California’s Exotek Racing has released new machined steering spindles & caster blocks for the Losi 22S series of 1:10 cars. Made from 7075 alloy, the factory style parts have a polished black and silver finish with heavy duty construction for smooth and precise steering operation.
Reedy has introduced its all-new Sonic SP5 25.5 A-Spec stock motors with minor changes to the stator improving torque for racers who utilise 25.5 motors in competition. The incredible performance of the SP5 starts at the heart of the motor, the stator. Designed in-house, the stator’s profile is intended to achieve maximum torque and power output without sacrificing RPM. High-quality copper magnet wire, sized to the maximum that the rules allow and wound with care to keep resistance near the legal minimum, is treated with heat transfer epoxy to dissipate heat and reduce internal temperatures resulting in less fade over the course of the race. An oversized collector ring not only dissipates heat, but in conjunction with thick solder tabs, reduces resistance and power loss. The balanced rotor features a high-strength magnet that takes full advantage of dimensional rules to produce fade-free power with maximum effectiveness. The rotor is supported by precision stainless steel ball bearings to accommodate high RPM loads with exceptional efficiency and reliability. Like all Reedy Sonic motors, a high-quality sensor board rounds out the motor’s interior. Externally, the SP5 utilizes a lightweight two-piece CNC machined aluminium housing with an aluminium endcap and timing adjustability to accommodate fine-tuning for specific applications.
Source: Reedy [associatedelectrics.com]
German carbon parts producer RC Carbon Cavalieri has released new front and rear performance kits for the Agama N1 1:8 Buggy platform. The front kit conversion kit has been specially designed for tough and demanding tracks. Both made using the high quality carbon and 7075 aluminium, with the front kit you have to use the N1 Rear Shocks while for rear kit the shock absorbers of the Agama A319 are required for this performance kit for the rear axle. Generating more suspension travel, the upper wishbones are now compliant and can be bolted at different heights.
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New from EXO Design are these adjustable offset rim set for use on M-Chassis kits. Suitable for Tamiya, Carten and ABC M-Chassis series, the adjustable offset rim set is a two-piece design. This allows for offset and the pattern of the rims to be changed freely to meet the body and chassis perfectly. The rims can be painted to the desired colour with included masking kit. Sold as a pair (2 wheels) screw are included for assembly of the rims.
Ielasi Tuned has a new 2024 version of its European Championship winning 1:10 Nitro Touring Car engine with the announcement of the release of the GP3R24. This engine compared to its predecessor, which won the 2023 European Championship title in Italy with Toni Gruber, does not have any major changes but some small revisions in the engine phases, optimised crankcase backplate and new graphics are the differences compared to the GP3R23Euro. With the previous model already very successful they didn’t want to make big changes so they decided to carry forward the good things done in recent years. While the first batch is already sold out a second batch is being prepared.
Alex Thurston continued his impressive 2024 season form making it 2 from 2 at the second round of the BRCA British 1:8 Onroad Nationals held at Adur over the weekend. Winner of the season opener at the Cotswolds track last month, Thurston took his Ielasi Tuned powered YMC Racing Mugen Seiki to the top of the times in all four qualifier and starting from the TQ went on to win the final by 2 and a half laps setting the fastest lap in the process. As at Round 1 of the 7 round Championship, reigning Champion Tim Wood was again on the podium but this time down in P3 behind team-mate & new Team Shepherd owner David Spashett who went from pitman at season opener to racer at Round 2 to claim a second place. Currently Thurston leads three National Championships – 1:8 Onroad, 1:10 200mm Nitro Touring Car and the 1:10 Electric Touring Car having secured his first ever National win in the class at the season opener a weekend earlier.
Image: Alex Thurston [Facebook]
Xray and their British distributors RC Disco have announced that brothers Josh & Luke Holdsworth are joining Team Xray to race in the 1:8 Nitro Buggy class with the XB8’24 powered by FX Engines. Josh and Luke are well known in 1:10 Offroad as leading National Championship drivers and European Championship Finalists, so Xray are happy to welcome them to race alongside their already formidable British 1:8 Offroad team. Both already showed their pace at last weekend’s BRCA 1:8 Nationals by making the Semi Finals with Josh just missing a Top 3 Podium at their first big race with the new cars.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Spanish based brand Ultimate Racing has launched their new MXR Ceramic 3 Transfer .21 Offroad Competition Engine. Like its predecessor the MXS, this engine is manufactured by the prestigious Japanese brand O.S. Engines and in this case based on their square stroke Speed B21 engine. Apart from the modifications that the MXS already had, such as the crankshaft and back plate, the sleeve of the MXR has been modified, modifying the ports to be able to vary the inlet and exhaust timing. The inner head has also been modified and includes the innovative FlowMax venturi to improve performance, more specifically, to achieve greater power without compromising fuel consumption. This engine provides a really good power band with a ton of usable power. It has a smooth bottom end which worked well on the bumpy track and then has a lot of mid-range pop and feel to it. This engine is also available as Team Edition (broken in) and Combo with both, the 2141 and the 2142 pipes.
