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October 25, 2019

Serpent X20 Medius 4WD electric touring car

Following a couple of teaser images on social media, Serpent have fully unveiled their all-new X20 Medius 4WD electric touring car kit. The chassis is based on the popular Medius mid-motor design, using a light weight and strong 1-piece motor mount concept, without any interference between the front and rear chassis flex while still allowing centre flex adjustability. The advantage for this style of design is to allow maximum flex capabilities without impacting the drivetrain, meaning smoother power delivery, more consistency and less chance of stripping spurs. Using the last four years of development, the X20 keeps the successful 4X proven pivot ball style suspension setup allowing for easy and fast adjustments to camber, toe, track width etc. A new 2-point steering crank system has been implemented for more Ackermann adjustment, coupled with the 4X geometry.

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October 21, 2019

Aaron Stringer joins Serpent factory team

Serpent have announced the signing of Australian 1/8th off-road frontrunner, Aaron Stringer to their factory team. A former long-time Mugen pilot Aaron has joined the Serpent squad for the remainder of 2019 and beyond, campaigning Serpent buggies and trucks at all major Australian races as well as select international events.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

October 21, 2019

Serpent SRX2 Gen3 carbon fibre side stiffener panels

Coming for their brand-new SRX2 Gen3 1/10th 2WD buggy are Serpent’s optional carbon fibre side stiffener panels. Machined from 2mm carbon fibre, they a direct bolt on chassis flex tuning system and allow to fine-tune the overall flex characteristics of the car to a wide range of track conditions.

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October 16, 2019

T-Works Viper 989 titanium turnbuckles & screw sets

T-Works have announced the release of new optionals for the Serpent Viper 989 1/8th scale on-road kit in the form of titanium turnbuckles and two screw kits. Starting with the turnbuckle set, the 5-piece kit includes steering, servo and camber link turnbuckles all made of 64 grade titanium for a low weight, exceptional rigidity and corrosion resistance. Using the set over the standard steel turnbuckles will reduce unsprung masses while also adding visual impact. Included in the set comes a 4mm turnbuckle wrench for easy setup changes. Also available are a 183-piece UFO head titanium screw kit as well as a gold-colour 199-piece steel screw set. The lightweight 64 grade titanium screws will lower the car’s overall weight while the coated steel fasteners add visual impact and corrosion resistance.

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October 9, 2019

Serpent Spyder SRX2 Gen3 2WD buggy kit

Following a first teaser Serpent have lifted the curtain and present their all-new Spyder SRX2 Gen3 1/10th scale 2WD buggy kit. According to Serpent, who listened to feedback from racers, the new SRX2 needed to be slimmer, more stylish, tougher, easier to work on and above all faster. The result is the Gen3 whose updated chassis provides optimal flex characteristics and has pockets to add weight throughout to fine-tune weight distribution. An updated geometry front and rear based on the latest innovations plus lots of adjustability will guarantee racers can find the perfect setup easily while providing room to adapt to future trends. Finally, the improved drivetrain is stronger, freer and easier to work on. The kit will hit stores mid-October.

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October 8, 2019

Serpent SRX2 Gen3 2WD buggy – Coming soon

Coming soon from Serpent is their 3rd generation SRX2 1/10th scale 2WD buggy. No official details have been revealed yet but Serpent expresses the updated car will be “new”, “adaptable”, and “fast”, so guesses are that the latest generation will do away with the numerous different variants of the past in favour of a more straight forward line-up. Full information will become available soon and we bring you more details as they surface.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

October 1, 2019

Serpent X20 4WD electric touring car – Teaser image

Serpent have released a first teaser image of their forthcoming all-new X20 4WD electric touring car platform. No official details are available yet apart from the teaser image that shows a possible mid-motor platform with narrowly spaced bulkheads, long lower arms, pivot ball suspension and what looks like a standard shock placement – different from the exotic laydown shock layout found of the Project 4X touring car. The car is set for a release this October and we bring you more details as they surface.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

September 27, 2019

Serpent Cobra SRX8 GTE 1/8th electric on-road kit

Serpent have announced the release of their new Cobra SRX8 GT 1/8th electric on-road kit for the growing 1/8th scale GT class. The car is based off of the SRX8-GT and was optimised to offer the lowest possible centre of gravity while allowing for lots of ground clearance for cornering, ensuring smooth driving characteristics and the highest possible cornering speed. The core of the car is a 7075-T6 aluminium chassis that utilises the minimum possible kick-up angle to comply with ROAR and IFMAR rules while aluminium suspension mounts ensure very wide caster angle, toe and anti-squat adjustments. Additional roll centre shims further increase the setting range while black and silver all-aluminium bulkheads, centre diff mounts, motor mount and motor plate create a very sturdy chassis backbone. The overall design enables the racer to extract the front and rear differentials as well as the centre spool in a matter of seconds while allowing for four different differential height positions.

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