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October 22, 2022

JConcepts Firestorm Racer/Runner Monster Truck tyres

JConcepts have added two new tyres to their Monster Truck range. The ‘Racer’ tyre is a twist and a turn off the popular Firestorm tire providing a new cutting-edge option. In the past, the only way to modify scale monster truck tires was to slice and cut by knife, taking up to as much as 40 hours per tire. The JConcepts Racer tire has those trimmed sections built into the RC tire pattern featuring crisply “chiseled” carcass removal and heavily back-cut lugs. The sidewalls have been chamfered, removing overhung tread to provide a light-weight design capable of driving through high-traction turns with a freeness that helps quicken the rotation. The tyres are crew-cut to maintain performance in all the right areas while maintaining low-profile with a wide-body base. The ‘Runner’ tyre has a completely lowered lug to create the low-profile stance making it desirable on the racing scene. The lugs have a front and rear edge so they can dig in both directions without throwing too much free dirt.

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October 21, 2022

Pro-Line 1978 Chevy K-10 Body

Pro-Line has released their first body shell for the Axial SCX6 Rock Crawler, a 1978 Chevy K-10. The fully licensed shell gives your 1:6 scale crawler a super scale, retro-classic look with this fleetside Chevy®, which is one of the hottest nostalgic full-size trucks. The 1978 K-10 body has been carefully sculpted with realistic details that recreate the lines and squared-off style of this iconic truck. It is molded from extra-thick, 2mm thick crystal-clear polycarbonate for extra durability on your giant rig. To fit this body to your SCX6, the AXI350001 body post set from Axial is required.

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October 21, 2022

Factory Team RC10B6.4 Steering Rack

Factory Team has produced this durable and high-performance steering rack upgrade for the RC10B6.4 buggy line. Machined from billet aluminium, the new design utilises a clamping “crush tube” style ball bearing pivot that minimises play in the steering assembly. The result is a more durable and reactive steering assembly that will allow drivers to tune the steering system responsiveness.

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October 20, 2022

US Carpet Offroad C/ships Spec Tyre Announcement

The US Carpet Off Road Championships has announced the spec tyre suppliers for this year’s running of the Cleveland, Ohio, based race. Started in 2021, the week after the legendary US Indoor Champs On Road race, the 2nd edition takes place on December 1-4 with world famous announcer Scotty Ernst in charge of proceedings. While the USCOC event has open tyre classes, for its Spec tyre classes Ernst is proud to announce their partnership with Schumacher and JConcepts. Buggy classes will use Schumacher Tires with the Truck classes running on JConcepts. For 2WD it is the Cut Stagger front and Cactus rear that will be used while 4WD uses the Cactus Fusion 2 front and Cactus rear. In Truck classes it is a Swaggers and Pin Downs combination for both Short Course and Truck.

Source: USCOC [carpetoffroad.com]

October 18, 2022

Klinik RC ‘Racetec’ Compression Gauge

Klinik RC has through its Racetec brand released this nitro engine compression gauge. The digital gauge makes checking the health of your engines a breeze. Check the health of your engines in or out of the car quickly and easily, document your engines wear and find potential problems with reliability or performance in seconds. Compression is a basic test of any engine from the car you drive to atv’s and now in RC engines. The compression gauge will fit any RC engine with a turbo style glow plug. The gauge requires 2x AAA batteries.

Source: Klinik RC [klinikrc.com]

October 18, 2022

JConcepts Mono 1.9″ | 1.7″ RC10 wheels

JConcepts has released the Mono wheel that is now available for the RC10 Classic vehicle in era correct 1.9” diameter. The popular dish style wheel is now available for the RC10 Classic. JConcepts has identified all the key points of the 1.9” diameter wheels and positioned them so racers can now have popular Mono flair built for the classic design. The base style of the Mono wheel revolves around the time-tested dish look which has been around since the beginning of RC Racing, but, this time, designed to fit the legendary RC10 vehicle. The JConcepts wheel is built in an extremely durable material with a racing look that combines the winning combination of racing from yesteryear, and competition of today. The Mono front wheel accepts the 3/16” x 5/16” flanged bearing or bushing found on the original and Classic RC10. Available in white, black, and florescent yellow colour with a shiny face appearance.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

October 18, 2022

JConcepts 3.5 x 46mm Fin Titanium turnbuckle set

JConcepts has introduced new 3.5mm Fin turnbuckle sets designed specifically for style, durability, and performance. The base of the design is centred around a .143” titanium hex size which gradually tapers down into a 3.5mm thread base design which accepts the new Team Associated #92308 ball cups. The focus of the styling surrounds the lengthened adjustment hex area and the “finned” cuts that rotate about the centre. The Fin turnbuckles are lightweight, and the original design brings out the glamour and quality that makes titanium one of the most sought-after exotic materials in the world. The JConcepts turnbuckles are produced with left- and right-hand threads with the left being conveniently marked for easy orientation. The turnbuckle sets are available in two colours, stealth black and burnt blue with the latter having intentional sporadic colouring ranging all around the blue spectrum.

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October 18, 2022

Infinity launch ‘Fam1ly’ App

Infinity has released their own app called ‘Fam1ly’ which offers 8 useful tools that will help you during your racing sessions. These include Sensor tool, a tool with which you can measure the Camber and Caster angle of your car in the quickest way possible. Fuel calculator, it will tell you the runtime of your engine, a must-have tool for a racer. It will also let you save your runs and make an average calculation between them. Tyre consumption, this tool is used to calculate the lifetime of the tires for the IF18 and the IF15 cars. As with the Fuel calculator tool, you can save your runs and make an average calculation between 2 or more runs. Oil converter, ever been in a situation where you want a specific gradation of oil but you don’t have it available? This tool can tell you exactly how much oil to use to produce the desired oil density. Stopwatch: this is more than a normal stopwatch. When you save a run you can watch it in details, check the fastest lap, average lap, consistency, and much more… You can also race with the “Ghost” of that run. Gear ratio tool, this will help you to calculate the gear ratio of your car. Notes, a note taking tool to write down everything you need. Setup database, from this tool you can download an editable blank setup sheet of your car, edit it and then upload it on the app to always have all your setups in a single place. The App is already available for download on digital stores and a barcode to register your account is available and free of charge for all Infinity customers.

Source: Creation Model [creationmodel.net]