New from Italian company Capricorn comes the Tesla .21 3.5cc nitro on-road engine. The 7-port Novarossi-based power house offers optimised fuel consumption for 5-minute stints and it features a patent pending, asymmetric cooling head design. The hand-made engine comes tuned and optimised by Max Fantini and it is available very soon.
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Beside the new Legend line of Rex nitro off-road engines Novarossi also has a range of on-road engine for 1/8th and 1/10th classes to offer. First up is the 9-port Legend 9, the long-stroke engine features a newly designed 3-needle carburettor for improved idling and better throttle response while coming with lighter ball bearings and a specially shaped venturi insert that optimises the mixture flow which leads to a higher power output. The engine comes with standard steel bearings but it is also available in a version with ceramic ball races and as 7-port Legend 7.
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New from LRP and made for the HPI Savage Octane 1/8th scale gasoline truck is an exhaust set made by German company Mielke Modelltechnik. Coming with a specially designed aluminium pipe and a heavy duty steel manifold the exhaust is designed to improve the overall performance of HPI’s 15cc engine while optimising the engine’s sound at the same time. The whole assembly is very easy to mount and the set includes all needed parts including mounting hardware.
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Novarossi introduce the new Legend line of Rex nitro engine for off-road buggy and truggy applications. Starting with the .21 buggy engines, the Legend 7 and Legend 4 Off Road engines both offer a long stroke design, new rear ball bearings with less rotational mass, redesigned 3-needle carburettors and updated venturi inserts for optimised performance. Both engines are available with standard steel or ceramic bearings.
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Capricorn in cooperation with Max Power soon have the Tesla line of nitro on-road engines available. Based on Novarossi engines and hand-tuned by Max Fantini of Max Power the .21 and .12 power houses are meant to produce the best possible performance while being very reliable at the same time. The Tesla engines will become available from mid-February on.
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New from X-Act is the Pro 5 3.5cc nitro buggy engine. The Pro 5 uses the same high quality carburettor as the Sportive but offers enhanced power thanks to a new crankcase and a 5-port piston and liner set with lightened piston for higher RPM. Greater internal porting enhances fuel flow and the engine also comes with a coated crankshaft. To top it all off the Pro 5 comes with a lightweight, drilled, CNC machined head as well and a turbo plug combustion camber insert. All piston and liner sets are hand matched and offer a tight initial fit but long life after the run in process and all engines from the range are hand assembled in the UK to ensure correct fitment and parts quality verification.
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Racing Dutch is a new company from the Netherlands, specialised in 3D printed products. Developed by a network of professional engineers with a passion for RC the main focus will be on niche products for 1/8th and 1/10th scale nitro on-road racing. One of the first items to become available is a 200mm touring car rear wing, developed using CFD techniques to reduce the overall drag by as much as 40 percent. The wing is available in a medium and high downforce variant and it is recommended to paint or soak the part using Parma Faskolor or Createx paints to have it matching the body’s colour.
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New for 2015 is Novarossi’s line of Mito on-road nitro engines. Coming as 9-port Mito 9 and 7-port Mito 7 for 1/8th racing and smaller Mito.12 for 200mm nitro cars, all engines offer Novarossi’s patented shifted carburettor that grants better mixture flow through the crankcase for improved fuel efficiency and an optimised power curve. Also new are updated rear ball bearings for reduced rotating masses and an improved mixture flow inside the engine which relates to increased throttle response and higher top speeds. The .21 engines also come with a redesigned 3-needle carburettor for improved idle characteristics and an improved return to lower RPM when coming from the upper ranges of the RPM spectrum. The new engine line is rounded out by updated cooling heads with laser-etched logos.
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