The Plasma-Dash Motor (Japanese: プラズマダッシュモーター, Purazuma Dasshu Mōtā) is a Mini 4WD motor manufactured by SGM and released by Tamiya on December 17, 1996.
It is currently the most powerful motor Tamiya has ever released.
General Info[]
The motor has the gray-color endbell cap and black-coated metal housing with the Tamiya motor sticker on it. Unique to this motor is the redesigned metal housing, which dissipates heat from inside the motor, resulted in prolonged running life of the motor despite its monstrous performance.
It uses carbon brushes, which is user-replaceable (with the Plasma Dash Brush Holder Set AO parts) without having to dismantle the motor.
The spec of the Plasma Dash Motor is higher than any Mini 4WD motors Tamiya ever released, not even the official-tournament-approved Sprint Dash Motor and Power Dash Motor can keep up.
Due to its overwhelming performance, this along with the Ultra Dash Motor and Jet-Dash Motor has since been banned from Tamiya-sanctioned races.
In other media[]
Mini 4WD Hyper Dash Grand Prix[]
The Plasma-Dash Motor was added at one of the obtainable parts in the time-limited "Historical Racers Gather 2024" event. Up to two Plasma-Dash Motors can be obtained during the event.
The motor is a Straight+ attribute parts (thus suitable with a Straight+ bodyshell), with speed of 3140 points and 2075 points of power, but with the sub-parameters of 4600 points of power consumption and 1800 points of gear loads.
As with real-life, the use of Plasma-Dash Motor in certain races, including the GP season races, are prohibited.
External link[]
Tamiya Japan[]
- Plasma-Dash Motor at Tamiya Japan
Tamiya America[]
- Plasma-Dash Motor at Tamiya America
| Mini 4WD motors | ||
|---|---|---|
| Regular | FA-130 Motor* · Hyper Mini Motor · Hyper-Dash Motor*† · Mach-Dash Motor* · Torque-Tuned Motor*† · Rev-Tuned Motor*† · Ultra Dash Motor · Jet-Dash Motor · Plasma-Dash Motor · Atomic-Tuned Motor*† · Touch Dash Motor · Power Dash Motor · Sprint Dash Motor · Light-Dash Motor* | |
| Limited editions | ZEN-Tuned Motor · Turbo-Dash Motor | |
| * denotes Mini 4WD PRO version available; † denotes newer version(s) of the motor available. | ||