MR..Roche will soon have a handful of aluminium option parts for the Yokomo BD7 available. Planned so far are a 1-piece floating servo mount, split inner suspension mounts as well as outer 1-piece suspension mounts. The servo mount is a direct replacement for the kit part while the A-arm mounts come in several specifications to allow for a wide range of suspension geometry changes.
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Tekno RC have new 1/8th shock springs as well as optional sway bars for the ET48 and NT48 truck available. Starting with the silver colour springs, they come as separate 80mm front and 90mm rear parts, are made from 1.6mm spring steel and are available as 7.5T to 9.0T front and 9.0T to 10.5T rear variant in four colour-coded hardnesses each. Also new and made for the ET48 and NT48 1/8th truggies are several sway bar wires. Coming as 2.3mm to 3.0mm variant the sway bars help to adjust the chassis roll to your liking and they are laser-etched for easy identification.
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ST Racing Concepts have new option parts for the Axial SCX10 and Wraith crawler kits available. Starting with the SCX10 part, available now is a short wheelbase chassis conversion kit that builds on solid 4mm CNC machined chassis rails which box-in the centre skid plate with a pair of 4mm CNC machined side plates. Included are also a full set of aluminium suspension link to shorten the wheelbase to approximately 250mm. Hardware and aluminium accessories are included to redistribute the weight as well with the battery now up front over the front axles. The shorter wheelbase is perfect for highly detailed CC-01 Tamiya bodies such as the Mercedes Unimog, Ford Bronco, Jeep Wrangler, Toyota Land Cruiser or the upcoming Toyota FJ Cruiser. The conversion is available in black, gun metal and silver anodising. Also available are optional anodised colour chassis rails and side plates in red and green as well as a pair of replacement 74mm suspension links.
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Zen Racing introduce this diff hub set for 1/12th on-road chassis. The set has been designed to give 1/12th rear wheels a more positive lock to eliminate wheel wobble. Also with the addition of the left hand clamp spider the rear axle weight is far more equal aiding better drive forward and a better balanced rear axle. The hubs also make use of M2.5 screws over the conventional 4-40 fasteners for an easy and simple use track side. All parts are also available separately.
Source: Zen Racing [zen-racing.co.uk]
PSM soon have another option part for the Yokomo B-Max4 III 4WD buggy available in the form of a carbon fibre main chassis plate. The chassis is designed to replace the standard aluminium part with a trick CF variant that features a direct cooling system for indoor use while a dust cover and fan mount make it also ideal for outdoor races. The chassis is set for a February release with more information available soon.
Source: PSM [psm-rc.com]
Made for the Team C TC10 touring car are four new front and rear suspension mount brackets. Coming in several specifications as F1.0, R2.0, R2.5 and R3.5 variant the orange anodised parts are machined from aluminium and made to help adjusting the suspension geometry to various track conditions by simply swapping the suspension hangers.
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Available soon from Team C is this steel gear set for the company’s 4WD buggies and short course trucks. Containing a 40T differential and 16T input gear the machined parts are meant to do away with reliability issues that can occur with the original sintered steel gears when not setting the gear mesh right. Included in the set are one diff and one input gear.
Source: Team C [teamcracing.net]
Spec-R introduce their version 2 front spool axles for Tamiya TRF417 and the Yokomo BD-7 kits. Both build around an aluminium spool body with the axles now coming with hardened steel outdrives that are of a new design with machined sections for a lower weight while retaining the needed overall rigidity. The TRF417 variant sports a lighter Tamiya blue colour while the BD-7 part is available in darker Yokomo blue.
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