I decided to be silly and embarass myself.
I have no idea what this car is, other than the fact that its a tamiya. If you look closely the front is wider than the rear, the chasis is flipped around, and someone somehow attached the steering mechanism to the back of the car.
The top brace of the chassis is custom graphite or carbon fiber or something. The 4wd belt has been removed, and theres a 2nd piece mounted to the front and rear shock tower. What the heck is going on? I have no idea... I got the car practically for free, and it came with a perfectly good speed control, mini receiver, servo and battery pack.
I was considering taking the car apart and building a brushless motor ducted fan powered car... who knows.
This is my Nitro 4tec. I believe its 2.5L version
That is cat, rabbit and dog hair you see all over the car. The ground wire has been partly chewed through by my rabbit. Yes, that is painters tape holding the battery pack for the receiver on the car. The receiver also has a balloon over it which was also chewed through by my rabbit.
The car does run.... surprisingly.
Ghetto r/c power!