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February 20, 2012

Jefferies wins Rd5 to take BRCA 12th Mod title

After a meeting at which he dominated all rounds of qualifying and the finals Olly Jefferies was crowned BRCA 1:12 modified champion. In qualifying the Associated 12R5.1 in the hands of Jefferies was untouchable and secured TQ by a lap over the chasing pack, in the final Olly eased a gap over Andy Griffiths and maintained it to the end of the race tasking a comfortable victory, Andy Griffiths took second for V-Design and coming through the pack from sixth on the grid to take third for CRC was Mick Farrell.

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February 19, 2012

Team Titan Blitz RS6 200mm body

Team Titan have released their new Blitz RS6 1/10th 200mm body shell. The new EFRA approved body (#2049) is designed to be very stable in braking and acceleration and gives good steering. Available in 0.8mm and light 0.7mm versions, it comes supplied with adjustable rear wing and mounting hardware, decals and window mask.

Source: Team Titan [team-titan.com.tw]

February 18, 2012

Protoform PFR18 1/8th scale body

2011 was a great year for Protoform in the 1/8th IC Nitro On-Road class. Now only did 8 A-Main finalists at the IFMAR WORLDS in Homestead Florida chose the P909 body, but the other 2 A-Main drivers chose the Protoform R15, which ran the quickest lap times of the entire event. In the end, Robert Pietsch brought home the very deserving win and trophy. They decided to incorporate what they felt were the best characteristics of these two world class bodies to create the Protoform PFR18. Loosely modeled after the car that conquered the 24HR of LeMans, this body style has a few tricks of it’s own as well. There are a couple more molded in body stiffening contours to make the body more consistent and the body conforms to the 2012 ERFA/IFMAR body rules in every way. Available in 3 thicknesses, .040 Lexan (regular weight), .030 Lexan (light weight) and .025 Lexan (lightest weight) “Pro-Lite” for the expert racers. This body has a protective outer film, body side-stiffeners (w/hardware) and comes with a large Protoform decal.

View more images of the PFR18 body here

February 18, 2012

Arrowmax MRX5 clutch set

Arrowmax have released this clutch set for the Mugen MRX5 1/8th scale on road chassis. Its design features the tapered clutch plate instead of the tapered flywheel which ensures better punch and lots of top speed. Sold as a complete set including bell housing.

Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]

February 17, 2012

Protoform SRS-N 200mm sedan body

For all you racers that are preparing for the 2011 IFMAR IC Sedan Worlds in Thailand, here’s a new body you might want to check out, the Protoform SRS-N 200mm sedan. Pre-season testing was done by a select few team drivers during which the SRS-N has shown to be a genuine performer. Robert Pietsch used this body to TQ at the Pre-Worlds race in Bangkok in January and JJ Wang also used this new body to win the China Fortune (Fa Cai) Nitro Championships in Shanghai. EFRA approved (#2047) it provides great steering input while maintaining excellent stability. It features state-of-the-art aerodynamics as well as excellent detail and fits all the current 200mm gas sedan chassis and is available in Pro-Lite as well as Lite weight options. It comes with a protective film, window masks and decal sheet and an oversize nylon wing hardware is also included.

View more images of the SRS-N body here

February 16, 2012

SRC carbon rear body stiffeners

New from SRC are this carbon fibre rear body stiffeners. Available in two versions for the SRC Lola 012 body and a different version for all brands of 1/8th on road bodies, the brace mounts to the cars rear body mount using the rear body posts and prevents deformation at high speed as well as protecting the shell in a crash.

Source: SRC [srcspecialparts.com]

February 15, 2012

Serpent 411-FF FWD touring chassis

Having seen the Serpent 411-FF at the Nuremberg toy fair Serpent has released full details on their first ever front wheel drive only car. Its based on the Serpent 411 TC 4wd car and shares many parts. Serpent has tested the front wheel drive cars intensively and achieved a perfectly balanced race-chassis, putting the front mounted motor as low in the front as possible. The front wheel drive system gives a unique drive-feel, very different from 4wd, but super smooth, easy and great fun. The Serpent 411-FF pre production cars have already won races in Indonesia and Hong Kong, and the cars will be run at the TITC in Thailand as well.

View more images and details here

February 15, 2012

Shepherd V10 lightweight diff pins

In an effort to constantly improve the performance of their cars, Shepherd have introduced these extremely light diff pins for the Velox V10 made from high quality 7075 T6 aluminium. For improved durability and a longer life the pins are hard coated while the weight has been reduced by about 65% compared to the normal pins.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]