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January 28, 2014

Reds Racing M3 World Cup Series engine

Reds Racing have released their new M3 World Cup Series, a 2.1 cc motor for the On-road Touring Racing class. The new engine offers the most advanced technologies to get the best performance and reliability. Featuring a lightweight cylinder for increased engine performance at low and medium RPM, a tuned and balanced crankshaft, domed piston, ‘Direct Cooling’ cooling head technology, optimized timing to reduce fuel consumption and of course M.Rossi special tuning to make the engine simply powerful. The WCS is also one of the lightest in its category, weighing just 205g.

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January 27, 2014

Team Orion Carbon Pro 100C LiPo battery packs

Team Orion introduce their new Carbon Pro 100C LiPo battery packs. Coming in Team Orion’s patented carbon look hardcase the batteries are build using the latest generation LiPo cells with enhanced energy density, a very low internal resistance and 100C discharge rate. The packs, that are build to meet ROAR, EFRA, BRCA and IFMAR specifications, are 5C chargeable and come in a wide range of configurations including 2S standard, shorty, saddle and saddle block packs as well as a 1/12th 1S pack.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]

January 27, 2014

Arena BD7 spool drive cups & M4 serrated lock nuts

Arena have a new option part for the Yokomo BD7 touring car available in the form of front spool drive cups. The parts are made from spring steel and feature two sets of slots for a lower weight and increased life span. Also new are serrated M4 lock nuts in seven colours. The parts are ideally used as wheel nuts and they come in your choice of seven colours.

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January 27, 2014

Novarossi Live Range nitro engines

Novarossi first teased us last December and now the Italian engine manufacturer finally released more detailed information on the Live Range engine series. Available soon are several .21 off-road, on-road and rally game engines as well as .12 on-road touring engines. The line will see the Bloody .21 4-port and Loco .21 3-port engine with the latter being available as standard, recoil and rotostart variant making it the ideal replacement engine for RTR buggies and trucks. Also new is the Brave .21 5-port on-road, the Hardito .21 7-port rally came as well as the Sturm .12 touring engine – the latter comes as standard and rotostart variant. All engines feature a newly designed crankshafts with a larger bore intake to increase the mixture flow and all of them should become available very soon.

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January 27, 2014

GForce TB-04 aluminium steering & chassis parts

Japanese company GForce soon have a line of optional aluminium parts for the Tamiya TB-04 chassis available. First up is a steering set containing CNC-machined aluminium bellcranks and an aluminium steering link. The parts are made to improve the steering precision and to make for a more durable steering setup. Also new is an aluminium shock tower mount. It is useable on the front and rear and improves the rigidity and durability of the suspension, plus it makes for a more precise shock mount. Last but not least come front and rear chassis braces that reduce the torsional flex of the chassis. On top of that the parts improve the drivetrain efficiency as the prop shafts stays straighter and the chassis tends to flex less when low turn motors are used. All parts are made from high-quality aluminium and come blue anodised.

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January 27, 2014

Exotek Micro RS4 option parts

Exotek introduce two new option parts for HPI Racing’s Micro RS4 line of cars. First up is the titanium rear axle and ball diff set that is designed to replace the stock gear differential. The externally adjustable ball differential makes for smooth acceleration and swift diff action setup. The alloy left and right axle hubs are polished and anodised in factory orange for looks and durability and the gear pulley set is machined from lightweight but durable POM. Included in the set are heavy duty 4x8mm axle bearings and a lightweight yet strong titanium rear axle shaft. Also new is the alloy and steel high performance CVD set for the Micro RS4. Designed to better withstand higher performance motors and batteries the driveshafts also look great too with their anodised factory orange finish.

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January 25, 2014

Capricorn LAB E801 1/8th electric car

Capricorn introduce the LAB E801 1/8th electric on-road chassis kit. It is available in two versions as “standard” and “monoblock” variant with the latter making a “TTB Version” drive set necessary. The standard version though can adapt all motor of up to 70x43mm in size. Capricorn recommends to use a 6S LiPo battery pack and a 150A speed controller with the car.

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January 24, 2014

Xray T4 aluminium top deck mount

New from Xray comes this orange colour aluminium top deck mount for the T4 touring car kit. Designed to improve forward and rear traction the car will also become more stable and easier to drive in low-traction conditions as on-power push can be created. The mount fits all T4 cars with the #301197 top deck.

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