Axe Cobra, the Italian engine manufacturer that has just won the European Championships with Robert Batlle, have announced that the engine that powered the Spanish driver to the title will be available for sale in September. The engine, called the 214R21 COBRA X1, features a new crankshaft with a special plastic insert, a rear ceramic ball bearing, turbo glow plug head and other small changes.
Source: Neo Buggy [neo-buggy.net]
Japanese firm Charge RC have introduced this new off road pipe set for use with 3,5cc buggy motors. The pipe itself has been extensively tested in both off road and on road conditions with the best results coming when off road where the pipe gives plenty of bottom end to middle range torque, especially when combined with the manifold that comes supplied with the pipe set. The pipe and manifold have been polished for better gas flow, while for the stinger of the pipe has been reinforced with a rib to prevent it bending in the event of a hard impact.
Source: Charge RC [charge-rc.com]
We wrote a month ago that the new Kyosho X312T, the .12 motor based on the Team Orion CRF .12, would be made available in Europe on the 10th of July. Well its almost the end of July now, and although its 2 weeks late we have been told that the shipment of engines is now in Europe ready to be sold. The engine, when it was originally badged by Team Orion made quite a splash when it was released, and now that Kyosho has its name on it, and with the engine features some upgrades, expect to see it also making waves, especially when it makes its big time debut at next months European 1/10th Championships in Spain.
Source: Kyosho [kyosho.de]
O.S. have announced 2 new engines to fill a vital niche in the stadium truck market with the release of the 12TZ (P) and the 12TG-P. The 12TZ is a turbo engine with a 3-port ABC liner and 3-needle rotary carb, for optimum adjustability, and this motor meets all IFMAR and ROAR 3-port specs. The bore and stroke of this motor provide the widest possible power band and with it the ability to adapt to any track. The 12TG-P is also a ROAR legal motor and works well in cars like the Associated GT2 and HPI Firestorm, and like all 12TG engines it’s easy to break in and very economical, expecting to get up to 14 minutes of run-time on a single tank of fuel.
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Serpent have released this EFRA approved Mega polished exhaust system for use with your 3.5cc Mega MF or ZX engines. Featuring great fuel economy, this pipe has a lot of bottom and top end power and is best suited for use on high-speed tracks. The pipe set comes complete with the polished conical T5 manifold, which is the best manifold for this pipe, while the top of the pipe features the Mega logo laser etched into it. The pipe set is sold complete with rubber seal and mounting springs.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
Axial Racing have released this flywheel wrench for helping you to tighten and loosen the flywheel nut on your engine. Machined from 6mm 6061 grey anodised aluminium, and sporting the Axial logo, this tool fits most 2, 3 and 4 shoe flywheels on the market. Available now.
Source: Axial Racing [axialracing.com]
We wrote about the Solaroli tuned Picco engines back in March when the Italian driver released his hand tuned Evo2 .12 and .21 engines. Now with the basic Picco engines updated, for better durability and performance, Stefano has hand worked and is now selling the Evo3 version of the Picco .12 motor. The work that is done features porting of the liner, and other work, as well as optimising and polishing the crankshaft to get the absolute best out of the engine.
Source: Solaroli RC Tuning [solarolirctuning.com]
Its been a long wait for the MRT (Mario Rossi Tuned) Ninja motors since they were first shown at the Nuernberg Toy fair back in February but now MID the European distributor have announced that the complete line of 3 engines goes on general sale in Europe. Hand tuned by former Novarossi engine tuner, Mario Rossi, these new engines have a black housing, magnesium cooling head and hand selected and tuned internal components. The MR12 T01T is a 2.11cc engine for 1/10th scale circuit racing, the MR21 R01T is a 3.5cc engine for 1/8th scale circuit racing and finally we have the MR21 B01T, again a 3.5cc engine but this time for 1/8th scale off road competition.
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