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April 9, 2007

Darkside Motorsports Oval Set-up Wheels

Darkside Motorsports have announced that they are selling their 1/10th scale Oval Setup wheels, which like the Team Tamale wheels, offer the option of adjusting the virtual tire diameter by rotating the Octagonal wheel to the specified measurement.

They simulate eight different tire diameters from 2.31″ to 2.10″.Â Use these wheels to measure and adjust chassis ride height, track width, wheel offsets and stagger.Â When matched with a set of tweak scales, weight distribution can also be simulated and slight changes can be modeled with ease.Â The wheels are matched such that wheelbase dimensions can also be easily measured.Â Simply put, they provide a foundation for repeatable measurements and set-ups.Â Each set comes with 2 front wheels, 2 rear wheels and a re-usable storage case.

Source: Darkside Motorsports [darksidems.com]

April 8, 2007

Darren Johnson wins Spanish EFRA GP

Today saw the finals run at the Spanish EFRA GP in Madrid, where the weather was playing a factor all weekend, with cold temperatures and rain causing distruptions to all racers and todays weather was not much better, with rain dispersed by sunny spells. With so many drivers far down the order after qualifiying there was a lot of action in the lower finals with Carlos Peracho, Teemu Leino and Darren Johnson, some of the drivers making their way up into the A-final from lower qualifying spots. The 45 minute main final was disrupted once more by rain showers, which made tire choice vital, and the one who got it right was eventual winner Darren Johnson, racing a Team Magic G4S, who won ahead of 2nd placed Xray driver Teemu Leino of Finland by 5 laps with 2nd placed qualifier Rafael Ortiz eventually claiming the final podium spot in 3rd, one lap down on Leino.

More pictures to follow.

Click here for the final top 10 results and a video from the event… content

April 7, 2007

Spanish EFRA GP – Rain interrupts play

Spanish EFRA GP

This weekends EFRA Spanish GP, being held at the ARCA track in Madrid, has been heavily disrupted by rain and low temperatures. The event, which was being treated as a warm up race for this summers European 1/10th 200mm Championships, is being attended by most of the top teams in Europe with some very serious competition entered. Despite the wet weather and 8 degree temperatures today, qualifying was run and it was topped by local driver Victor Pelaez driving a Team Magic G4S, 2nd position going to Serpent racer Rafael Ortiz with Swedish NT1 racer Niklas Hakansson in 3rd, reigning Spanish 1/8th scale champion and Serpent SDD driver Oscar Cabezas ended the day 4th. With weather not expected to be much better tomorrow, and a lot of quick drivers at the bottom of the field, it will be a lottery as to who will make into the main final tomorrow afternoon.

Image: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 6, 2007

Salven dominates Rd2 of German Region West series

Rd2 of German Region West series

Michael Salven has won the 2nd round of the German West series for 1/8th scale that took place last weekend at the Dormagen track, near Cologne. Driving his Mega ZX21 powered Serpent 960, Michael could easily take the top qualifying spot by half a lap ahead of 2nd placed qualifier Kyosho racer Christian Wurst, as well as setting the fastest lap of the event, and could win the main final by 9 laps ahead of young Kyosho driver Tobias Hepp in 2nd with Mugen racer Andreas Janz in 3rd a further 2 laps back. Christian Wurst was battling with Hepp for 2nd position up until he retired at the 17 minute mark with a servo failure.

Click here to see the final results… content

April 5, 2007

V-Dezign Carpet Ripper ’07

V-Dezign Carpet Ripper '07

V-Dezign, the 12th scale conversion makers from Finland, have announced that they will start selling their 07 Carpet Ripper in May. This car has dominated the British Nationals in the hands of Andy Griffiths and also done very well in the Finnish Nationals with car designer Vesa Yli behind the controls and last week the V-Dezign got two cars into the European 1/12th scale A-main final and went on to finish in 4th and 10th at the hands of Griffiths and Yli. The Carpet Ripper ’07 will be available first as an update kit for cars like AE L3, L4 and other US based T-bar cars with the car available as a complete kit later on.

Click here to see some kit specs and more pictures… content

April 5, 2007

Unity Tool Inc. Tweak board

Our site partners, Kimihiko Yano, have got the lowdown on their site about this tweak board made by American company, Unity Tool Inc. As you can see from the picture, it is suitable for 1/12th scale chassis’ but also for 1/10th and 1/8th scale too, and basically allows you to measure and set your cars track width, camber, caster, toe in, toe out as well as helping you tweak your car correctly. The whole kits comes apart to be put away back in the supplied carry bag and if you havent seen this before you can see more pictures of it in its various uses here.

Source: Kimihiko Yano [kimihiko-yano.net]

April 5, 2007

Mega MF12 3P MasMo Ceramic IFMAR

Yesterday we wrote about the new 9 port Mega MF21 Nine being released by Serpent and today its the turn of the upgraded Mega MF12. This new Mega MF12 3P MasMo Ceramic IFMAR is based on the previous MF12 but due to the new EFRA rules regarding the crankshaft, this motor has been upgraded and now comes with a new IFMAR / EFRA ’07 legal crankshaft with huge turbo scoop. As this engine is the hand tuned version it also sports hand tuning work by Massimo Fantini on the inside of the casing, the liner and on the crankshaft as well as sporting ceramic bearings throughout.

Click here to see the new crankshaft… content

April 5, 2007

CRF Wasp Rev Discovery Set

Limited to 400 pieces world wide, each with a signed certificate by Adrien Bertin, this one time special set has been prepared by Adrien Bertin and extensively tested to ensure the greatest success for the end user. The set includes a CRF .12 Engine, with 2007 improvements on the crankcase and carburettor, EFRA 2647 Torque pipe set with the long conical manifold, CRF Clutch conversion for the Kyosho RRR, CRF Big Venturi for extreme power all packaged in a black Team Orion Engine Bag. And the most exciting part of the Wasp Rev Discovery set is the price, expect to see it on the shelves for EUR 299.00, when it is released on April 10th.