Italian company WRC now have special sleeves for the dual joint driveshafts of the STX touring car available. Made from a special resin material the sleeves not only prevent the cross pins from accidentally falling out, the captured design also keeps dust and debris away from the delicate parts.
Source: WRC [wrc-racing.com]
Yeah Racing introduce an optional spring set as well as titanium-coated shock shafts for their Shock-Gear range of dampers. Starting with the spring set, included are five sets of super soft to super hard springs that are ideal not only for Yeah Racing’s dampers but many other 50mm to 55mm shock absorbers. The springs are made from high quality spring steel and come marked for easy identification. Also new are titanium-coated shock shafts for the 55mm variant of the Shock-Gear dampers. The gold colour coating significantly reduce friction to make for a smoother operating damper.
Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]
New from Speedmind comes this stylish LiPo safety bag for charging and storing LiPo batteries packs. It is made from a special fire-resistant fabric and of a triple layer design for increased safety in the event of a LiPo pack catching fire due to overcharging. Large velcro straps keep the lid and the two inner lashes closed securely. The bag is printed with red and white Speedmind logos and the red lining makes for additional visual impact.
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Team C Racing introduce new radio skins for Sanwa’s MT-4 telemetry transmitter. Available as blue, red and yellow themed variant the each sheet includes more than 50 sticker parts to cover most areas of the radio. Included with the decals comes an application manual to make sure each parts finds its correct place.
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Beamcat introduce these hard-coated 7075 aluminium 64 pitch pinions. The aluminium material and the excessive machining significantly reduces weight while the hard-coating increased the durability at the same time. Available from 40T up to 60T the gears sport lazer-engraved size markings and they are available separately or as 3-piece pack.
Source: Beamcat [beamcat.com]
Team Associated RC10 Classic owners who which to do away with the kit’s fibre glass shock towers and nylon battery and gear box braces can now upgrade their ride with carbon fibre parts from Xtreme Racing. The front and rear shock tower both base on the original design but sport additional mounting holes for more complex setups. Also new are a “Worlds” front shock tower, a carbon fibre 6-gear transmission brace and a small battery strap for LiPo batteries. All parts are machined from high-quality carbon fibre, reduce weight, add rigidity, look cool and are available now.
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JConcepts introduce carbon fibre shock tower conversion kits for the Traxxas Slash 4×4 truck. Available as front and rear set, the towers themselves are made from 4mm carbon fibre while the body mount duties are taken over by machined aluminium adaptors. The shocks also received new stand-offs, again machined from high quality, blue anodised aluminium. In combination the parts make for a more sturdy base for the shocks and body in order to improve suspension efficiency and the overall driving feel. The parts are ideal for all competition short course racers and are also the ideal choice for JConcept’s Scalpel conversion. Beside the full sets the front and rear tower, body mount adapter and shock stand-offs are also available separately.
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Yeah Racing have two new bearing sets for the Yokomo DPM competition drift chassis available. Coming as standard metal-shielded and optional teflon seal variant the 22-piece set includes lightly pre-oiled bearings to significantly reduce the friction in the drive train. Both sets also include a 15ml bottle of high quality bearing oil for convenient maintenance and best possible performance over a long period of time.
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