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January 5, 2016

SWorkz CX11 electric touring car – First images

SWorkz, known for 1/8th and 1/10th off-road vehicles, are currently working on their first ever on-road kit, the CX11 1/10th scale 4WD touring car. Developed in cooperation with Speedmaster Japan the car will be of an industry-standard design with a double belt drivetrain and a carbon fibre double deck chassis. Different from most of today’s designs the CX11 features suspension hangers attached to the bulkheads rather than to the chassis with roll centre changes can be performed using composite inserts that also have an influence on toe and anti-squat settings. The steering assembly is of a floating design, attached to the floating servo mount to address tweak issues associated with chassis-mounted designs. Other features include a very slim lower chassis, low-profile shock absorbers, and ball-raced anti-roll bars. The kit is set for a Spring 2016 release and more images and information should become available in time for the release.

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December 24, 2015

SWorkz S350 EvoII Limited 1/8th nitro buggy kit

SWorkz have released first images of their forthcoming S350 EvoII Limited 1/8th nitro buggy kit. So far no details in terms of specifications and features are known but the kit is set for a release in the second half of January 2016 so detailed information should become available soon. For now you can find more images after the break.

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December 8, 2015

SWorkz S12-1M Carpet Edition 2WD buggy kit

Around for some time in prototype stages SWorkz have now introduced the production version of the S12-1M 1/10th scale 2WD buggy kit. The mid motor carpet spec buggy builds on a 3mm 7075 aluminium chassis that allows for four different battery configurations including shorty, saddle and square packs. The gearbox is of the latest low-profile design with a front-mounted motor, centre layshaft and rear gear differential while the suspension utilises bladder-less large volume big bore shock absorbers, a front aluminium and rear carbon fibre shock tower. The rear aluminium suspension mounts make use of a composite insert system to adjust the toe and anti-squat settings and the buggy is usable with standard 12mm hex wheels or SWorkz’ own “1/8th-style” rear wheels.

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November 18, 2015

SWorkz S104 aluminium hubs, hexes & wheel nuts

SWorkz have new aluminium option parts for the S104 1/10th scale 4WD buggy available in the form of rear aluminium hub carriers, wider wheel hexes and closed wheel nuts. Starting with the hub carriers, the CNC-machined parts replace the standard plastic uprights, they come made from high-quality aluminium and sport a gun metal anodised finish. The parts feature three horizontal mounting positions for the outer camber links ball studs.

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November 11, 2015

SWorkz S104 Evo Series centre slipper clutch set

New from SWorkz and made for the S104 Evo 1/10th 4WD buggy is a slipper clutch set to replace the centre differential. It brings a tuning aid that is particularly welcome on high-grip surfaces and the slipper setup also gives better feel to the car when applying power out of turns on high-grip tracks allowing to shave those lap times down. The slipper is a three pad design giving super consistent performance throughout a run due to improved heat dissipation and surface area. Using hard coated slipper plates ensures long life and reduced maintenance. Included with the set come three different main gears, making gear ratio adaptions a breeze.

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October 30, 2015

Atsushi Hara announces SWorkz departure

Multiple World and National Champion, Atsushi Hara has announced his departure from off-road chassis sponsor SWorkz. Having joined Speedmaster Hobby Company, parent brand of SWorkz, at the beginning of 2014 and having a three year contract, Atsushi has terminated the contract effectively of October 31st. The reasons remain in the darkness and Hara so far left open what his next move will be. Atsushi states:

I have to announcement about terminate contract for SWorkz in between myself on 31st October 2015. I’d like to thank SWorkz owner Scott Yang and SWorkz USA team manager Marty Korn. It was great opportunities to start build for new brand SWorkz with them. I have such a great time to working with them and I had a lot of experience for many things. I never forget over my life those are great time for me. Also, Thanks to all of SWorkz distributors and SWorkz fans are great support! It will make me a big motivation for all time.

July 26, 2015

SWorkz S104 Evo 1/10th 4WD buggy

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Following first S104 Evo prototype images that surfaced back in January SWorkz now have more photos of their forthcoming 1/10th 4WD electric off-road buggy available. Information on the kit are still vague with the only definite features announced yet being the FCSS aluminium chassis, new big bore shock absorbers and a 3-diff drivetrain. Looking at the images the buggy will also sport a floating servo mount, semi-gloss carbon fibre parts and a dedicated electronic layout for shorty LiPo battery packs. More information and images should become available in time for the release in mid-August.

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February 17, 2015

SWorkz S350 & MBX7 steel skid plate

New from SWorkz and made to fit the S350 EvoII, FCSS chassis converted standard S350’s as well as Mugen’s MBX7 is a stainless steel skid plate. The plate protects the rear end of the chassis on abrasive surfaces from excessive wear while the slightly wider design keeps harm away from the rear suspension hanger. Countersunk holes allow for precise positioning of the plate on new or nearly new chassis plates.

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