Xtra Speed are busy adding more crawler and trail truck optionals to their line up. The latest is an aluminium axle housing for the Tamiya CR01. The part is made of quality aluminium and it was designed to replace the standard plastic front and rear axle housing, offering increased durability and stability while adding precision and cool looks. The part accepts the standard axles and gears and it will hit stores soon.
Source: Xtra Speed [facebook.com]
Following a first teaser image, Reds Racing have now officially unveiled their new V8 Gen3 1/8th scale electric brushless motor. Over a year’s time worth of development has gone into the V8 line to make it a smooth, durable power plant for drivers and enthusiasts around the world. The Gen3 motor was specifically designed to provide exceptional power, superior smoothness and control in combination with high efficiency and low temperature operation. Coming with a highly finned CNC-machined aluminium can, the Gen3 V8 motor promises a very low temperature build-up in every condition ensuring exceptional reliability. Capable of both sensored and sensorless operation, the new line is ideal for all high speed buggy and truggy applications and the motor comes in 1900KV or 2100KV variants.
View a list of the features and specifications and more images here
Bezerk from Australia have introduced two new LCG carbon fibre shock towers for the Team Associated B74 buggy. They allow to lower the car’s centre of gravity by lowering the shock towers and bodies and still keep the correct travel range. Compared to a setup with kit towers, owners need to make the following changes: They need to use short eyelets, these are 2mm shorter, reduce the shaft length by 2mm – Australian electric off-road wizard Ray Munday, who thoroughly tested the new setup, went for 25-23mm at the front, and 30-28mm at the rear – and eliminate 2mm of external limiters, going from 3mm to 1mm at the front, and 2mm to zero millimetre at the rear. Ray also recommends using the longer front spring cup to avoid interference with the arm. Testing has found the towers increase steering response and keep the car feeling more stable in bumpy corners. The mid camberlink length has also been the choice of local racers. The front tower is available machined from 5mm and 4mm carbon fibre with the rear variant coming as 4mm part.
View the rear LCG shock tower here
Picco have released a first teaser image for of their forthcoming new nitro engine. The overall appearance of the engine indicates that it is very likely of .21 size, however it is hard to tell whether it is an off-road or on-road power plant with the size of the cooling head leaves us guessing towards a new on-road motor. Nevertheless, we will be bringing you more details as they surface.
Source: Picco [teampicco.com]
Xray have announced the release of new aluminium and carbon fibre chassis parts for their X1’20 formula car kit. First up is the 2.0mm aluminium flex chassis that was developed for the use on medium to high-bite carpet or high grip asphalt tracks. It features strategically placed milled-out sections to optimise the torsional flex while scrubbing a bit of weight. The narrow design eliminates contact with the track surface in corners while rolling, and offers improved cornering speed. The design also includes a slot for a composite battery backstop which allows 5mm battery position adjustment when using the most frequently used cross-chassis alignment configuration. Also incorporated are three wheelbase settings of standard, +4mm and -4mm.
Coming from Yeah Racing and made for the Traxxas TRX-6 6-wheeler trail truck is a HD steel centre driveshaft set. Made of high-quality steel material and featuring a heavy duty design the driveshafts offer exceptional durability even in very demanding terrain or when using high-powered motor and battery setups. Included with the three driveshafts comes a set of red anodised aluminium locking rings for cool scale looks.
Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]
Yokomo’s new and soon-to-be-released integral aluminium front bulkhead was made to fit the company’s very popular YD-2 series of drift cars. This new bulkhead helps the greatly improve the assembling accuracy in the front end of the car as, compared to the standard bulkhead, the new design also helps provide a better steering feel which results in a more precise driving feeling. The new bulkhead can also be used with every steering system including slide rack style setups. The part comes machined from high-quality aluminium with a black and silver surface finish making the part stand out.
Coming from Exotek and made for the Team Associated B74 4WD buggy are new aluminium steering optionals in the form of HD steering bellcranks and a +4 HD steering rack. Starting with the steering bellcranks, the customised polished black base with blue chamfered accents goes great with any stock plastic or after market blue aluminium parts and the alloy construction ensures precise steering input and heavy duty long lasting performance.
