Originally Posted by Palmquist_44

Hey guys,

I just joined this forum today, and I'm looking for one of you R/C Electric Buggy/Truggy gurus and enthusiasts to give me some advice on my current situation.


I bought a Tamiya Plasma Edge electric buggy about 5 months ago when I was in Hong Kong, and the thing is absolutely incredible (I'm no R/C expert, been doing it for years, but I'm just an intermediate enthusiast). This has been my first Tamiya product and I'm sold on them for life, just incredible quality of products. At any rate, I'm looking to upgrade the speed of the thing.......VERY substantially if possible. I realize the way to go is to buy a new motor, although I've been reading online that changing the gear ratio/pinion gear could also potentially increase the max speed of the buggy. In all my life, I have never bought any motor which was beyond stock. The motor in the buggy is a Mabuchi 540 apparently.


So, could one of you gurus give me some thoughts as to what would be the most cost-effective motor to upgrade to (were you in my position)? I don't need to spend $100 on a motor here, but if I could keep it under $30 that would be awesome.

Lastly, I'm interested in purchasing one or two new or used 6 cell 7.2 V batteries, ones that also might increase the speed of my buggy. Any thoughts here (with cost-effectiveness also in mind)?

Thanks guys!!

Nick