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July 10, 2020

Team Associated DR10 Drag Race Car Team Kit

Team Associated have announced the release of their DR10 Drag Race Car Team Kit. The DR10 Team Kit features a rear anti-roll bar, 26 precision ball bearings, a water-resistant enclosed receiver box, fully adjustable suspension, vertical ball ends for roll centre adjustments, and 2.6:1 ratio gearbox with heavy-duty sealed gear differential and externally adjustable V2 slipper clutch. It builds on the already released RTR variants, however it it a rolling chassis and does not include electronics, the RC system, tyres or a body shell, allowing the driver to chose his preferred equipment.

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July 9, 2020

Serpent X20 low-friction belt

Available now from Serpent is a white colour low-friction drivetrain belt for the X20 Medium mid-motor touring car. Using the belt front and rear will reduce natural drivetrain drag while maximising drivetrain efficiency for lower motor temps and increased acceleration when running in stock motor classes. The belt comes separately and is usable in the front and rear of the car.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

July 9, 2020

Tamiya M-08 aluminium frame post

Coming from Tamiya and made for the M-08 M-Chassis kit is an aluminium frame post set. It includes machined aluminium posts that replace the standard B8 plastic parts for increased rigidity, a more streamlined appearance and a lower weight. The posts come blue anodised for surface protection and visual appearance and in sets of four.

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July 9, 2020

R1 Wurks V16 Drag Racing Tuned 3.5T & 4.5T motors

Coming from R1 Wurks are their new V16 Drag Racing Tuned 4.5T 7500kv & 3.5T 9000kv motors. For the past few months, R1 Wurks been testing and gathering datalogs using their Digital 3 ESC, from some of the fastest RC drag racers around the U.S.. That amount of data allowed the company to understand the need for efficient power conversion, with the goal of generating the most power while controlling the amp draw to a minimum. With that goal in mind, R1 Wurkd created a line of custom built motors set for different budgets to make the most bang for the buck. Our base tune starts with the Drag Racing Tuned variant and upgrades go all the way up to the All Out Build. The full build comes with winding resistance measurements, rotor magnetic data sheet, sensor alignment, hand picked stator, full titanium screw kit pro installed and the gold standard in ceramic bearings, all pro installed. Other builds include hand-picked stators, aligned sensors and hand-picked stators, as well as aligned sensors, hand-picked stators and titanium screw kits. Full details can be found on R1 Wurks’ website here.

Source: R1 Wurks [r1wurks.com]

July 9, 2020

Smokem Racing R12 carbon fibre camber link shim set

Coming from Smokem Racing and made for the ARC R12 touring car is a carbon fibre camber link shim set. Made from 100 percent carbon fibre, their design allows racers to adjust the inner camber link position on the ARC R12 with ease. No longer there is a need to completely remove the upper link brace, add or remove spacers but with the shims drivers simply loosen the screws, remove or add shims as needed, then retighten the screws. The set comes complete with four shims in 1.0mm thickness and four shims in 1.5mm thickness.

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July 8, 2020

Team Bomber 1/12th scale pan car kit – Coming soon

Japanese brand Team Bomber, known for their option parts for the Yokomo YRX12 1/12th scale pan car, are currently working on their own competition chassis kit. No official details are available yet beside a teaser image but we bring you more details as their surface.

Source: Team Bomber [teambomber.jp]

July 8, 2020

Tamiya TC-01 anti-roll bars & alloy rocker arm set

Tamiya have introduced first option parts for their all-new TC-01 on-road chassis in the form of an anti-roll bar set and aluminium rocker arms. Starting with the stabiliser kit, the set induces three different thickness anti-roll bars as well as blue anodised mounting hardware for factory looks. The stabiliser kit is usable for the front or the rear of the chassis and it allows to adjust overall chassis roll in corners and comes in handy especially when running in high-bite track conditions.

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July 8, 2020

T-Works multi-functional nut wrench

Coming from T-Works is their new multi-functional nut wrench. It incorporates nut drivers for 10mm and 8mm nuts as well as a 5mm hex wrench, making it ideal especially for 1/8th scale nitro vehicles. The tool is made of high-quality material and it sports a black surface coating and white laser-engraved size markings.

Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]