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October 12, 2016

AKA Double Down 1/8th buggy tyre

AKA’s 2016 IFMAR World Championship winning Double Down tyre will soon become available for the public. Seen for the first time during last week’s worlds and designed to fit between the Impact and the Zipp in the AKA tyre line the tyre is best used when having a slightly dusty track and when better wear characteristics are needed. The pin size and spacing has been designed to give more room for dust to clear the tread pattern yet still have the pin density across the carcass to give it great wear characteristics. The Double Down will be available in standard soft and super soft compound as well as long wear medium and super soft variants including red inserts or as pre-mounts on white or yellow disc wheels.

Source: AKA [raceaka.com]

October 11, 2016

Dragon-RC pre-mounted 1/8th truggy tyres

Coming from Dragon-RC is a pre-mounted set of tyres for 1/8th truggies. Offering a fine pin tread for great traction on most surfaces the tyres come as pairs, factory-assembled including white rims, foam inserts and they are ready for use.

Source: Dragon-RC [dragon-rc.com]

September 28, 2016

Schumacher Mini Dart 1/10th carpet & astro turf tyre

Schumacher have introduced the all-new Mini Dart 1/10th buggy tyre for carpet and astro turf tracks. The tyre features a new low-profile design to improve bump handling and reduce traction rolling tendencies on high-grip tracks. Midway in terms of the Mini Pin and Mini Spike the tread offers great versatility on both carpet and astro tracks while offering exceptional tread life and a BRCA legal width. The Mini Dart is available as 2WD front, 4WD front and general rear tyre in blue long life, yellow dry and silver wet compound and also as yellow compound pre-mounts.

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September 26, 2016

Pro-Line Transistor 2.2″ 4WD front tyre

Pro-Line Transistor 2.2" 4WD front tyre

Pro-Line have introduced the Transistor 2.2″ 4WD front tyre. Designed to provide good, consistent steering and being ideal for indoor clay and outdoor blue groove conditions the tyre makes for an easier to drive buggy when compared to the Electron front tyres. While the tyre looks similar to the previous VTR Transistor, the 2.2″ Transistor has been completely redesigned for improved performance and wear over the original. The tyre includes closed cell inserts and it is available in super soft M4 and clay-specific MC compound.

Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]

September 26, 2016

Pro-Line Hyrax 1.9″ tyre & new crawler inserts

Pro-Line Hyrax 1.9" tyre & new crawler inserts

Coming from Pro-Line are the new Hyrax 1.9″ G8 Rock Terrain truck tyre as well as two rock crawler foam inserts. Starting with the tyre, designed from the ground up for maximum grip on the toughest terrain, the Hyrax features an aggressive and open tread pattern with each tread block containing multiple spies for optimized tread flex. The highly detailed connected tread on the sidewall of the tyre extends out for exceptional side-hilling performance. Made from G8 material the tyre also features futuristic stepped tread blocks that create even more forward gripping edges that dig into slick rocks. The tyre fits most 1.9″ wheels and it comes including open cell inserts.

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September 16, 2016

Yokomo DRA & DRC drift car tyres

Coming from Yokomo are two new tyres for 1/10th scale AWD and RWD drift cars. First up is the asphalt-specific DRA tyre made from polycarbonate. By reducing the weight of the tyre greater control and smoothness was achieved while cut shoulders give better fender clearance for that stylish, flush look. The second new tyre is the DRC moulded from HDPE and made for carpet and polished surfaces. An increased contact patch improves overall grip and performance. Both tyres are available in 4-piece sets with the DRA being selected as the control tyre for the FEMCA Cup that is held in the Yatabe Arena in October.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

August 31, 2016

JFT 1/12th pan car control foam tyre

JFT have introduce their new control foam tyre for 1/12th scale pan cars. Spec foam tyre are best known in 1/10th World GT racing where the purple-marked rubber makes for less guess work during scrutineering and they made a first step into 1/12th scale racing courtesy of CRC with JFT being another brand to offer “hand out” control tyres. The pre-mounted and pre-trued tyres come with a blue stripe for easy identification and they are mounted to grey standard off-set 1/12th scale rims suitable for most cars.

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August 25, 2016

BSR M-Pin & Lilly 1/8th buggy tyres

BSR distributors Hoeco have introduced the new M-Pin and Lilly 1/8th buggy tyres as well as BSR’s new tyre compound. Starting with the M-Pin tyre, the unique medium pin tread was developed for racing on astro and carpet tracks. It comes in a new astro turf compound best suited for dry tracks while the tyre is also available in the proven, soft S compound for wet conditions. Also new is the Lilly called modern long-wear and multi-directional tyre. Designed to excel in all track conditions ranging from rough high-bite to polished low-bite tracks the tyre is meant to offer exceptional traction and a long tread life. The tyre is available in soft, super-soft and the all-new xtra-soft compound. Both tyres come pre-glued and in a zip bag for easy storage and transportation.
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