Tomy the intruder of the 4wd world!

[Naushad]

You could say tomy were intruders of the 4wd rc world. I don't think many people at the time expected them to enter the competitive arena. Nevertheless, I think their entries were commendable but unfortunately short-lived.

I never knew about Tomy's cars until quite recently. Anyhow I picked up a runner on eBay from down under. It was being used as a tourer or carpet buggy on foams. It needed a complete strip down before I could get working on it. I also installed hop up options including Kose wheel hubs and universals all around, yz10 black rims, cf upper deck and rear gearbox stay and a new shiny screw kit.

I won't bore you with countless build pics. Here is where I've reached so far.












Sorry about the grainy look of the pics...I'll try to sort out some HD shots later. I think it's looking pretty trick so far. Tranmsision is really smooth. Not much to go now!

[Adam F]

I have an intruder that is basically as new apart from the bumper..

Have run it indoors once and it felt quite good, but as spares are possible to find its destined to live on a shelf

[Naushad]

I've got a bunch of spares, but like you I don't think I'll run it heavy.

[optiman]

Wow, nice buggy!!!
Never seen one in person, so one question; Does the belt adjust by turning those disks on both side of the diff? Are those perforations offset from more to less adjustment?

[BORMAC]

Great build you have going here. I am still yet to witness one of these cars on a race track. They certainly have all the potential of a fine vintage racer just begging for a sniff of dirt.
I watch your thread with anticipation.

[Naushad]

Yes you are right. This is how you adjust the belt tension but it's a little fiddly as once you have achieved the desired tension you need to use a screw to fix it in place! As you can imagine, the screws are really small.

Originally Posted by optiman

Wow, nice buggy!!!
Never seen one in person, so one question; Does the belt adjust by turning those disks on both side of the diff? Are those perforations offset from more to less adjustment?

[BORMAC]

Probably the same deal as found on all the early Schumacher buggy diff eccentrics.