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January 14, 2007

LRP VTEC AAA batteries

Perfect for those racers that take their Mini-Z racing seriously or those who just want to ensure their receiver pack in their gas car will last the distance, comes these new 1000mAh AAA cells from LRP. Using VTEC technology these cells are were designed with racing in mind and are probably the best ultra long run time AAA cells you can get.

The huge capacity always provides longer operating time for every application then regular stock alka-line batteries with way less capacity. The VTEC AAA-1000UC NiMH cell was originally designed for RC car competition receiver battery packs, Micro Car drive batteries (e.g. Xmod or Mini-Z) and mobile computer systems.

Source: LRP [lrp-electronic.de]

January 13, 2007

H.A.R.D. Pin Tower for 3mm pins

H.A.R.D. Pin Tower

H.A.R.D. Racing have released this new heavy duty pin tower tool to aid the easy replacement of the pins in your cars driveshafts. Made to press out 3mm pins, this real money saver enables you to replace the worn pins in your driveshaft and replace them with new ones, thus saving you the cost of whole new driveshafts.

Both joint cups and drive shafts get worn out very fast. However, it is expensive to replace a new set of drive shafts when only the pins are worn. To make pin replacement easier, H.A.R.D. releases this new heavy duty Pin Tower.

Source: CML Distribution [cmldistribution.co.uk]

January 12, 2007

Team Losi 8ight clothing

Team Losi have announced the release of these promotional clothing items for racers of the Team Losi 8ight. The t-shirt is available immediately and sports the 8ight logo on the front and a very large 8 on the back and comes in the usual sizes. The hat meanwhile is available at the end of the month and features the Team Losi 8 logo embroidered on the front and the Losi logo on the back and comes in 2 flex fit sizes.

Source: Buggy-Sport [buggy-sport.info]

January 11, 2007

JP Racing Engine Maintenance kit

JP Racing have just released this great engine maintenance kit which contains all you need to take proper care of your expensive JP, or other brand, engine. Featuring 1 Air filter oil, 1 After run oil, 1 Liquid for polishing and 2 On-Road air filters, it has everything you need in one handy package.

Source: The Border [the-border.com]

January 11, 2007

RCID Custom starter box skins

Back in October we told you about these cool starter box skins from Upgrade RC, through their RCID Custom brand. Well now it seems that they are finally available for purchase and they now have more options to choose from. As with the transponder skins we showed you earlier this week, these skins are customisable with a selection of logos and schemes to choose from as well the choice of starter box that the decal will be applied to.

Source: RCID Custom [rcidcustom.com]

January 11, 2007

Hot Bodies Lightning 2 Pro EVO

Although the Neo Invitational event was nearly a month ago, Hot Bodies have a report on their site giving us the lowdown on their experiences at the event. Of course they were present with Marc Rheinard and Andy Moore, both touring car racers, but despite that they managed to both make the semi finals, not a bad result considering. But what was more interesting is that both their team drivers where running prototype parts including new shock towers front and rear, a new main chassis, improved radio plate and several other parts in an effort to test them in time to include them in their upcoming Lightning 2 Pro EVO, that is due out sometime this year.

Source: Hot Bodies Europe [hbeurope.com]

January 11, 2007

Team Associated TC5 Update

Asssociated TC5

The Team Associated TC5 prototype electric car has been around for a while now and has been performing quite well, and is still being developed, but it seems that the car is a step closer to being released with the latest images of the car showing the use of some production ready parts. RC Zone has some images taken at last weekends Novak US Touring car championships that show Rick Hohwarts car in detail as well as some more info on the car itself.

The major parts that carry over from previous cars are the shock bodies, VCS2, Springs, Ballcups, Tierods, Diff Hardware, Ballstuds, Body Posts. Another detail is that the new car will feature screws with 2mm metric threads. The bearings will also be all metric spec. The aluminium parts will also be anodised blue like on other Associated Factory Team cars.

Read the full report and view more pictures here.

Source: RC Zone [rczone.net]

January 10, 2007

Team Wave Lightning V2

Team Wave have released an updated version of their Lightning discharging rig, the V2. Improvements over the original version include this simple click in battery holder, voltage displayed for individual cells, a warning if a battery is put in incorrectly and the ability to use 4 or 6 cell easily. You can also set the voltage that the cells should drop to when discharging and of course it looks cool with the blue display.

Source: Dry Hop [dryhop.ocnk.net]