JQ Products introduce their 2013 radio plate set for the THECar 1/8th nitro buggy. Seen for the first time at this year’s European Championships the set offers an optimised weight distribution and includes redesigned battery and receiver boxes for a front or rear mounted receiver battery pack, a new CNC radio tray and on/off switch mounting tab. The parts are available as set or as separate items.
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JQ Products may not have won a World Championship so far but can now say a World Champion is running their gear. The company today announced that three time IMFAR Touring Car World Champion Marc Rheinard is going to run JQ Product’s latest nitro and electric 1/8th buggies at the upcoming NEORace later in August. Having run 1/8th buggies at various occasions Marc has a bit of experience with the noisy, dirty stuff so it will be interesting to see where he ends up given the Neobuggy races are well known for their challenging track layouts.
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After showing the buggy in prototype stages and after many podium finishes in the U.S. and race wins in Russia and Germany JQ Products finally release THEeCAR. The company’s first 1/8th electric buggy kit, something that JQ Products’ mastermind Joseph Quagraine once called as ‘stupid’, is based on the Yellow Edition nitro buggy and uses the same front and rear gearbox assemblies as the noisy & smelly version, with only the chassis, left sideguard, centre diff/motor mount and dogbones being different. The body is also different, but the same one is now used on the wide chassis for the nitro. The buggy is meant to hit the stores as we type.
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JQ Products have produced these new CNC machined throttle servo arms for all popular servo brands. Available for Hitec, Savox, Sanwa & Futaba, these black anodised arms offer two linkage options for the throttle while no flex design gives more accurate Throttle/Brake action.
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JQ Products are close to releasing the car they said they would never make, THEeCar 1/8th electric off-road buggy. In shops for pre order the car is based on their Yellow Edition gas counterpart with some dedicated parts to cater for the cars electronics. There is an all new EP specific weight optimised main chassis which sees the 4S battery mounted to the front left of the car in front of the speedo, while on the right side the motor is mounted very far back in the car, in a new adjustable motor mount, along with the centre diff which because of this positioning drives a very short rear centre shaft and a very long front centre shaft. The servo and receiver are mounted at the front right of the car completing the electronics layout. We can expect full information on the car in the near future.
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JQ Products introduce their THECar 2013 pre-season value kit. Included in the set, that is based around the Yellow Edition buggy, are option parts such as a new wide chassis, a new Ackermann plate, throttle and break linkages to match the new chassis dimensions, a new rear chassis brace and a new right side guard. The included parts have a value of roughly 100US$ and are also available as a set for everyone who wants to update an existing Yellow Edition buggy. The parts are designed to make for a more stable and easier to drive vehicle that behaves less aggressive. Later this year all parts will also become available separately.
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PSM Racing have released more new parts for THE Car, this time a front and rear shock tower for the buggy. Made from 4mm thick carbon fibre, both towers sports new upper shock mounting options. CNC machined in Germany from German carbon fibre, these lightweight and strong towers are a direct fit on the car.
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PSM Racing have released a whole slew of carbon option parts for the JQ Products THE Car. Included in the new parts are a steering top plate, middle differential top plate, a pair of dirt scrapers and for tuning the car, two different Ackerman plates in 58mm and 66mm. All parts are available now.
