Yeah Racing introduce a total of four new ball bearing kits for the Team Associated TC6.1 World Car Factory Team kit and the Tamiya TT-02 chassis. All kits include 16 suspension and transmission bearings an are available as standard metal shielded or teflon sealed variant. The ball races come pre-oiled with a light protection oil and the sets also include 15ml of high-quality bearing oil.
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Spec-R introduce this optional centre pulley for the R1 touring car. The part is machined from 7075 aluminium, sports a hard anodised pulley surface and a multi-piece design with the pulley being secured by a thick O-ring. The part increases the drivetrain efficiency and is sold as set of one piece.
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Tokio Option Parts introduce this narrow flex top deck for the Sabre FD2 FWD touring car. The part offers a more progressive flex compared to the stock top deck, giving the car a more aggressive steering response to suit the needs of tight and technical track layouts better.
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Team Associated introduce the Qualifier Series Apex Mini Touring cars. The ready-to-run cars base on the iconic RC18 chassis and feature a 4WD shaft drivetrain, full ball bearings, symmetrical lower suspension arms, adjustable fluid-filled shock absorbers and a 370-size high-performance motor. Available with blue or yellow ‘Niteline’ body shells the kits include a 2.4GHz radio system, NiMH battery and suitable charger.
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Italian company World Racing Car introduce new chemicals in the form of a tire additive, a tire cleaner and silicone shock oils. The general usage additive as well as the cleaner come in handy bottles while the shock fluids are supplied in 40ml easy-to-squeeze bottles and viscosities of 200, 400, 600, 800 and 1000.
Source: WRC [wrc-racing.com]
T.O.P. introduce a new optional top deck for the Photon EX touring car. The medium stiffness upper deck ranges between the standard and the optional stiff deck and incorporates a centre post location hole to fine-tune the flex characteristics of the chassis.
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Hitec introduce two new digital standard size servos for 1/10th and 1/8th scale applications. The HS-8330SH (0.07s/13kg-cm) and HS-8335SH (0.13s/24kg-cm) offer steel gears, dual ball bearings, and coreless motors beside heat sink cases. Both servos are useable with unregulated 7.4V LiPo receiver battery packs and work with 6.0V input also.
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Serpent introduce new carbon fibre option parts for their recently released S977 1/8th on-road car. Available now are front and rear inner rim covers, a transponder mount, steering block levers and shock extension brackets. Starting with the rim covers the parts are designed to attach directly to the front and rear hubs and improve aerodynamics in order to create more steering and better highspeed stability. The parts are a direct fit, come with all needed hardware and are sold as separate front and rear sets. The second new part is a Mylaps transponder mount that attaches in the steering servo area for easy maintenance while offering added security at the same time. The carbon steering block levers are a direct replacement for the kit’s alloy parts, look cool and offer a slightly lower weight to reduce unsprung masses. Last but not least come carbon front and rear shock extension brackets. They are a direct replacement for the standard alloy items, are of a lower weight and come as separate front and rear sets.
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