Mini 4WD Gear Ratio Chart: Choosing by Course
A Mini 4WD gear ratio chart from 3.5:1 to 5:1, explained by course type. Match your gear set to motor, straights and corners before race day.
Welcome to Monkee Mods
We’ll remember your pick and take you straight there next time.
Click to zoom
In stock
A high-speed gear set for MA and MS chassis cars, geared at a 4:1 ratio to favor top speed over acceleration -- a common choice on long, straight-heavy courses. The set supplies the blue and orange gears needed to convert a chassis away from its stock ratio, along with the associated shafts.
A 4:1 ratio sits toward the lower-torque, higher-speed end of the gear ratios Tamiya offers for MA/MS chassis cars, trading the stronger corner-exit acceleration a lower-ratio gear set gives for a higher achievable top speed once the car is up to pace -- why it tends to suit long, uninterrupted straights over tracks packed with corners and slopes. Fitting it means swapping the crown gear on the rear axle and the matching gear on the counter gear shaft together as a pair, since a ratio change only works correctly when both halves of the mesh change at once; the set supplies both gears plus the shafts to complete the swap.
A Mini 4WD gear ratio chart from 3.5:1 to 5:1, explained by course type. Match your gear set to motor, straights and corners before race day.
Choose a Tamiya Mini 4WD gear set by the exact chassis, motor layout and instructions. Check ratio, gear cover and event rules before changing the drivetrain.
Check Mini 4WD MS chassis compatibility by the exact unit, body and part description. Learn why dual-shaft layout alone does not prove a modification will fit.