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August 14, 2010

Smokem Racing 416FX chassis

Smokem Racing has announced the release of their new 416FX chassis. Prototypes of the chassis have been successfully piloted by Loic Jasmin and Cyril N’diaye in recent months, with Loic capturing 8th and Cyril finishing 14th at last week’s Touring car Euros in France. The 2.2mm thick chassis has been designed to provide additional flex for improved corner speed in a wide variety of conditions. And like all Smokem chassis, scrubbing during hard cornering is minimized due to its reduced width. By flipping the drive belts, the LiPo is offset further from the chassis centerline, while on the opposite side the servo, receiver and ESC can be shifted further towards the centerline. With both longitudinal and lateral battery tape slots, the Smokem Racing LP chassis accepts all LiPos, with or without humps, without additional retainers that may induce tweak. It is suitable for all TRF416-series including the original TRF416, TRF416 Worlds Edition and the TRF416X.

View the other side of the chassis here

August 13, 2010

Shepherd V10 Battery plate mounts & middle shaft

Shepherd have released some new option parts for their Velox V10, which were used by Marc Rheinard to get 3rd place at the World Championships in Houston at the start of this month. These new battery plate mounts are CNC-machined from the finest brass and provide an additional weight of 25g in total. Mounted directly on the chassis plate they lower the centre of gravity significantly and minimize the risk of traction rolling. Also new is this super lightweight CNC-machined aluminium middle shaft. It’s made from premium German aluminium and has been nickle plated to increase wear resistance and lifespan. The rotating mass is reduced by 5,5g (65%) compared to the standard middle shaft which results in improved acceleration and performance.

View the middle shaft here

August 13, 2010

Litemodz Tapered teflon shock pistons

Litemodz have released their latest product for TC racing, tapered teflon shock pistons. Designed to allow racers to have faster or slower rebound depending on which way up the piston is placed, they have already been used extensively in off road applications and will now allow for finer tuning in Touring/sedan car racing. They come with 3 hole 1.15mm holes and a 9.86mm diameter and will fit Tamiya, Hot Bodies and Schumacher Touring car dampers.

Source: Litemodz [litemodz.com]

August 13, 2010

CSO Xray T3 gear diff outdrives

CSO Racing have produced these new outdrive adaptors for use with Xray T3 and T2 electric touring cars. Made to be used with a rear gear differential, these lightweight diff outdrives are made from hard coated 7075 T6 aluminium, weighing in at 1.4 grams each.

Source: CSO [cso.com.hk]

August 12, 2010

Hot Bodies TCX Oneway & Alu diff outdrives

New from Hot Bodies for their TCX touring car chassis are these two new performance enhancing optionals. First up is the front one way set, which is supplied with everything to convert your standard spool including oneway axle, pulley and outdrives. A great part to help fine tune your cars set up to different tracks and conditions. The other option part is this lightweight and durable aluminium differential outdrive set to improve the performance of the standard rear ball diff.

View the diff outdrives here

August 10, 2010

Fastrax Robot 1/10th set-up system

Fastrax has re-vamped their 1/10th touring car on road set-up station with this new machined aluminium ‘Robot’ version supplied in its own carrying wallet. Available in blue or black anodised aluminium, it provides accurate measurement of caster, camber, toe-in/out and now ride height with the new ride height gauge. Bearing supported pieces can be quickly assembled with the supplied thumb screws for a tight, no slop platform to make your changes.

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August 10, 2010

Serpent Carbon rear axle for pan cars

Serpent have released a new version of their pan car carbon rear axle which features perfectly seated threaded insert and durable diff adapter and aluminium cone. The diff works without a thrust bearing, using just the cone and spring washer, simple and reliable. The shaft fits most common 1/12 and 1/10 pan cars, and of course the S120, S120 Link and S100. The S100 comes standard with this shaft already.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

August 7, 2010

Capricorn RC 1/8th Hard Light tires

New from Capricorn RC are these 1/8th scale versions of their Hard Light tire series. Featuring Italian foam, the new wheels are much stiffer than regular wheels and are also lighter, which is thanks to a completely new plastic material which they have mixed with carbon. Available now for both front and rear.

Source: Capricorn RC [capricornrc.com]