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July 25, 2017

Simon Moss teams up with Serpent

Serpent have announced the signing of UK’s Simon Moss to their 1/10th scale off-road team. Simon will be working closely with Serpent’s design team as well as UK distributor Tony Evdoka and he has the following to say:

Today I am delighted to announce joining the Serpent Off Road team. I can’t thank Tony Evdoka, Ronald & Michael at Serpent enough for giving me the opportunity to represent this great brand and continue to build their presence in the 1/10th Off Road market. I am truly excited about this and look forward to continue development of our off road platforms together and be a real presence at the sharp end of the UK 1/10th scene.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

July 20, 2017

VP-Pro SRX8E body shell

Coming from VP-Pro and made for the Serpent SRX8E is a high-downforce body shell. It features a roof-top shark fin, a medium cab forward design and its rear flaps make for improved aerodynamics especially at higher speeds. The body comes clear, including overspray film and window masks.

Source: VP-Pro [vp-racing.com]

July 18, 2017

Serpent SRX8 aluminium brake collars

Coming from Serpent and made for the SRX8 nitro buggy are two new brake collar sets. They are machined from high-quality aluminium, sport a knurled design for convenient handling and they are now also available in orange and black colour to add to the already existing grey ones. The parts come in sets of two, including grub screws and beside the SRX8 they also fit many other nitro vehicles.

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July 11, 2017

3DRC Project 4X air remover shock stand

3DRC from Germany have introduced their new Ride air remover shock stand insert specially designed for the dampers of the Serpent Project 4X touring car. The 3-D-printed part allows to securely hold the small heave and roll shocks during filling and while leaving them in Ride’s air remover tool. By turning the insert upside down it also securely holds the gear diff case during filling. The insert exclusively fits Ride’s short air remover and it is available directly through 3DRC’s Shapeways store.

Source: 3DRC [shapeways.com]

July 7, 2017

Serpent 988 1/8th nitro on-road kit – Coming soon

During this week’s second round of the 2017 Euro Nitro Series Serpent are showing off their all-new 988 1/8th on-road platform. With only the transmission, shocks, fuel tanks and some minor plastic parts taken over from the previous 977, the new car is pretty much a complete redesign – although a quite traditional one. New to the 988 are the aerodynamic lower a-arms which are solid and can accept different inserts to change the flex characteristics of the arm, which is just one of a number of various flex tuning possibilities in this new car. Along with a modified main chassis to accept the new parts, the car also comes with the newly released Viper Flow front bumper.

Find more information and detail images here.

July 7, 2017

T-Works SDX4 carbon fibre battery strap

Coming from T-Works and made for the Serpent SDX4 1/10th 4WD off-road buggy is a carbon fibre battery strap. Designed to replace the original part, the mount is machined from high-quality carbon fibre, it features a machined slot on one side for easy removal and to keep the chassis flex characteristics intact and it also included suitable mounting hardware in the form of countersunk washers and a gold-coloured screw.

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July 6, 2017

Serpent Viper Flow front bumper

Made for the Viper series of 1/8th on-road cars is the new Flow front bumper from Serpent. A 3-in-1 design, the bumper offers the ability to run it is three different aero configurations of fully open, semi-open and fully closed by using dedicated inserts for the outer part of the bumper. Using the open specification will offer the least steering while the semi-open variant will provide good high-speed steering. Finally in the fully closed configuration the bumper will give the most low-speed steering at the sacrifice of high-speed steering. The aerodynamically bumper fits on all Viper line cars and it includes all needed inserts.

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July 5, 2017

Serpent SRX8 moulded rear uprights

Coming from Serpent and made for the SRX8 series of buggies are new moulded uprights. The rear hubs are designed to be a direct replacement for the aluminium parts if track conditions call for them as using the moulded parts over the more rigid alloy ones will result in increased grip especially in lower bite conditions. The hubs incorporate two arm length positions and they are usable with the old and new-style A-arms of the SRX8 and SRX8E.

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