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April 5, 2007

Trinity EPIC Shock 19 hand wound motor

Trinity EPIC Shock 19

Trinity have been keeping busy the last few days with a number of new releases and their latest is the EPIC Shock 19 motor which is 19 Turn hand wound spec version of their EPIC Shock modified motor. The EPIC Shock 19 is the first 19 turn spec motor to offer an aluminum endbell for greater cooling and higher motor performance and meets all ARCOR & ROAR specs for this class of motor. Yours for $65.00, Available now.

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April 5, 2007

Ryan Cavalieri wins RCX Supercross

At last weekends RCX show, as with every year, a Supercross race brings together the best drivers from every major factory team to see who is the best and walk away with a cash prize of $500.00. The racing format consists of 3 heats of five drivers racing for 3 minutes with only the top two from each heat advancing to the main event. Team Associated racer Ryan Cavalieri won his heat with the new RC8 and took his spot into the main and when the gate dropped, it was Cavalieriâ€™s Team Orion Wasp .21 powered RC8 that grabbed the holeshot and despite a first lap incident, Cavalieri came back through the field and made an amazing pass on the last lap to give him the win and the $500 cheque.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com] Image: Deron Neblett [deronneblettphotography.com]

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.

April 5, 2007

Alberto Picco wins Rd1 of Italian Nats

Last weekend saw the first round of the 1/8th scale Italian Nationals held at the Angri track, which stepped in to host the round after the Messina track pulled out a few weeks before the event was due to be run. As it is a World Championship year the Italian Nationals are being run in Worlds format, which means 10 minute qualifiers and 1 hour main finals and when the qualifying was over it was Alberto Picco, driving a Mugen, that took the TQ spot ahead of Serpent racer Massimo Fantini, Danielle Ielasi for Kyosho in 3rd and another Serpent of Andrea Cristiani in 4th.

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April 5, 2007

The Border – April Special

The Border - April Special

This month, our site sponsors – The Border – have a great special offer for all 1/10th scale touring car drivers out there. The H.A.R.D. Fully Automatic Tire Truer, which normally sells on the Border for EUR 254.84, has been slashed in price and can now be yours for only EUR 199.98, which is a massive saving of 22% for a great and essential product. What makes this such a great deal is the fact that this truer is a top of the range fully automatic tire truer and which also comes with the touring car wheel adpator included, something which other more expensive brands don’t include. This is also, currently, the smallest automatic tire truer on the market and another great feature is that if you are an electric racer as well, you can easily convert this into a comm lathe, a very unique selling point.

If you are interested in this product, act now, as stocks are limited and this offer lasts only through to the end of April. Click here to go to the product page.

April 4, 2007

Trinity Mega Watt battery bars

Trinity have announced that they have updated their best selling silver “Watt Bars” with a new lower resistance, easy to solder, stronger design. The “Mega Watt Bars” now come with pre-bent tabs for the positive and negative speed controller connections.

“Mega Watt Bars” come packaged in 4,5 & 6 cell packages. Each package includes the bars from cell to cell as well as 2 pre-bent solder tabs for the plus and minus battery pack to speed control connection.

Source: Trinity [teamtrinity.com]

April 4, 2007

Team Orion CRF Exhaust Systems

We showed you a spyshot of the new #2647 CRF exhaust pipe from Team Orion a month ago and now we have the first full pics of the exhaust set that that pipe comes in as well as the individual items. These new EFRA approved pipes are available in 2 different sets, one has a short conical manifold for high speed and the other a long conical manifold for high torque. These pipe sets are a must for the CRF .12 WASP engines and it was this pipe set that allowed Adrien Bertin to achieve his 107kmh at the Melzo track in Italy. Expect to see these items in the shops very soon.

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April 4, 2007

CRF Engine Tuning parts

CRF Backplate

Around the time of the Nurnberg toy fair we wrote about some of the new items from CRF and now these parts are about to be released to the public. Amongst these revolutionary products is the CRF Back plate (shown above) that improves the mixture transfer to the cylinder and provides better cooling from the bottom of the crankcase. Also being released by CRF is the double inlet system, that works on all motors and prevents the engine getting too lean or rich, depending on what direction corner you take, by giving the carburettor a constant amount of fuel from both sides of the engine.

Other items include a set of 3 exhaust spacers, in 1, 2 and 3mm thicknesses, that allow you to fine tune the length of your fixed CRF, or Mielke, exhaust system as well a large venturi that gives your CRF engine more torgue and better fuel economy and finally a new conical combustion chamber that is meant to give your CRF engine an extra 1.5kmh as well as faster top speed and acceleration.

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