektrum-compatible ORX receiver. Here we see it one month later, stripped of body and fitted with brushless power, and wearing some ancient Manta Ray wheels so I could test it on the tarmac without destroying my Schumacher race tyres. The car had a full strip, clean and rebuild. Some of the bearings were completely seized, some were loose and floppy, one wasn't even the right size and had been spinning freely on the prop drive for who knew how long. It ran well enough on the tarmac but I would need to wait until the Revival to see how well it went on track. First, it got a fresh coat of paint on a repro body. Here it is post-paint, sitting alongside my Buggy Champ, which would be my entry for the 2wd race. And finally - the fleet, ready to be boxed and loaded. Top Force Evo, Manta Ray spares car, King Blackfoot for the monster truck race, Wild Mini for the wheelie race, Rough Rider for 2wd race day and vintage SRB custom lightweight conversion as a spare car. This was Thursday 27th July, 2017, one day before I prepared to leave and 3 days before the Evo would have its first proper run on track.

Can anyone help, I am after some of the collars that go on a High Cap damper and stops the spring. Please see pic. Thanks, jamie

Can anyone help, I am after some of the collars that go on a High Cap damper and stops the spring. Please see pic. Thanks, jamie

As much as I enjoyed building my first carbon chassis, I've decided for the mucking about that I do I really don't need it. So, here is my Fibre-Lyte carbon chassis kit which I built into a DF01 Terra Conqueror this summer. It's the Fibre-Lyte CSC/Carbon6 material, mixture of carbon and glass which is tougher than both and lighter and stiffer than FRP still. Comes with full Top Force metal parts, and all appropriate fixings and J-Parts. Includes 850 bearing'd steering arms, and full carbon Fibre Lyte battery straps for a stick pack. The battery posts are still on the J sprue for if you want to run saddle packs, but you'd need new battery straps for that. I've purposefully left the shock towers out of this kit so someone with a TA01 could get this too without having random buggy bits. It's only been run once very briefly without an undercowl, then about 10 times with an undercowl fitted running on grass. There's a couple of marks on the underside, but mostly mint. There are some scuffs and marks on the aluminium uprights where I had to grip them with pliers to tighten them up, and there's some tape residue from my Rx. Not shelfer material then, but great for a vintage racer project or just to have some very nice bits on your Manta Ray/Blazing Star/Top Force/TA01. Whole lot new would cost around £95. Anyone going to give me £70 posted? Going to leave it on here for a couple of days, but if it's not gone I'll pop it on ebay. Cheers Cy

Genuine Tamiya Top Force undercowl as used on my Terra Conqueror carbon chassis. Been run on tarmac very occasionally and grass about 10 times. Painted metallic black, bit scuffed, cut as high as possible to get to my Terra Conqueror shell, so could be trimmed and neatened up for a Top Force. They're £16 new and then there's paint on top of that. Anyone give me £12 posted? Going on here for a couple of days then I'll sling it on ebay. Cheers Cy

As title. I am aware of the Fibre-Lyte parts, thought I'd try my luck here first. The Press Parts Bag would be the ultimate, as I do need the wing stay and battery plates too (kinda). I'm after a fair few other DF01 parts too, converting a TA01 with FRP chassis to DF01. Cheers.