Team Titan have released their new Blitz WRX 190mm TC body shell. The body is designed with less downforce and less steering compared with their XFR shell and works perfect on carpet as it helps reduce traction roll if the grip is high. Less steering and quick response will also make your car very easy to drive on large wide open tracks and very stable on throttle.
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HKS Hobby has released a new conversion for the FGX F1 chassis. It feature a 2.5mm carbon chassis and 2.0mm carbon upperdeck, as well as carbon upper rear arms. The chassis has a different battery mounting position for better weight distribution and combines the use of the Tamiya F104/F103 front end with the independent rear suspension of the FGX. The result is a very durable and stable F1 chassis that can perform on many different kinds of surface.
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Round 2 of this year’s BTCC championship was held at the West London Racing Centre track. Having looked at the weather forecast all week it was going to be a wet day, and sure enough when we all turned up at the track, wet it was. At drivers briefing it was decided that the format for the day would be 4 rounds of round by round qualifying followed by 1 final. With qualifying underway in round 1 it was Tony Broad who set the fastest time followed by Daniel Booker, Damian Giddins, Tim Tims and Spencer Jones in the stock class. In Super touring it was Schumacher’s Chris Grainger setting the fastest time with Olly Jefferies, Alan Bickerstaff, Andy Murray and Stefan Chodzynski rounding out the top five.
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Smokem Racing has released the new T3MX chassis for the popular Xray T3’12 electric tourer. The 2.25mm thick chassis has been designed to provide additional flex, delivering more grip and a wider tuning window. This allows you to dial-in your car over a wider range of temperature and track conditions. The new T3MX design features distinctive curved profile cutouts which alters the flex characteristics of the chassis compared to the stock Xray design. Because of this, the T3MX delivers unparalleled chassis response during quick direction changes and turn-in, while maintaining maximum rear traction. The Smokem T3MX is suitable for all Xray T3-series electric tourers running the Xray dual bellcrank steering system with horizontal servo orientation.
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New from Arena is this CNC machined chassis plate for the 2012 spec Xray NT1. Made from American 7075 T6 aluminium it has been hard coated for extra durability. A direct fit on the NT1 it can also be fitted with chassis weights.
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ARC RC have introduced their R10 1/10th 190mm EP touring car chassis. It has been designed with a minimum of parts that not only keeps overall weight down, but also makes maintenance and setup on race day easier. The ultra precise ball-ends and steel-hardened balls have been designed and developed to ensure minimum tolerances and remove play in the joint. The R10’s chassis is 82mm wide which allows the car to roll more quickly and reduces the chance of the car grounding while cornering while the CVDs have been made from hardened spring steel and are designed to use a G clip to prevent the drive pin coming out during use. The hard anodised shock bodies are teflon coated, giving the CNC shock piston smooth movement and excellent durability. The full plastic gear diff, has 6 precision gears producing a smooth and efficient operation and with 7075-T6 hard coated outdrives, there will be no leakage of oils from these units.
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Japanese company Panaracer have introduced their new PR racing slick GX series tire. Available in five different compounds, 24, 28, 32, 36 plus 28 CP for carpet, it is a long life high traction tire which last almost twice as long as the Xenon tire it replaces. Tested by top drivers around the World, the tire is available unglued but will come pre glued in the future.
Image: Xenon [xenon.ne.jp]
The Circuit Lamberto Collari in Cassino was the host last weekend to top drivers from across Europe including Pietsch, Wischnewski, Spataro, Balestri, Tironi and others, as they took the opportunity to test ahead of August’s 1/10th 200mm Euros on the same track. Qualifying was dominated by KM driver Dario Balestri followed by another Italian driver Biagio Spataro in 2nd while reigning 1/8th scale World Champion Robert Pietsch was 3rd. On Sunday the two semi-finals were won by Serpent driver Alessio Mazzeo and Xray driver Dirk Wischnewski while problems for Pietsch, Spataro and Balestri in the semis meant they failed to make the final. After an initial battle in the main final between Mazzeo and Wischnewski, it was the Max powered Serpent 747 of Mazzeo that took the win followed by Francesco Tironi (Capricorn) in 2nd and Claudio Culoma (Xray) 3rd.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
