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March 24, 2022

Pro-Line 1/10 Impulse 2.2″ 12mm crawler wheels

Pro-Line have brought the popular Impulse rock crawling wheel styling to the 2.2″ crawler segment. These black plastic Internal Bead-Loc wheels are designed to not only look scale but to be super easy to use by only requiring 6 screws per wheel for mounting tires. The unique 3-piece plastic wheel design bolts together in the back and locks on to all Pro-Line’s full list of 2.2″ crawling tires. These wheels are a direct fit on the Axial Ryft and will also fit a variety of 2.2″ rock crawlers, racers & bouncers such as the Bomber and Wraith Spawn with the use of the included axle washers & shims.

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March 24, 2022

Pro-Line Interco Super Swamper Crawler tires

Under official license from Interco Tire Corporation, Pro-Line is proud to announce the gnarliest tire yet for the 1/6 SCX6 rock crawler, the legendary Super Swamper TSL SX. With ‘almost scale’ not being acceptable and access to Interco’s design data, Pro-Line’s engineering staff has reproduced the original Super Swamper in a scale configuration matched by none. At a massive 7.15″ tall by 3″ wide, the Swamper adds a whole new style to your rig, perfectly combining scale looks with the legendary G8 compound for unmatched rock crawling performance. The full-size Super Swamper TSL SX features the ultimate tire tread design by pairing the distinctive chevron tread pattern with the famous, trademarked, and patented Interco TSL (three-stage lug) tread design. TSL is a lug pattern with short, intermediate, and long lugs that are each uniquely arranged, proportioned, and spaced which allows them to bite quickly and self-clean rapidly. Each of these details has been faithfully recreated in 1/6 scale to fit the 2.9″ SCX6 wheel.

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March 24, 2022

Protoform 2023 Nissan Z clear body

Protoform is proud to bring one of the most highly anticipated sports cars of 2022 to the 1:8 Street Bash scene with the Protoform rendition of the 2023 Nissan Z for Vendetta & Infraction 570 MEGA. The new Z features classic sports car proportions of a long hood and a short rear deck. Combined with iconic Z styling elements, it creates a design that is completely modern, yet immediately identifiable as a Nissan Z. Protoform has captured every essence of the design faithfully recreating and including add-on headlight buckets for a super scale look and an add-on race-inspired rear wing for the style and performance you have come to expect. Formed from durable 1mm thick high-quality polycarbonate with paint-then-peel overspray film, and it also includes a detailed decal sheet and wing mounting hardware.

View more angles of the 2023 Nissan Z here

March 24, 2022

Avid Ringer M4 wheel nuts & wing buttons

Avid have announced the release of their new Ringer product line with several more designs in the works to keep with our new theme. If you’re a fan of the silver highlight chamfer on your products then the Avid Ringer design approach is for you. The Avid M4 Ringer wheel nuts are designed to be the strongest all-around wheel nut for offroad and onroad racing. The 11mm flange provides the needed support from potential wheel flex on high bite tracks, while a thin 3.5mm thickness keeps weight down but also allows the nut to be used on 4wd fronts and if you cut your axles to length you will grab fewer pipes with them too. Then they added their aggressive serrations so you don’t have to tighten the wheel nut as much which helps in not deforming the wheel and ensures you will never pull the 7075-T6 threads out. The Avid Ringer wing buttons are designed to have that extra pop of two silver highlights without sacrificing durability. Both items are available in black, blue, red, pink, orange and silver.

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March 23, 2022

Michal Orlowski joins T-Works factory team

T-Works have announced the signing of former European Champion Michal Orlowski. The Polish Schumacher driver will use the complete range of products from the Asian manufacturer and had the following to say about the deal:

I am very excited to be joining the T-Works team. I can’t wait to equip my Schumacher cars with their titanium screws to reduce the overall weight and add some more bling to it. Thank you to Wilson and everyone at T-Works for this opportunity.

Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]

March 23, 2022

JConcepts 1/24th Landmines & Tusk tires & premounts

Continuing their 1/24 releases, JConcepts have also release new tires for the category, the Landmines and the Tusk. The Landmines design, developed for 1/24th scale trucks starts with a robust carcass carefully shaped and sized for a multitude of conditions and capable of completing those difficult courses while being down-to-earth enough to carry a scale appearance. The team spent considerable time with the split-block centre design which has been sliced, stepped, and recessed for flexibility and contortion over sharp, loose, and polished surfaces. The Landmines have alternating solid and cavity pads which is ideal for transitioning from smooth dirt or pavement into dirt, mud, and rocky terrain. Moving toward the edges of the carcass, the scaling tire has horizontal grippy pads with edges and channels to provide additional forward climbing bite. Down within the tread, a lightning pattern, knob plots and connector bars pull the design together to work together at shallow and deep sinking positions. Once power is applied to the vehicle, the tread spacing opens which allows for deep digging, making it a great working tire in dirt and muddy conditions. As the tread rolls down the sidewall, a whole new course of tread and side-lugging is applied. A grippy radial ring provides a consistent rubber contact patch in pinched conditions while in the vertical plane, new traction bars alternate between angular and island mapping for squeeze grip.

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March 23, 2022

Chris Velez joins Reds Racing EP team

Reds Racing are excited to announce the addition of Chris Velez to their 2022 Electric Onroad Factory Team. Chris is a long time member of the onroad community in California and is the 2021 nitro onroad National Champion.

Source: Reds Racing [reds-racing.com]

March 22, 2022

Exotek B6.3 heavy duty 7075 alloy diff case

From Exotek comes this heavy duty machined 7075 alloy differential case for the B6.3 & B6.2. Perfect machined roundness makes for a free spinning transmission and a must have for high powered drag racing applications and extra internal machining allows for extra fluid to be added for increased fluid capacity and life. This is much stronger than the stock plastic diff gear but not indestructible so it is important to use black or white grease on the gears and reapply frequently to prolong its life.

Source: Exotek [exotekracing.com]