December 21, 2020

Schumacher Atom 2 top deck conversion

From Schumacher for their Atom 2 is their new top deck conversion which offers increased chassis stiffness. This new option part has the ability to achieve both improved rotation and corner speed. It does this while also offering improved stability and drivability, particularly in high traction conditions. Although different parts, they first brought and developed this concept for the 1/12 Eclipse range of cars, with fantastic results, transferring fantastically into GT12 too. Two versions are available for the steel alloy chassis and for the carbon chassis.

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December 20, 2020

Arena IF14-2 carbon option parts

For the Infinity IF14-2, comes this new line of carbon option parts from Arena RC Racing. Starting with this 2.5mm graphite bumper upper holder, it is a direct replacement for the stock plastic part and features machined chamfered for a smoother finish and better resistance to splitting. Also getting the chamfered edge finish are a pair of 3mm graphite front & rear shock towers and the 3mm graphite battery holders, for slim, narrow & standard batteries.

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December 18, 2020

Exotek Racing Slash double ladder wheelie bar set

Exotek Racing have produced this heavy duty double ladder wheelie bar set for the Slash 2wd based street eliminators. Constructed of heavy duty 2.5mm thick carbon fibre with 4 alloy posts, 2 alloy ball bearing raced wheels and alloy steel hardware. The extra long wheelie bar provides maximum stability when riding on the rear wheels. The 12″ bar from wheel to axle meets 2021 NPRC race rules and its slotted bar mount design allows easy adjustment to the mini wheel height, to fine tune your launch.

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December 18, 2020

T-Works ride height gauges

T-Works have released two new ride height gauges, one general and one specifically for 1/10 touring. Made from aluminium, the first version measures from 3 to 15mm in 0.5mm increments while the touring car gauge measures in 0.1mm increments, on both sides, from 3 to 7.5mm. Black anodised they have a machined chamfer on all sides with the numbers in white.

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December 16, 2020

Tamiya TC-01 carbon battery holders

From Tamiya these carbon battery holders replace the standard plastic parts used on the TC-01 chassis. Compared to the standard parts these 3mm carbon parts are minimalistic in design to help reduce the overall weight.

Source: Tamiya [tamiyausa.com]


December 16, 2020

T-Works SRX8 A-arm stiffener plates

T-Works have produced a complete range of A-arm stiffener plates for the Serpent SRX8. Also suitable for the company’s GT cars, the parts are produced from graphite, so they are very light but more importantly very stiff and come in 1mm and 1.5mm thicknesses. Available for the front and rear, upper and lower arms they come as a pair and with the necessary hardware to mount them.

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December 16, 2020

Mon-tech Racing Atom 2 polycarbonate spacers

Mon-tech Racing have produced these polycarbonate spacers for the Atom 2 from Schumacher. Used to change the car’s height from the ground, they come in two sizes, 0.3mm and 0.5mm and each pack contains 6 pieces.

Source: Mon-Tech [mon-techracing.net]


December 16, 2020

SWorkz S35-GT2e 1/8 GT Brushless racing kit

Having introduced the Nitro powered version of their GT2 platform 2 weeks ago, S-Workz have today released their latest EP powered GT platform, the S35-GT2e. The follow up to their Double World Championship winning chassis, and like its Nitro counterpart, it is designed as a thoroughbred racing machine for GT Onroad Racing. It has a brand new designed front and rear suspension, while the Ackerman steering geometry was adopted from the 1/8 S35-4 buggy. Sporting a weight-optimised, hard anodised chassis plate made of high-strength T7075 aluminium, the wide layout of the rear axle, developed in numerous tests by their works drivers, is also used on the S35-GT2.

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