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May 28, 2018

Yokomo YD-2S aluminium rear shock tower

Coming from Yokomo and made for the YD-2S RWD drift car kit is a new aluminium rear shock tower. The part offers a huge amount of possible mounting positions for both the shock absorbers and camber links, allowing to finely tune the suspension geometry for a range of track conditions and tyre specifications. The tower is known to work best with the recently introduced short lower arms and it is machined from high-quality aluminium and sports a black surface treatment with machined silver edge details.

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May 23, 2018

Yokomo YD-2/4 front lower short A-arm

Yokomo have announced the soon release of new short front A-arms for the YD-2 and YD-4 series of drift cars. The special design will allow for maximised steering angles which is important for counter steering setups and the overall construction greatly improves rigidity while the added weight optimises the weight bias and thus steering feeling of the car. In addition the mounting position of the shock absorbers is adjustable using shims for near endless set-up possibilities. The complete set, and also optional 27mm and 30mm lower rod end adapters, will hit stores from end of May.

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May 23, 2018

Spice BD8 & BD7 ball-raced swaybar bulkheads

Japanese brand Spice have introduced new front and rear bulkheads for the Yokomo BD8 and BD7 touring cars that utilise ball-raced anti-roll bar mounts. A long-awaited option for Yokomo’s successful touring car, the bulkheads allow for finer adjustment and more precise swaybar mounting using ball bearings and collars. The bulkheads are machined from high-quality aluminium, they come black anodised and with machined edge details to match the remainder of the car’s alloy parts while optional steel pins allow to straighten the whole assembly during building and maintenance. Also available is a matching set of ball races and collars for the swaybar. The bulkheads fit the 2018 and 2017 variants of the BD8 as well as the BD7 2016 and Spice’s respective single belt conversions.

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May 15, 2018

Yokomo touring car body post markers

Yokomo have introduced their new body hole markers for 6mm touring car body posts. The markers help to easily and conveniently locate the body post positions on both clear and painted bodies. Aluminium tubes are placed on all four body posts and the body is placed onto them with four magnets marking the individual front and rear body post positions that then can be marked using a fine line permanent marker prior to drilling. The strong magnetic force of the magnet prevents the body from moving on the markers for even greater precision and the markers come in sets of four in a convenient carrying case.

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May 7, 2018

Yeah Racing YD2 series adjustable suspension mounts

Coming from Yeah Racing and made for Yokomo’s YD2 series of RWD drift cars is an adjustable suspension mount set. Included are 1-piece front and rear suspension mounts that utilise composite inserts to adjust the height and angle of the suspension pins in order to fine-tune the suspension settings. The mounts are machined from quality aluminium, they come black anodised and with machined silver edge details. The included composite inserts are conveniently marked for easy identification and the set is available now.

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May 4, 2018

Yeah Racing YD-2 alloy suspension & steering kit

Coming from Yeah Racing and made for the Yokomo YD-2 and YD-2S drift cars is the aluminium suspension and steering performance upgrade kit. The set will improve the car’s suspension efficiency and adjustability thanks to insert-equipped front and rear suspension mounts. Also included are the front bulkhead bridge, front bulkheads, upper arm holder, the alloy steering base and the alloy servo mount with gyro mounting platform. All parts come machined from high-quality aluminium and they sport a black surface coating for wear and machined silver edge details for looks.

Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]

May 3, 2018

RDRP YZ-4 SF alloy steering plate & bellcranks

Revolution Design Racing Products from Germany has introduced two new aluminium option parts for the Yokomo YZ-4 SF off-road buggy in the form of an aluminium steering plate and aluminium steering bell cranks. Starting with the steering plate, the part is machined from high-quality 7075-T6 aluminium and it replaces the standard carbon fibre part with the alloy plate, improving stability and steering precision. In addition the updated design does away with the kit’s sloppy bushing and shim construction in favour of highly precise ball bearings which results in less play, more precision, an overall improved steering feeling and virtually no wear. The steering plate comes black anodised to match the remainder of the buggy’s alloy parts.

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May 2, 2018

Vigor BD8-2018 & T4’18 tweak-free battery mounts

Coming from Vigor are new tweak-free battery mounts for the Yokomo DB8-2018 and Xray T4’18 touring car kits. Constructed from carbon fibre and aluminium the mounts do away with the need to use fibre-reinforced tape to secure the battery pack in favour of multi-piece battery locators and retainers that only slightly tough the pack, allowing the battery to “float” to some degree which will avoid unwanted chassis tweak. The design of the Yokomo mount allows to shift the battery pack forth and back while the offset alloy inserts of the Xray specific kit also allow for some left-right weight adjustment.

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