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February 27, 2014

Schumacher Mi1v2 electric touring car kit

Schumacher introduce the Mi1v2 electric touring car kit. The car offers an updated chassis and top deck to easily accept a wide rage of LiPo batteries, it offers a 4WD belt drive transmission with ball differentials, a widely adjustable suspension and front and rear anti-roll bars. The entry to intermediate level car also comes with a full set of ball bearings, front in-board toe-out options and a purple anodized motor mount for optimized heat dissipation. The package is rounded out by aluminium body shock absorbers.

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February 27, 2014

New WRC Formula 1 body coming soon

WRC soon have a new Formula 1 bodyshell available. Being of 1-piece design the body is meant to offer a better steering response and improved aerodynamics thanks to its design. The body will fit the WRC F-One kit and should be usable with other formula chassis too.

Source: WRC [wrc-racing.com]

February 27, 2014

Mike Swauger continues with Xray

World and multi national champion Mike Swauger will continue with Xray, the Slovakian company announce. The nitro on-road specialist will use the company’s 1/10 and 1/8 cars during his 2014 campaign and has the following to say about the deal:

I would like to thank Ralph Burch and everyone at RC America and Xray for the past two years of racing. I’m excited to have signed with team again for the 2014 season and looking forward to having a great year of racing with the Xray team. See you at the next race.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 27, 2014

RSD TC6.2 adjustable body mounts

Reflex Racing now have these RSD adjustable body mounts for the Team Associated TC6.2 touring car available. The set contains two threaded tubes that slide over the original body posts for a rough body height adjustment and then two O-ring equipped support bushings are screwed onto the tubes for near infinite height adjustment. Coming as pair the body mounts also allow for body angle adjustment in order to bias the downforce.

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February 27, 2014

Speed Passion Reventon Pro 1.1 EX ESC

Speed Passion introduce the updated Reventon Pro 1.1 EX brushless speed controller. The latest version of SP’s World Championship winning ESC received a smaller black colour case that now measures 35x35x20mm, it comes with a new low-profile 30mm fan and the ESC is usable with 1S and 2S LiPo batteries. The 140A rated speedo features a 6V/3A BEC system, a build-in on/off switch and it is available now.

Source: Speed Passion [speedpassion.net]

February 27, 2014

Zoey Zac wins in Kuala Lumpur

The annual nitro on-road race at the KLIRCC track in Kuala Lumpur had Zoey Zac winning the 45 minute final of the 1/10th 200mm class. The Xray driver was sidelined on the podium by his Xray teammates Amar Dungun and Anas.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 27, 2014

Exotek TB-04 stock motor adapter

Made for Tamiya’s TB-04 chassis is this aluminium stock motor adapter. The C-shaped 6061 alloy part allows to use up to 52T 64dp and 37T 48dp pinions without further modification, making it ideal for all high-turn stock motors and “blinky” spec racing. The polished and anodised part is of a vented design for improved cooling and is also TCS North America series legal.

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February 27, 2014

SWorkz S350 series wheel hub balance weight set

SWorkz introduce this wheel hub weight balance set for the S350 series of 1/8th buggies. Included in the set are 10g weights for each front steering knuckle as well as 5g and 8g weights for the rear hubs. Adding unsprung weight may sound strange at first but can add traction on a variety of surfaces in order to get better laptimes out of the buggy.

Source: SWorkz [sworkz.com]