New from LMR, the brand of UK frontrunner Lee Martin, is the complete upgraded bearing kit for the Yokomo YZ-2 buggy available. The 24-piece set includes all required bearings whose quality not only help to boost the performance but also durability. The metal-shielded set, as “used in Lee Martin’s car” is up for grabs now.
Source: LMR [l-m-racing.co.uk]
Xray have introduced the new extra strong ECS double joint driveshafts for the T4 line of touring cars. Being of a reinforced design compared to the standard ECS shafts the ES version offers improved durability, making them especially useful in modified classes. Generally dual joint driveshafts reduce wheel chatter at high steering angles with the ECS ES items being available in a 50mm and 52mm variant.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
New from Team Associated and made for all B5-series based vehicles are 25 degree and 30 degree front aluminium bulkheads. Designed to add strength and a certain amount of weight the Factory Team parts are machined from high-quality aluminium and they come blue anodised and laser-etched for easy identification. The bulkheads weigh in at 15g each and an optionally available 15g add-on brass weight helps to bring them to a total of 30g to further fine-tune the weight distribution. The bulkheads will fit the B5, B5M, T5M and the new SC5M.
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Xpert R/C have announced that multi-time IFMAR World Champion Naoto Matsukura is joining Xpert as a factory driver. Naoto is known as one of fastest drivers with any type of car from 1/12th on road, 1/10th touring car to 1/10th off-road. As one of his most recent successes Naoto was the Top Qualifier and won the 4WD Open class at the IFMAR Worlds Warm Up race using Xpert R/C products.
Source: Xpert R/C [xpert-rc.com]
Team Associated’s new Factory Team fluid carrier helps to easily store and transport up to 16 bottles of shock and differential fluid bottles. Offering 16 compartments and a zipper enclosure to keep contents secure, the top flap’s inner pocket adds extra storage, and the fabric handle makes carrying comfortable. Inner dividers can be removed to store alternate items. The bag is available through Team Associated’s rc10.com site.
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After a brief hiatus, due to many major events taking place in Western Australia during the last few months, the final round of the WA EP Interclub series was only held recently at the RRC track in Belmont, WA on a quirky little astroturf circuit built on an unused bowling green, with some great features. The initial date for the event was abandoned and the club had the event re-run just last weekend. Many battles which had been shaping up at the front of the fields would come down to the final races. In 4WD Modified it was Josh Pain showing his usual style, dominating qualifying without challenge, with Steve Smith and Jarrod Smith following suit into the finals. The series long battle between Jarrod Smith and Chris Mitchell seemingly swinging in favour of Smith, with Mitchell staring down in 7th. In the finals it was once again Josh Pain dominating each leg, with Steve Smith in 2nd and Jarrod Smith in 3rd, rounding out the podium and allowing Jarrod Smith to jump to 3rd in the series standings on an equal points tie with Chris Mitchell. Steve Smith would end the series in 2nd and Josh Pain took the trill.
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Sweep have introduced new 2.4″ rims and inserts for 1/10th electric buggies. The rims are made of a special nylon mixture that will offer optimised strength to make for improved traction and easy handling over the rough parts of the track. They utilise 12mm wheel hex adapters and are usable with most new generation 2.4″ tyres. As for the inserts, they are designed to perfectly match with the new wheels and latest generation of low profile 2.4″ tyres and like the wheels they are available as 2WD front, 4WD front and 2WD/4WD rear variants.
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The opening round of the Finnish 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals was held at the Vaasa track, home of the 2011 IFMAR Worlds. The 2WD class would be run on Saturday while the 4WD buggies would be used on Sunday. On Saturday morning the track was pretty wet, but Joel Valander was immediately on pace, setting the fastest time in the controlled practice session. The first qualifying round saw a really close battle for the top three positions with the round TQ going to Petri Ström, Karri Salmela finishing 2nd and Joel Valander 3rd. From that moment on Joel started dominating. He TQ’ed the remaining three rounds to take the pole position for the finals in front of Petri Ström and Karri Salmela. Joel was then able to cruise to the win in A1 and A2 to take the overall win in the 2WD class. Petri and Karri were battling behind him for the runner-up spot with the better end for Karri while Petri rounded out the podium in 3rd.
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