Mini 4WD Race Classes: Stock, B-MAX and Open
Stock Class, B-MAX and Open are not the same rulebook. How official Tamiya events, Basic-MAX GP v5 and local Malaysian shop races actually differ on race day.
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Browse available alternativesA lightened version of Tamiya's 19mm tapered aluminum ball-race roller (the standard version is Item 95436). The tapered profile helps the car slide back onto the track rather than snagging when it rides up a course fence, and each roller carries a 520 bearing for smooth rotation. Material has been drilled out to cut roughly 30% off the weight of each roller compared with the non-lightened version.
Tamiya lists it as fitting essentially the whole Mini 4WD chassis lineage — from the original Type 1 through Type 5, Zero, FM, Super-1, Super-2, Super-FM, Super-TZ, Super-X, Super-XX, Super-TZ-X, VS, AR, FM-A, MS and MA — since the roller-unit mounting screw spacing has stayed standardised across nearly every chassis Tamiya has released. Shaving weight out of a roller matters more than shaving it from most other parts, because rollers are unsprung rotating mass at the edge of the chassis: lighter rollers spin up faster and add less resistance each time the car clips a fence or corners hard.
Stock Class, B-MAX and Open are not the same rulebook. How official Tamiya events, Basic-MAX GP v5 and local Malaysian shop races actually differ on race day.
What scale is Mini 4WD? Learn the 1:32 format, typical car dimensions and official race measurements to check before modifying your car at the bench.
Building the best Tamiya Mini 4WD setup means matching the track, not chasing peak speed. Roller layout, braking, mass and a baseline you can repeat.