{"id":7291,"date":"2025-08-29T07:26:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T07:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/?p=7291"},"modified":"2025-08-29T07:26:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T07:26:21","slug":"can-the-td4-hold-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/?p=7291","title":{"rendered":"Can the TD4 hold up?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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So, can the Tamiya TD4 really be a serious racing buggy? Honestly, it depends what you mean by \u201cserious.\u201d Tamiya kits have always had a kind of split personality: they\u2019re brilliantly engineered, fun to build, and full of character, but they\u2019re not usually the first choice when you think of hardcore race machines. The TD4 (or Super Avante) is no exception.<\/p>\n

On the track, it\u2019s a mixed bag. The design is clever\u2014those inboard shocks and the enclosed drivetrain are classic Tamiya touches, and they make the car feel tough and different from the cookie-cutter race buggies you usually see. It\u2019s stable, it handles dirt well, and if you\u2019re just running laps at your local club, it can definitely hold its own. Plus, it looks like nothing else out there, which counts for something when everyone else\u2019s buggy looks basically the same.<\/p>\n

But once you start comparing it to proper race kits from Associated, Schumacher, or Xray, the gaps start showing. The TD4 is heavier than most modern race buggies, and the suspension geometry doesn\u2019t have the same razor-sharp tuning potential. If you\u2019re chasing podiums every weekend, you\u2019ll probably notice that you\u2019re working harder to keep up. And because not many people race them seriously, you won\u2019t have the same pit-lane support for spare parts or setups like you would with the more common brands.<\/p>\n

That said, there\u2019s something fun about showing up at a race with a TD4. You\u2019re not just running another copy-paste race buggy\u2014you\u2019ve got a car that feels special, both to build and to drive. At club level, in the right hands, it\u2019s definitely competitive enough to mix it up. Just don\u2019t expect it to dominate a field full of purpose-built race machines.<\/p>\n

So yeah, the TD4 can be raced, and you\u2019ll have a blast doing it. But calling it a \u201cserious racing buggy\u201d is stretching it a bit. I\u2019d say it\u2019s more of a hobbyist\u2019s racer: fun, unique, capable enough to surprise people, but not quite the weapon you\u2019d choose if your only goal is winning trophies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So, can the Tamiya TD4 really be a serious racing buggy? Honestly, it depends what you mean by \u201cserious.\u201d Tamiya kits have always had a kind of split personality: they\u2019re brilliantly engineered, fun to build, and full of character, but they\u2019re not usually the first choice when you think of hardcore race machines. The TD4 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7193,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[146,59,130],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7291"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7291"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7292,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7291\/revisions\/7292"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}