Florida based 1:8 GT specialist manufacturer IGT8 has released a new Center Diff Top Plate with 2 Speed Brace Kit for their Nitro GT Onroad chassis. The new optional carbon & alu parts kit increases the rigidity of the 2-speed assembly.
New from SMJ are these two Glow Plug Magnifiers for checking the condition of the glow plug filament. With an LED light source, the filament is clearly visible through the magnifier with two types of dedicated housings offered with different focal lengths.
ARC has announced their latest 1:8 Electric Onroad Racing car, the R8.4E. The R8.4E will be available in 2 different configurations- the R8.4EL and R8.4ES. While both cars feature specially designed 5mm carbon chassis for electric racing, the key difference is in their transmission and battery layout. The R8.4EL is designed to run either standard or shorty LiPo batteries, while the R8.4ES is designed to run exclusively with shorty LiPo batteries. For added tune ability, theR8.4E features adjustable front and rear suspension arm lengths and roll centre via changing the pivot pin inserts. Racers can choose from 3 different front low and upper arms length. The rear low arm roll centre can settle in middle or low and rear upper arm lengths also can be adjusted. The default setup places the front lower arms in the centre – with a longer front low arm can generating more traction while a shorter arm delivers better steering response.
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MR33, the brand of multiple World Champion & current Awesomatix factory driver Marc Rheinard, has released new Diff and Spool Pulleys for the A800 touring car. Available in both plastic and aluminium options, the premium CNC machined, hard coated aluminium spool pulley fits the A800R, A800MMX, and A800FX (and Evo) models. The gear has perfect concentricity, is very light and extremely durable is recommend it for all stock classes and also for modified racing. The gear including the aluminium ring and screws weighs 6.5g, making it 2.5g heavier than the original plastic part from Awesomatix. The aluminium differential gear has perfect concentricity and extremely durable. The gear including aluminium ring and screws weighs 5.5g, which is 2.5g heavier than the original plastic part from Awesomatix.
After an absence from the calendar due to Covid, the return of the FEMCA 1:10 Electric Touring Car Championship in 2023 has already attracted a number of Asia’s leading drivers with Nicolas Lee, Simon Nicolson, Andy Moore and Chavit Saligupta confirmed as early entries for the November 23-26th event. With Europe having the EFRA European Championships and North America having the ROAR Nationals, the FEMCA Championships are Asia’s biggest prize with Huge RC in Bangkok, Thailand, the host track of the ISTC competition this year. The unique indoor asphalt track is run by former ISTC World Champion Surikarn Chaidajsuriya and is a previous World Championship host when it was the venue for the 2014 1:10 Nitro Touring Car World Championship. With both the Modified and 13.5T restricted to a maximum of 30 drivers each, Yokomo will be counting on World Championship Finalist Lee and multiple Australian Champion Nicolson for success in Mod while former World Champion Moore and 2023 TITC finalist Saligupta lead the challenge from Infinity. Already drivers from Australia, China, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Thailand have registered for the four day championship which will be run on a Sweep Racing ‘FEMCA 2023’ spec tyre.
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SMJ has released a stiffener to help reduce the chance of rear body tucks during race accidents that is intended for use on saloon car bodies from Xtreme Aerodynamics. Pre-cut to fit the Twister and Twister Speciale bodies, it comes with double-sided tape so it can be easily attached to the body.
Hong Kong chassis manufacturer Xpress has released details of its latest 1:10 competition Touring Car, the Execute XQ11. Building on the success of the previous XQ10 platform, it combines a number of new design features. The motor mount has been redesigned to accept up to 4 locations of bearings to tension your belt, with one of those being height adjustable. The spur mounting is now screw-less, secured by a single large plate for a more evenly mounted spur. Redesigned body stops help lift the body when cornering to prevent scraping on the track and preventing inconsistent performance. It gets easy to adjust caster angle by adding or removing shims to the front of the mount, without having to use special tools to measure caster. Through axle design in the uprights gives better support and increasing consistency and removing unwanted slop. Xpress has brought back the quick change steering ackermann setting through adjusting with inserts. Reinforced upper arms increase suspension stiffness and webbing can be cut for suspension flex tuning. Top deck flex can be adjusted through the plethora of holes in the top deck by adding/removing inserts and/or screws in the provided holes.
Sweep Racing has released a new new Mini tyre for outdoor asphalt. Since the Mini chassis has started to get faster, the market needed a faster and durable tyre which was what led Sweep to developed a new shape of mini tyre. New Gen2 mini tyres are based on the R3 TC tyres which are Sweep’s most popular 1:10 Touring Car tyre. The rounder contact surface and rounded sidewall makes easy driving on multiple track conditions and bigger outer diameter provides more speed. Gen2 mini tyres made using their latest outdoor compounds which provides much longer lifespan and consistency. 24, 28, 32, 36, 40 hardness are available with white, black or yellow wheels.
Source: Sweep Racing [sweepracing.com]
